Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe

Funal Agenda

Monday February 2nd
10'	-	Welcome J. Trân Thanh Vân (Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay)
Morning Session: Gamma Ray Astronomy (1) Chairperson: D. Smith (CENBG, Bordeaux)
25'+5'	-	The Fermi Large Area Telescope in Orbit Luca Latronico (INFN, Pisa ) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	The Fermi LAT First Bright Source List Jean Ballet (CEA Saclay ) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Latest results on SNRs and PWNe in the Milky Way as seen in VHE gamma-rays Matthieu Renaud (APC, Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar by Fermi-LAT Francesco Giordano (Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Bari) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	The extragalactic MAGIC sky Barbara De Lotto (Universita di Udine & INFN) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	A first look at the GeV excess with Fermi LAT Gudlaugur Johannesson (Stanford University) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Results of VERITAS extragalactic observations Wystan Benbow (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Gamma Ray Astrophysics of the AGILE Mission Patrizia Caraveo (INAF-IASF Milano) - transparencies (ppt)
Afternoon Session: Gamma Ray Bursts (1) Chairperson: A. de Angelis (Univ. of Udine)
25'+5'	-	GRB results from the Swift mission. Philip Evans (University of Leicester ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Why the Swift GRB redshift distribution is changing in time David Coward (University of Western Australia, Crawley) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	GRB Observations with Fermi Luca Baldini (INFN-Pisa ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor on Fermi Robert Preece (University of Alabama, Huntsville) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Observations of GRB high-energy properties with Fermi Veronique Pelassa (LPTA, Montpellier)
25'+5'	-	GRB Theory in the Fermi era Jonathan Granot (University of Hertfordshire) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	Prompt Emission Processes in GRBs Tsvi Piran (Racah Institute for Physics, Jerusalem) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	The Early Time Properties of GRBs - Canonical Afterglows and the Importance of Prolonged Central Engine Activity Andrea Melandri (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Testing an unifying view of Gamma Ray Burst afterglows Marco Nardini (SISSA/ISAS Trieste ) - transparencies (pdf)
Tuesday February 3rd
Morning Session: High Energy Cosmic Rays (1) Chairperson: S. Colafrancesco (Frascati))
25'+5'	-	Acceleration mechanisms Martin Lemoine (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Recent Results from the High-Resolution Fly's Eye John Belz (University of Utah ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	The energy spectrum of cosmic rays measured with the Pierre Auger Observatory Fabian Schuessler (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	UHECR propagation Denis Allard (APC, Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Magnetic field of our Galaxy and nearby galaxies JinLin Han (National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Observables sensitive to primary mass composition at the Pierre Auger Observatory Analisa Mariazzi (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Arrival Direction Studies from the Pierre Auger Observatory Robert Knapik (Colorado State University, Fort Collins) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Secondary emissions from the propagation of high energy heavy nuclei in clusters of galaxies Kumiko Kotera (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
Afternoon Session: Dark Matter (1) Chairperson: B. de Lotto (Udine)
25'+5'	-	First results of the PAMELA Space Experiment Francesco Cafagna (INFN Sezione di Bari) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Search for Dark Matter in the sky Aldo Morselli (INFN Roma Tor Vergata ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Cosmic rays from annihilating Dark Matter Martti Raidal (NICPB, Tallinn ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Dark matter annihilation in small-scale clumps Vyacheslav Dokuchaev (INR of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Spiral Galaxies without CDM halo? Lukasz Bratek (Institute of Nuclear Physics Krakow ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	A new light boson from Cherenkov telescopes observations? Marco Roncadelli (INFN - Sezione di Pavia ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Probing eV-scale axions with CAST Jaime Ruz (University of Zaragoza ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Constraints on Extragalactic Background Light from Cherenkov telescopes: status and perspectives for the next 5 years Daniel Mazin (IFAE, Barcelona ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Dark Matter Properties and LSST: Measuring the Invisible with Gravitational Lensing Marusa Bradac (UC Santa Barbara ) - transparencies (pdf)
Wednesday February 4th
Morning Session: Gamma Ray Astronomy (2) Chairperson: J. Ballet (Saclay)
15'+5'	-	New Insight into Gamma-ray Blazars from the Fermi LAT Benoit Lott (CENBG Bordeaux) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Multiwaveband Observations of the TeV Blazar PKS 2155-304 with HESS, Fermi, RXTE and Swift David Sanchez (LLR, Palaiseau) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Discovery of a very high energy gamma-ray signal from the 3C 66A/B region Daniel Mazin (IFAE, Barcelona) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Blazars: the gamma-ray view of AGILE Filippo D'Ammando (INAF-IASF, Roma) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	H.E.S.S. observations of radio galaxies Martin Raue (MPI-K, Heidelberg)
15'+5'	-	Gamma-ray observations of galaxy clusters with H.E.S.S. Dalibor Nedbal (Charles University, Prague ) - transparencies (pdf)
25'+5'	-	Galactic Gamma-ray sources with the Fermi LAT David A. Smith (CENBG, Bordeaux) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Recent results of MAGIC on Galactic sources Daniela Hadasch (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Results of VERITAS Galactic Observations Amanda Weinstein (UCLA, Los Angeles) - transparencies (ppt)
Afternoon Session: High Energy Cosmic Rays (2) Chairperson: J. Belz (Salt Lake Ciry)
25'+5'	-	Cosmic Rays in the Energy range 10^16-10^18 eV. Open problems and experimental results Andrea Chiavassa (Universita di Torino) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Cosmic ray knee and flux of secondaries from interactions of cosmic rays with dark matter Manuel Masip (University of Granada ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Radiodetection and characterization of the cosmic rays air showers radio emission for energies higher than 10^16 eV with the CODALEMA experiment Thomas Saugrin (Subatech, Nantes) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Influence of the hadronic interaction models on the size of the missing energy of cosmic ray showers Michal Nyklicek (Institute of Physics, Prague) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	The FLUKA high energy cosmic ray generator: predictions for the charge ratio of muons detected underground Silvia Muraro (INFN Milano ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	TIERRAS: an AIRES package to simulate High Energy Cosmic Ray Showers Underground and Underwater Matias Tueros (Univ. La Plata) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Measurement of Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons Michael Schubnell (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Continuous Injection of High Energy Positrons from an Astrophysical Object: Can a Pulsar Account for the Cosmic Ray Electron/Positron Data? Norita Kawanaka (KEK, Tsukuba) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	SNRs as a natural explanation of PAMELA/ATIC anomalies Tsvi Piran (Racah Institute for Physics, Jerusalem) - transparencies (pdf)
Thursday February 5th
Morning Session: High Energy Neutrino Astronomy Chairperson: A. Mariazzi (La Plata)
25'+5'	-	Status and results from the IceCube neutrino observatory Georges Kohnen (Universite de Mons-Hainaut) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	The ANTARES neutrino telescope: a status report. Niccolo Cottini (CEA, Saclay) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Physics results and perspectives of the Baikal neutrino project Bair Shoibonov (JINR Dubna ) - transparencies (pptx)
15'+5'	-	Status of KM3NeT detector design optimisations Christopher Naumann (CEA, Saclay) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Atmospheric muons in ANTARES Claire Picq (CEA Saclay ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Point-like source search with the ANTARES data. Katia Fratini (Universita & INFN Genova) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Update of neutrino limits from the Pierre Auger Observatory Dariusz Gora (Universitaet Karlsruhe) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Overview of the ANITA Experiment Eric Grashorn (Ohio State University, Columbus) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Development of a radio-detection array for the observation of showers induced by UHE Tau neutrinos Cristina Carloganu (LPC, Clermont Ferrand) - transparencies (pdf)
Afternoon Session: High Energy Neutrino Astronomy (2) Chairperson: M. Punch (Paris)
15'+5'	-	ANTARES: Towards Acoustic Detection of Highest Energy Neutrinos Kay Graf (ECAP, University of Erlangen) - transparencies (pdf)
Afternoon Session: Gamma Ray Astronomy (3) Chairperson: M. Punch (Paris)
15'+5'	-	TeV Gammas and Cosmic ray production in Tycho and Geminga SNRs Vera Yurievna Sinitsyna (P.N. Lebedev Institute, Moscow) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Probing cosmic ray acceleration through molecular clouds in the vicinity of supernova remnants with H.E.S.S. Armand Fiasson (LAPP, Annecy) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Non-thermal radiation from molecular clouds illuminated by cosmic rays from nearby supernova remnants Stefano Gabici (DIAS, Dublin ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Fermi LAT Observations of Galactic X-ray binaries Adam Hill (LAOG, Grenoble) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	The early phase of a H1743-322 outburst observed by INTEGRAL, RXTE, Swift, and XMM/Newton Lionel Prat (CEA, Saclay - AIM) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Fermi LAT observations of Pulsar Wind Nebulae Marie-Helene Grondin (CENBG, Bordeaux) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Detection of SN 1006 with H.E.S.S. Melitta Naumann-Godo (LLR, Palaiseau) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089 and the question of the jet composition Anna Barnacka (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warshaw ) - transparencies (pdf)
Friday February 6th
Morning Session: Gamma Ray Bursts (2) Chairperson: Ch. Magneville (Saclay)
15'+5'	-	Search for neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES telescope Damien Dornic (CPPM, Marseille) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Short Hard Gamma Ray Bursts And Their Afterglows Arnon Dar (Technion, Haifa) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Gamma-ray burst host galaxies: A legacy approach Daniele Malesani (Dark Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	Cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts Lorenzo Amati (INAF - IASF, Bologna ) - transparencies (ppt)
25'+5'	-	Magnetars Sandro Mereghetti (University of Milano) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Relativistic Jet Eruption from Collapsars Akira Mizuta (Center for Frontier Science, Chiba University) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	SVOM: a new mission for Gamma-Ray Burst Studies Diego Goetz (CEA, Saclay) - transparencies (ppt)
Afternoon Session: Gamma Ray Astronomy (4) Chairperson: M. Teshima (Munich)
15'+5'	-	Is the ejection of the corona a general phenomenon in microquasars? Jérome Rodriguez (CEA/SAp Saclay ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Solar system Gamma-ray astronomy with Fermi observatory Monica Brigida (Bari University and INFN) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the Galactic Center with H.E.S.S. Matthieu Vivier (CEA, Saclay) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Observations of the TeV gamma-ray Binary PSR B1259-63/SS 2883 near the 2007 Periastron with H.E.S.S. Matthias Kerschhaggl (Humboldt University, Berlin)
15'+5'	-	The extragalactic sky seen by H.E.S.S. Lucie Gérard (APC, Paris ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Search for Lorentz Invariance Violation effects with PKS 2155-304 flaring period in 2006 by H.E.S.S. Julien Bolmont (LPNHE Paris ) - transparencies (pdf)
Afternoon Session: High Energy Cosmic Rays (3) Chairperson: M. Teshima (Munich)
15'+5'	-	Gamma Astronomy with the ARGO-YBJ detector Giovanni Marsella (Universita del Salento and INFN ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Very High Energy Emission from the Vicinity of Super-massive Black Holes Giovanna Pedaletti (LSW ZAH Heidelberg ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Results on Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays primary composition and search for photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory Viviana Scherini (University of Wuppertal) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	A multifrequency search for Astrophysical sources of P.Auger UHECR events. Sergio Colafrancesco (ASI-ASDC Frascati ) - transparencies (pdf)
Saturday February 7th
Morning Session: Dark Matter (2) Chairperson: A. Chiavassa (Torino)
15'+5'	-	Searches for visible and invisible light Higgs decays in BaBar Justin Albert (University of Victoria) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Prospects for Observation of Dark Matter and Extra Dimensions in CMS Pascal Vanlaer (ULB, Brussels) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Indirect Search for Dark Matter with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope Vincent Bertin (CPPM - Marseille ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Low-Scale Gravity Black Holes at LHC Eniko Regos (CERN) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Warm dark matter, phase space density and the LHC Andrew Khmelnitsky (INR RAS, Moscow ) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Phase diagram of higher dimensional black strings in AdS space time. Terence Delsate (Universite de Mons-Hainaut ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Scalar Fields in a Thermal Bath Alexey Anisimov (DESY ) - transparencies (pdf)
Morning Session: Gamma Ray Astronomy (5) Chairperson: A. Chiavassa (Torino)
15'+5'	-	PSR J0205+6449, PSR J2229+6114, and their cousins -- young & noisy gamma ray pulsars Damien Parent (CENBG, Bordeaux) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	Detection of a population of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars by Fermi Lucas Guillemot (CENBG, Bordeaux) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with the MAGIC Telescope Marcos Lopez (INFN, Padova) - transparencies (ppt)
Afternoon Session: Gamma-Ray Astronomy (6) Chairperson: R. Preece (Huntsville)
15'+5'	-	Early Fermi LAT observations of the Vela pulsar Massimiliano Razzano (INFN Sezione di Pisa) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	PSR J2021+3651: Constraining beam geometry and emission regions with radio, X-ray, and early LAT observations Matthew Kerr (University of Washington, Seattle) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	PSR J1833-1034: the youngest gamma-ray ray pulsar in the Galaxy? Andrea Caliandro (INFN, Bari) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	The Fermi Large Area Telescope: preliminary results from on-orbit high level performance verifications and monitoring Stefano Germani (Universita di Perugia ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	TACTIC and MACE gamma-ray telescopes Kuldeep Yadav (BARC, Mumbai) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	MAGIC Phase II - Extension to the stereoscopic system Masahiro Teshima (Max-Planck-Institut, Munich) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	H.E.S.S II Yvonne Becherini (APC, Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	GAW - A very large field-of-view Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Maria Luisa Arruda (LIP Lisbon ) - transparencies (ppt)
15'+5'	-	CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) Michael Punch (APC, Paris) - transparencies (pdf)
15'+5'	-	AGIS: A next-generation VHE gamma-ray detector Wystan Benbow (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge ) - transparencies (pdf)
Sunday February 8th
Closing Session: Summary Talk Chairperson J. Trân Thanh Vân (Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay)
40'	-	Summary Talk                                                                                                             Arnon Dar (Technion, Haifa) - Transparencies (.ppt)