IPA 2013

from Monday, 13 May 2013 (07:30) to Wednesday, 15 May 2013 (18:00)
Union South

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 May 2013
14 May 2013
15 May 2013
AM
08:00
Registration (until 08:55) ()
08:55
Plenary Session I - chaired by Gordon Thomson, University of Utah (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Welcome (until 09:10) ()
09:10
Double Beta Decay: A Very Important and Difficult Experiment (until 09:45) (The Marquee - Level 2)
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09:20 Double Beta Decay: A Very Important and Difficult Experiment: Giorgio Gratta, Stanford University   (The Marquee - Level 2)
09:45
The Planck Mission (until 10:20) (The Marquee - Level 2)
09:45 The Planck Mission - Sarah Church (Stanford University)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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10:20
Accelerator Neutrino Experiments (until 10:55) (The Marquee - Level 2)
10:55 --- Break ---
11:15
Plenary Session 2, chaired by Klas Hultqvist, Stockholm University (until 11:20) ()
11:20
Gravitational Waves (until 11:55) (The Marquee - Level 2)
11:55
Origin and Acceleration of High Energy Cosmic Rays (until 12:30) (The Marquee - Level 2)
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08:00
Registration (until 08:55) ()
08:55
Plenary Session 3 - chaired by Mary Hall Reno, University of Iowa (until 09:00) ()
09:00
LHC Lights the Way: The Higgs and Beyond (until 09:35) (The Marquee - Level 2)
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09:35
Results from Fermi (until 10:10) (The Marquee - Level 2)
09:35 Selected Fermi-LAT Results from the Past Year - Keith Bechtol (KICP, University of Chicago)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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10:10
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy (until 10:45) (The Marquee - Level 2)
10:10 Overview and History of TeV Gamma Ray Astronomy - trevor weekes (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
10:45 --- Break ---
11:10
Plenary Session 4 - chaired by David Nitz, Michigan Technological University (until 11:15) ()
11:15
First Light in HAWC (until 11:50) (The Marquee - Level 2)
11:15 First Light in HAWC - Prof. Jordan Goodman (o=umd,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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11:50
CTA and the Future of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (until 12:25) (The Marquee - Level 2)
11:50 CTA and the Future.... - Brian Humensky (Columbia University)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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08:00
Registration (until 08:55) (2nd Level)
08:55
Plenary Session 5 - chaired by Mike Shaevitz, Columbia University (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: Observational Results (until 09:35) (The Marquee - Level 2)
09:35
Results from IceCube (until 10:10) (The Marquee - Level 2)
09:35 Results from IceCube - Nathan Whitehorn (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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10:10
Neutrinos from the sun and from other sources (until 10:45) (The Marquee - Level 2)
10:10 Neutrinos from the sun and from other sources - Prof. Stefan Schoenert (TUM)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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10:45 --- Break ---
11:10
Parallel Session 6 - chaired by Tom Weiler, Vanderbilt University (until 11:15) ()
11:15
Cosmology and Neutrino Mass Constraints (until 11:50) (The Marquee - Level 2)
11:50
Direct Dark Matter Experiments (until 12:25) ()
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Results from MINOS and the status of MINOS+ - Gregory Pawloski (University of Minnesota)   ()
14:25 Results from the T2K long baseline neutrino experiment - Mr Casey Bojechko (University of Victoria)   ()
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14:50 The Status of the NOvA Experiment - Dr Xinchun Tian (University of South Carolina)   ()
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15:10 Neutrino Measurements in the Making - Jenny Thomas (University College of London)   ()
14:00
Cosmic-Ray Theory / Experiments I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 UHE photons, neutrinos, and hadrons at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Current status and prospects for the future - Prof. David Nitz (Michigan Technological University)   ()
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14:25 Results from the Telescope Array Experiment - Prof. Pierre Sokolsky (University of Utah) Prof. Gordon Thomson (University of Utah)   ()
14:50 TARA: Radar Detection of UHECR Air Showers - Prof. John Belz (University of Utah)   ()
15:10 Cosmic Rays of Extreme Energies - Prof. Angela Olinto (The University of Chicago)   ()
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14:00
Dark Matter Theory / Experiments I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Indirect Searches for Dark Matter with the Fermi Large Area Telescope - Andrea Albert (The Ohio State University / CCAPP)   ()
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14:18 An Indirect Detection Source Comparison Case Study: The Galactic Center and The Fornax Galaxy Cluster - Sheldon Campbell (The Ohio State University)   ()
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14:36 Latest Results on Searches for Dark Matter from IceCube - Mr Matthias Danninger (Stockholm University)   ()
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14:54 Positrons from dark matter in light of recent developments - Dr Matt Kistler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)   ()
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15:12 Prospects for Discovery of DM Annihilation to Primary Neutrinos with IceCube - Bradley Knockel (University of New Mexico)   ()
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14:00
Non-Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Neutrino-less double beta decay with EXO-200 and nEXO - Mr andrea pocar (umass amherst)   ()
14:20 CUORE neutrinoless double beta decay experiment - Dr Yuan Mei (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)   ()
14:40 Status of the GERDA Experiment - Dr Oliver Schulz (MPI für Physics, Munich)   ()
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15:00 The NEXT way to neutrinoless double beta decay - Ms Paola Ferrario (IFIC - Valencia)   ()
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15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
Cosmic-Ray Theory / Experiments II (until 17:30) ()
16:00 Study of TeV-PeV cosmic-ray anisotropy with the IceCube, IceTop, and AMANDA detectors - Marcos Santander (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
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16:18 Cosmic Ray Physics with ARGO-YBJ - Dr Roberto Iuppa (University & INFN of Rome Tor Vergata)   ()
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16:36 Sensitivity of Auger and JEM-EUSO to Ensemble Fluctuations in the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Flux - Dr Paul Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Northeastern University)   ()
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16:54 Deflections of UHECRs from Cen A in the Galactic magnetic field - Azadeh Keivani (Louisiana State University)   ()
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17:12 Newborn pulsars as ultrahigh energy cosmic accelerators - Ke Fang (University of Chicago)   ()
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16:00
Dark Matter Theory / Experiments II (until 17:30) ()
16:00 COUPP - Dr Russell Neilson (University of Chicago)   ()
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16:18 DAMIC results and its current status - Ms Jing Zhou (The University of Chicago)   ()
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16:36 The DRIFT Dark Matter Search - Dinesh Loomba (UNM)   ()
16:54 Operation and First Data of DM-Ice17 at the South Pole - Matt Kauer (UW Madison)   ()
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17:12 The XENON100 experiment - Ms Kyungeun Lim (UW-Madison)   ()
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16:00
Neutrino Astrophysics I (until 17:30) ()
16:00 Neutrino Physics @ Auger - Prof. Luis Anchordoqui (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)   ()
16:15 Results from the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope - Mr Juan Pablo Gomez Gonzalez (IFIC (CSIC-UV))   ()
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16:30 KM3NeT: The next generation neutrino telescope - Alexander Kappes (o=humboldt,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
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16:45 The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) neutrino observatory - Michael DuVernois (University of Wisconsin--Madison)   ()
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17:00 Performance of the ARIANNA Neutrino Telescope - Dr Corey Reed (UC Irvine)   ()
17:15 Towards a Megaton MeV Neutrino Detector - Sebastian Böser (Universität Bonn)   ()
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16:00
Non-Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics II (until 17:30) ()
16:00 NEXT-DEMO prototype results - Mr Francesc Monrabal (IFIC)   ()
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16:40 Solar neutrinos, geoneutrinos and search for sterile neutrinos with Borexino - David Bravo (Virginia Tech)   ()
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17:00 Neutrino Oscillations with DeepCore and PINGU - Prof. Ty DeYoung (o=psu,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
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18:30
Banquet - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison 53706 (until 20:30) ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics II (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Status and Outlook for LBNE - Jon Urheim (Indiana University)   ()
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14:25 Neutrino Physics Results at MINERvA - Dr Carrie McGivern (University of Pittsburgh)   ()
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14:45 Searching for Sterile Neutrinos and CP Violation: The IsoDAR and Daedalus Experiments - Michael Shaevitz (Columbia University)   ()
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14:00
High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astrophysics I (until 15:30) ()
14:00 The Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Sky with VERITAS - Mr Jonathan Dumm (UW-Madison)   ()
14:25 High-Energy Gamma-Ray Bursts with Fermi - Dr Nicola Omodei (Stanford University/KIPAC)   ()
14:50 Galactic Sources in the Fermi Large Area Telescope - Elizabeth Hays (NASA GSFC)   ()
14:00
Neutrino Astrophysics II (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Observation of Very High Energy Neutrinos in IceCube - Claudio Kopper (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
14:15 Spatial Clustering Analysis of the Very High Energy Neutrinos in IceCube - Naoko Kurahashi Neilson (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
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14:30 Cosmic Neutrino Flavor Ratios with Broken ν_μ-ν_τ Symmetry - Thomas J Weiler (Vanderbilt University)   ()
14:50 High-Energy Neutrinos from Cosmic Explosions - Dr Kohta Murase (Institute for Advanced Study)   ()
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15:10 Atmospheric lepton fluxes at high energies - Prof. Reno, Mary Hall Reno (University of Iowa)   ()
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14:00
Non-Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics III (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Recent Reactor-Based Measurements of Theta13 - Dr David Webber (University of Wisconsin-Madison)   ()
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14:20 Status of US Short Baseline Reactor Effort - Mr Bryce Littlejohn (University of Cincinnati)   ()
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15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics III (until 17:30) ()
16:00 MiniBooNE: current evidence for neutrino oscillations and a future test - Rex Tayloe (Indiana U.)   ()
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16:25 A Future Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Experiment at Fermilab - Dr Robert Cooper (Indiana University)   ()
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16:45 Status of MicroBooNE - Christina Ignarra (MIT)   ()
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17:10 Recent Results from the Fermilab MIPP Experiment and Future Nitrogen Run - Prof. Nickolas Solomey (Wichita State University)   ()
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16:00
High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astrophysics II (until 17:30) ()
16:00 A view of the Milagro sky with VERITAS - Dr Ester Aliu (Barnard College)   ()
16:25 Connection Between Pulsar GeV Emission and Pulsar Wind Nebula TeV Emission. - Mr Anushka U Abeysekara (Michigan State University)   ()
16:50 Spectral breaks observed in CR spectrum solves the puzzle with the knee and beyond - Dr Serap Tilav (o=udel,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)   ()
16:00
Neutrino Astrophysics III - Theory (until 17:30) ()
16:00 PeV Cascades in IceCube - Mr Ranjan Laha (Ohio State University)   ()
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16:15 Testing Lorentz invariance in beta decays - Jorge S. Diaz (Indiana University)   ()
16:35 PRIDE – Passive Radio Ice Depth Experiment - An Instrument to Measure Outer Planet Lunar Ice Depths from Orbit using Neutrinos - Dr Timothy Miller (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)   ()
16:00
Open (until 17:30) ()
12:25
Status of Direct Searches for Low-Mass WIMPs (until 13:00) (The Marquee - Level 2)
12:25 Status of Direct Searches for Low Mass WIMPs - Lauren Hsu (FNAL)   (The Marquee - Level 2)
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