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Neutrino Geoscience 2010

Gran Sasso National Laboratory - Italy

6 - 8 october, 2010

 

 

 

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Wednesday, October 6,  2010

     
   

8.30-9.00

Registration

   
 

    Scientific Setting

   
   

9.00-9.30

A. Ianni (INFN - LNGS) - Neutrinos and other searches at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

 
   

9.30-10.00

G. Fiorentini (University of Ferrara) - Geo-neutrinos: a new probe of Earth's interior

 
   

10.00-10.30

M. Javoy (Institute of Geophysics of Paris, Paris Diderot University) - The composition of the Earth

 
   

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

   
 

    The silicate Earth and geo-neutrinos (Chairperson: B. McDonough)

   
   

11.00-11.30

R. Rudnick (University of Maryland) - The composition of the continental crust

 
   

11.30-12.00

S. Dye (Hawaii Pacific University) - Measuring the U and Th enrichment of the silicate earth

 
   

12.00-12.30

T. Alboussiere (University Joseph Fourier) - A dynamical model for the Earth's inner core

 
   

12.30-14.30

 Lunch

   
 

    Reactors anti-neutrinos (Chairperson: M. Chen)

   
   

14.30-15.00

T. Lasserre (Laboratoire astroparticule et cosmologie (APC))- Antineutrino from reactor

 
   

15.00-15.30

B. Ricci (University of Ferrara) - Reactor antineutrinos in the world

 
   

15.30-16.00

J. Maricic (Drexel University) - Geo-reactor neutrinos: experimental status

 
   

16.00-16.30

Coffee Break

   
 

    Anti-neutrino Measurements (Chairperson: E. Lisi)

   
   

16.30-17.00

V. Sinev (Institute for Nuclear Research RAS) - A large volume scintillation detector at Baksan: status and perspectives

 
   

17.00-17.30

L. Miramonti (University of Milan) - Nuclear physics for geo-neutrino studies

 
   

17.30 onwards

Discussion

   

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 7, 2010

     
 

    Anti-neutrino Measurements (Chairperson: G. Bellini)

   
   

9.00-9.30

L. Ludhova (INFN - Milan) - Borexino: status and prospects

 
   

9.30-10.00

M. Coltorti (University of Ferrara) - How was determined the U and Th content of the Continental Crust underneath the Gran Sasso area?

 
   

10.00-10.30

A. Amato (INGV) – Moho depth and crustal structure in peninsular Italy

 
   

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

   
 

    Geo-neutrinos and geological implications (Chairperson: R. Rudnick)

   
   

11.00-11.30

I. Shimizu (Tohoku University) – KamLAND: status and prospects

 
   

11.30-12.00

M. Chen (Queens University) - SNO+: status and prospects

 
   

12.00-12.30

C. Jaupart (University of Paris) - Geo-neutrino production near the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

 
   

12.30-14.30

Lunch

   
 

    Geo-neutrinos and geological implications (Chairperson: M. Javoy)

   
   

14.30-15.00

W. Gosnold (University of North Dakota) - The global heat flow database and the relationship between heat flow and Earth's radioactive heat content

 
   

15.00-15.30

J. Majorowicz (University of Alberta ) - Heat flow measured in shallow (< 1000 m) wells may inaccurately determine the heat flow/heat generation relationship and earth's heat loss - Paleoclimatic factor

 
   

15.30-16.00

C. Bonadiman (University of Ferrara) - The role of clinopyroxene in the chemical evolution of Earth’s mantle

 
   

16.00-16.30

Coffee Break

   
 

    Next experiments (Chairperson: R. Raghavan)

   
   

16.30-17.00

F. von Feilitzsch (Technical University of Munich) - LENA: status and prospects

 
   

17.00-17.30

R. de Meijer (University of the Western Cape) - EARTH project: status and prospects

 
   

17.30 onwards

Discussion

   
 

 

19.30

Workshop dinner

   

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 8, 2010

     
 

    Future challenges (Chairperson: F. von Feilitzsch)

   
   

9.00-9.30

H. Watanabe (Tohoku University) - Toward low energy anti-neutrinos directional measurement; development of Li loaded liquid scintillator

 
   

9.30-10.00

B. Szczerbinska (Dakota State University) - Potassium geo-neutrinos and their detection

 
   

10.00-10.30

E. Lisi (INFN) - Combined analysis of KamLAND and Borexino neutrino signals from Th and U decays in the Earth’s interior

 
   

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

   
 

    Future challenges (Chairperson: S. Dye)

   
   

11.00-11.30

J. Learned (University of Hawaii) - Towards Hanohano

 
   

11.30-12.00

R. Raghavan (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) - Quest for New Physics with MeV Neutrino sources brighter than a thousand Suns

 
   

12.00-12.30

B. McDonough (University of Maryland) - Geo-neutrinos: future geoscience impacts

 
   

12.30-14.30

Lunch

   
   

14.30-17.30

Underground tour

   

 

 

 

Last update: 8 October 2010