ICRC2003 program


circle03_darkblue.gif Opening ceremony
circle03_darkblue.gif Hess Lecture/Plenary/Highlight sessions
circle03_darkblue.gif Rapporteur sessions
circle03_darkblue.gif Parallel sessions
  Oral sessions     SH/OG/HE  (infomation on oral session)
    Poster sessions SH/OG/HE  (infomation on poster session)
circle03_darkblue.gif Scientific programs


circle03_darkblue.gif Opening ceremony

28th International Cosmic Ray Conference
Main Convention Hall, Tsukuba International Congress Center
Tsukuba, 31 July 2003

9:20

Welcoming Address

 

 

Dr. Motohiko Yoshimura

(Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and Director of Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo)

 

 

Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama

(Vice president, the University of Tokyo)

 

 

Dr. Kazuo Kitahara

(President, the Physical Society of Japan)

 

 

Dr. Humitaka Sato

(Chairman, Japanese Liaison Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics)

 

Official Opening of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference and Presentation of Awards

 

 

Dr. Peter Wenzel

(Chairman of Commission C4 Cosmic Rays of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics)

 

Welcoming Remarks

 

 

Presentation of the O'Ceallaigh Medal to Prof. Frank B. McDonald

 

 

Presentation of the Shakti P. Duggal Award to Dr. Pasquale Blasi

 

 

Presentation of Yodh Prize to Prof. B. V. Sreekantan

(short break)

 

10:30

Hess lecture

 

 

 

Prof. Masatoshi Koshiba

 

 

 

    Birth of Neutrino Astrophysics

11:10

End of Opening Ceremony


circle03_darkblue.gif Hess lecture/Plenary/Highlight sessions

July 31

Main Convention Hall

 

10:30-11:10

Hess Lecture

M. Koshiba

Birth of Neutrino Astrophysics

 

11:40-12:10

highlight

L. Koepke

Recent Results from the AMANDA Neutrino Telescope (3.1MB)

 

12:10–12:40

highlight

R. P. Lin

Latest RHESSI Results on Particle Acceleration and Energy Release in Solar Flares (38.6MB)

August 1

Main Convention Hall

 

11:05–11:45

plenary

T. Kosugi

New Understanding of the Sun (8.8MB)

 

11:45-12:15

highlight

A Yamamoto

Latest Results from BESS and Related Topics (4.2MB)

 

12:15-12:45

highlight

J. Beer

Long-Term Solar Variability by Cosmogenic Isotopes and the Response of the Climate System

August 3

Main Convention Hall

 

11:05–11:45

plenary

B. S. Sathyaprakash

Gravitational Radiation: Observing the Dark and Dense Universe (5.4MB)

 

11:45-12_15

highlight

E. C. Stone

The Solar Wind Termination Shock and the Outer Heliosphere

 

12:15-12_45

highlight

J. Bluemer

Highest Energy Cosmic Rays and the Pierre Auger Project (7.4MB)

August 5

Main Convention Hall

 

11:05–11:45

plenary

Y. Suzuki

Neutrino oscillation (3.8MB)

 

11:45-12:45

plenary

T. C. Weekes, T. Kifune, H. Voelk

TeV Gamma Ray Observation and the Origin of Cosmic Rays (T.C.Weekes (8.8MB), T.Kifune (1.9MB), H.Voelk)

 

18:30-20:30

BANQUET at Hotel Shinonome

 

 

*After dinner address

M. M. Shapiro

Fifty years of cosmic ray science — a personal retrospective

August 6

Main Convention Hall

 

11:05–11:45

plenary

M. S. Turner

Cosmology Update: Dark Energy, Inflation, and Dark Matter (8.9MB)

 

11_45-12:15

highlight

N. Kawai

Contribution of HETE-2 to the Progress in Understanding Gamma-Ray Bursts

August 8

at Kashiwa

 

18:00-19:30

Public Hess Lecture

W. Hofmann

The quest for the origin of cosmic rays (23.9MB)


circle03_darkblue.gif Rapporteur sessions

August 7

Main Convention Hall

 

09:10-09:50

C. M. S. Cohen

SH1, SH2.1 (3.6MB,  ppt file:4.9MB)

 

09:50-10:30

T. Montaruli

HE2, HE3.2–HE3.4 (7.5MB)

 

10:55-11:35

M. Mori

OG2 (7.1MB)

 

11:35-12:15

I. V. Moskalenko

OG1.3, OG1.4, HE1.2 (3.7MB)

 

12:15-12:55

I. G. Usoskin

SH3.4–SH3.6, (SH1.5)  (2.4MB)

 

14:20-15:00

M. Takita

HE1.1–HE1.2, HE1.5, HE3.1 (2.5MB)

 

15:00-15:40

R. Battiston

OG1.1, OG1.2, OG1.5 (10.9MB)

 

16:10-16:50

K. Munakata

SH2.2–SH2.3, SH3.1–SH3.3, (SH1.5)  (0.7MB)

 

16:50-17:30

A. Olinto

HE1.3–HE1.5 (6.1MB)


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In the 28th ICRC scientific program, several subsessions in ``Solar and Heliospheric Phenomena (SH)'' are merged in new subsessions. This comes from limited numbers of the applicants to the subsessions. Following is the current list of subsessions in SH in comparison with the old subsessions.

Solar and Heliospheric Phenomena (SH)

New subsession code

New name

Original subsession code

Original name

SH1

Sun and Corona

 

 

SH1.1

Energetic photons and neutrons

 

 

SH1.2

Energetic charged particles: Composition, spectra, and charge state

 

 

SH1.3

Particle acceleration on/near Sun

 

 

SH1.4

Ground level enhancements

 

 

SH1.5

Instrumentation and new projects

SH 1.6

Instrumentation and new projects

 

 

SH 2.7

Instrumentation and new projects

 

 

SH 3.7

Instrumentation and new projects

SH2

Acceleration and Transport Phenomena in the Heliosphere

 

 

SH2.1

Interplanetary transport of solar energetic particles

 

 

SH2.2

Coronal mass ejections and Forbush decreases

SH 1.5

Coronal mass ejections

 

 

SH 2.2

Forbush decreases /Effects of coronal mass ejections

SH2.3

Interaction regions, shocks, transport, and acceleration

SH 2.3

Propagating interaction regions/shocks

 

 

SH 2.4

Co-rotating interaction regions/shocks

 

 

SH 2.6

General acceleration and transport phenomena

SH3

Galactic and Anomalous Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere

 

 

SH3.1

Anomalous cosmic rays and outer heliosphere

SH 2.6

General acceleration and transport phenomena

 

 

SH 3.1

Origin and acceleration of anomalous cosmic rays

SH3.2

Modulation models

 

 

SH3.3

Gradients, anisotropies, spectra, and composition

SH 3.3

Gradients, anisotropies

 

 

SH 3.4

Spectra, composition, charge state

SH3.4

Long-term variations

SH 3.5

Long-term variations

SH3.5

Long-term variation of cosmic rays studied by cosmogenic nuclides

SH 3.5

Long-term variations

 

 

SH 3.6

Terrestrial effects and cosmogenic nuclides

SH3.6

Terrestrial effects and cosmogenic nuclides

 

 


OG: Cosmic Ray Origin and Galactic Phenomena
OG1: Direct Measurements and Origin of Cosmic Rays
OG 1.1 Cosmic rays observed with balloons and satellites
OG 1.2 Cosmic ray source composition
OG 1.3 Cosmic ray propagation
OG 1.4 Acceleration of cosmic rays
OG 1.5 Instrumentation and new projects

OG2: X-Ray and Gamma Ray Measurements
OG 2.1 Diffuse galactic emission
OG 2.2 Galactic sources (e.g. supernova remnants, pulsars, binaries)
OG 2.3 Extra-galactic sources (e.g. active galactic nuclei, clusters of galaxies)
OG 2.4 Gamma ray bursts
OG 2.5 Instrumentation and new projects

OG3: Gravitational Waves
OG 3.1 Gravitational wave sources
OG 3.2 Observation and data analysis
OG 3.3 Current status of ground based detectors
OG 3.4 R&D for advanced detectors
OG 3.5 Other related topics to gravitational wave

HE: High Energy Phenomena
HE1: Extensive Air Showers and UHE Cosmic Rays
HE 1.1 Air shower observation for energy < eV
HE 1.2 Theory and simulations (including origins of knee)
HE 1.3 Air shower observation for energy > eV
HE 1.4 Theory and simulations on UHE cosmic rays
HE 1.5 Instrumentation and new projects

HE2: Muons and Neutrinos
HE 2.1 Muon experiments
HE 2.2 Solar, atmospheric and related neutrino experiments
HE 2.3 Neutrino telescopes
HE 2.4 Theory and calculations
HE 2.5 Instrumentation and new projects

HE3: Interactions, Particle Physics Aspects, Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology
HE 3.1 Hadron interactions (accelerator and cosmic ray experiments)
HE 3.2 Proton decay and new phenomena: experiments and theory
HE 3.3 Dark matter, astroparticle physics and cosmology
HE 3.4 Instrumentation and new projects


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