University of California, Berkeley
Astrononomy/Physics C285 – Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar
Spring 2000 - 4-5:30 PM Wednesdays - 643 Campbell Hall
Cosmic Accelerators and the Origin of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR)
A study seminar on the phenomenology of the highest energy cosmic rays and their implications for particle physics and the astrophysics of particle acceleration
January 19 - Organization
January 28 – Jeremy Heyl, Caltech: The Optics of Neutron Star Magnetospheres
February 2 – Chris Thompson, U north carolina, Chapel Hill: Magnetars
February 9 - Steve Boggs, Caltech: Nucleosynthesis & Supernovae: The Future of Nuclear Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
February 16 - Erik Rosolowsky/Don Backer, UCB Astronomy: Classical Cosmic Ray Physics
February 23 - Andrew Westphal, UCB SSL: Cosmic Ray Composition
March 1 - Maria Isaac, UCB CfPA: Experimental Methods in UHECR
March 8 - George Smoot,, UCB Physics/LBNL: The Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin (GZK) Cutoff
Ben Weaver, SSL: Intergalactic Magnetic Fields
No Seminar – 3/15
March 22 - J. Arons, UCB Astronomy/Physics:Effects of Diffusive Transport on the GZK Volume
March 29 – Marco Salvati, Arcetri Observatory (Italy): Charged particle Transport in Random Magnetic Fields
April 5 – Andrew Melatos, UCB Miller Institute/Astronomy: Fermi I Acceleration in Shock Waves
April 12 – Ben Chandran, U Iowa: Transport and acceleration of energetic particles in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
April 19 – Yuri Levin, UCB TAC: Unipolar Inductors;
J. Arons: A Unipolar Inductor Model for UHECR Origins
April 26 - Hitoshi Murayama, UCB Physics/LBNL: Exotic Particle Explanations of UHECR
May 3 – Andrew Westphal, UCB SSL: Cosmic Rays from Knee to Ankle: Composition and Acceleration