================================================================= KEK Cosmophysics Group Inaugural Conference Accelerators in the Universe - Interplay between High Energy Physics and Cosmophysics - 12 (Wed) - 14 (Fri) March 2008 3rd building 1F seminar hall, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan URL: http://www-conf.kek.jp/AIU08/ Second Circular (29 Feb. 2008) ================================================================= This is the second circular of the KEK Cosmophysics Group Inaugural Conference "Accelerators in the Universe - Interplay between High Energy Physics and Cosmophysics -". We are delighted to have more than 100 registrations. Thank you for your cooperation. Topics: - Inflation models, unified theories and higher dimensional gravity. - Observational cosmology of the early universe and dark energy, including the CMB and gravitational wave astronomies. - GRBs, AGNs and other high energy astrophysical phenomena related to cosmic jets. - High energy cosmic rays. Invited speakers: Masaki Ando (U Tokyo) Roger D. Blandford (SLAC) Masashi Hazumi (KEK) Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech) Jun Kataoka (Tokyo Inst Tech) Edward W. Kolb (KICP, Chicago U) Adrian Lee (UC Berkeley) Peter Meszaros (IGC, Penn State) Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto U) Masahiro Teshima (MPI) Jun'ichi Yokoyama (RESCEU, U Tokyo) Registration: The registration desk is open from 9:30 on March 12 (Wed). The registration fee is 3,000 yen. Only cash is accepted and will be collected at the registration desk. You may get your name tag and receipt. Please return the name tag after the conference. Reception and Banquet: A reception party is held on the 1st day (2500 yen) and a banquet on the 2nd day (3500 yen) at the Lounge 2 located in the building of the User's Office. The fees of these parties will be collected at the registration desk by cash. Tickets and receipts will be issued. http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?hl=ja&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107488672797541980452.0004471f497d4bca3ac94&z=13 Oral presentation: A liquid crystal display (LCD) projector is available. We will collect your talk files (ppt or pdf) after presentations in our USB memory. We are also planning to take a video of talks. These are going to be uploaded on our website. KEK dormitory: Key: The key can be received at the entrance of the KEK dormitory till 22:00 and at the information center after 22:00. Charge: The dormitory charge will be withheld from the travel support if you receive the support from KEK. If you do not have the support from KEK, the charge should be paid at the User's Office located behind the information center. The User's Ofiice is open from 9:00 to 17:00. http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?hl=ja&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107488672797541980452.0004471f497d4bca3ac94&z=13 Internet: To use the wireless LAN, you need to apply for it in advance according to the following procedure. http://www.kek.jp/uskek/eng/other/lan2.html Google map around Tsukuba Center and KEK: http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?hl=ja&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107488672797541980452.0004471f497d4bca3ac94&z=13 Access: For general information: http://www.kek.jp/intra-e/access/index.html Bus from Narita airport to Tsukuba Center: We note that the seat reservation is required to go to the Narita airport from Tsukuba Center. Please let us know if you need the reservation. http://www.kek.jp/RSO/guide/transportation/narita_jikokuhyo.html Bus from Tsukuba Center (station) to KEK http://www.kek.jp/intra-e/access/timetable1.html Shuttle Bus from OKURA Frontier Hotel to KEK March 12 in the morning 9:25 depart from OKURA Frontier Hotel Epochal 9:30 depart from OKURA Frontier Hotel Honkan March 13, 14 in the morning 8:15 depart from OKURA Frontier Hotel Epochal 8:20 depart from OKURA Frontier Hotel Honkan March 12, 13 in the evening 21:30 depart from KEK International Center Proceeding: The conference proceedings will be published from the American Institute for Physics as a volume in the AIP Conference Proceedings Series in the 6 x 9 inch (between A5 and B5) formats. An example of one of the AIP proceedings may be viewed online at: http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/878.jsp Here are the page limits for each type of presentation and the deadline: Invited talks: 15 pages Contributed talks: 5 pages Deadline: 14 May 2008 Climate: The weather information is available, for example, from http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Tsukuba/forecasts/latest Currency Exchange: We recommend you to exchange your money into Japanese Yens at a Currency Exchange counter at the Airport on your arrival. The information is available from http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_11.html Program: 12 (Wed) March 9:30 - 10:45 Registration 10:45 - 10:50 Opening address (Hideo Kodama) 10:50 - 11:00 Fumihiko Takasaki (Director of IPNS, KEK) 11:00 - 12:30 Session 1 (Chair: TBA) Edward W. Kolb (KICP, Chicago U) [50+10] Taking sides on the dark energy issue Masumi Kasai (Hirosaki U) [25+5] Apparent Acceleration through Large-scale Inhomogeneities 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:30 Session 2 (Chair: TBA) Jun'ichi Yokoyama (RESCEU, U Tokyo) [50+10] Probing the early Universe with multichannel observations Shun Saito (U Tokyo) [25+5] Impact of massive neutrinos on nonlinear matter power spectrum Shinji Tsujikawa (GNCT) [25+5] Dark energy and modified gravity 15:30 - 16:00 Break 16:00 - 18:00 Session 3 (Chair: TBA) Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto U) [50+10] Braneworld models and observations (tentative) Fuminobu Takahashi (IPMU) [25+5] Gravitino and inflation Kazunori Nakayama (ICRR) [25+5] Inflationary cosmology of axion models in supergravity 18:30 - 21:00 Reception party 13 (Thu) March 9:00 - 10:00 Session 4 (Chair: TBA) Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech) [50+10] The future of the CMB 10:00 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 12:30 Session 5 (Chair: TBA) Adrian Lee (UC Berkeley) [50+10] Probing the early universe with measurements of CMB polarization Masashi Hazumi (KEK) [25+5] Jumping into CMB polarization measurements ? a new group at KEK ? Makoto Hattori (Tohoku U) [25+5] Application of michelson type bolometric interferometer to CMB B-mode polarization observations 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:30 Session 6 (Chair: TBA) Masaki Ando (U Tokyo) [50+10] Gravitational wave experiments (tentative) Teruaki Suyama (ICRR) [25+5] Non-Gaussianities, Spectral Index, and Tensor Mode in Models with Mixed Inflaton and Curvaton Shuntaro Mizuno (RESCEU, U Tokyo) [25+5] Primordial non-Gaussianities in new ekpyrotic cosmology 15:30 - 16:00 Break 16:00 - 18:00 Session 7 (Chair: TBA) Roger D. Blandford (SLAC) [50+10] Cosmic Gamma-Rays Yuichiro Sekiguchi (TITech) [25+5] Collapse of rapidly rotating massive stellar core to a black hole in full GR Yousuke Takamori (Osaka City U) [25+5] Numerical Study of Stationary Black Hole Magnetospheres ? Blandford-Znajek mechanism by fast rotating black holes ? 18:30 - 21:00 Banquet 14 (Fri) March 9:00 - 10:00 Session 8 (Chair: TBA) Masahiro Teshima (MPI) [50+10] TBA 10:00 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 12:30 Session 9 (Chair: TBA) Peter Meszaros (IGC, Penn State) [50+10] Gamma-Ray Burst and Particle Astrophysics: Future Prospects Katsuaki Asano (TITech) [25+5] Gamma-ray Bursts and Particle Acceleartion Kohta Murase (YITP, Kyoto U) [25+5] High-Energy Neutrinos and Gamma-Ray Bursts 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 Session 10 (Chair: TBA) Susumu Inoue (NAOJ/Kyoto U) [25+5] Astrophysical Accelerators of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Kenji Toma (Kyoto U/NAOJ) [25+5] Gamma-Ray Burst Polarization 14:30 - 15:00 Break 15:00 - 17:00 Session 11 (Chair: TBA) Jun Kataoka (TITech) [50+10] High Energy Observations of AGN Jets and Their Future Prospects Yoshitaka Itow (STEL, Nagoya U) [25+5] The LHCf experiment for verification of UHECR interaction models Hajime Takami (U Tokyo) [25+5] Towards unravelling the structural distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray sources 17:00 - 17:10 Closing remarks (Hideo Kodama) The Advisory Committee: Masashi Hazumi (KEK) Nobuyuki Kawai (Tokyo Inst Tech) Seiji Kawamura (NAOJ) Kei-ichi Maeda (Waseda U) Takashi Nakamura (Kyoto U) Misao Sasaki (YITP) Tetsuya Shiromizu (Tokyo Inst Tech) Naoshi Sugiyama (Nagoya U) Yasushi Suto (U Tokyo) Fumio Takahara (Osaka U) Tadayuki Takahashi (ISAS/JAXA) Masahiro Teshima (MPI) Tomonori Totani (Kyoto U) LOC of the Conference: Hideo Kodama (chair) Kunihito Ioka Akihiro Ishibashi Cosmophysics Group, IPNS, KEK Contact: Kunihito Ioka kunihito.ioka (at) kek.jp Cosmophysics Group, Theory Division Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization) 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan Phone: +81-29-879-6216 Fax: +81-29-864-5755