DE RAYOS CÓSMICOS Y ASTROFÍSICA

Lista de Charlas Invitadas

• The Pierre Auger Experiment
  (Paul Sommers, The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
  
  
• The HESS Experiment
  (Gavin Rowell, University of Adelaide, Australia)
  
  
• The IceCube Experiment
  (Thomas Gaisser, Bartol Research Institute, USA)
  


• The KASCADE Experiment
  (Vitor de Souza, Karlsruhe, Germany)
  


• The JEM-EUSO Experiment
  (Andrea Santangelo, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany)
  


• The Swift Experiment
  (John Nousek, The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
  
  
• The Jicamarca Radio Observatory
  (Jorge L. Chau, Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Perú)
  


• Cosmic Ray projects in Perú High Altitude sites in Perú for cosmic ray detectors.
  


• The LAGO Experiment
  (Xavier Bertou, Bariloche, Argentina - bertou@cab.cnea.gov.ar)
  


• Atmospheric Monitoring Techniques Relevant for Cosmic Rays Detectors
  (Roberto Mussa, University of Torino, Italy - mussa@to.infn.it)
  


• Atmospheric Fluorescence Light
  (Fernando Arqueros, Universidad Complutense de Madrid., Spain - arqueros@gae.ucm.es)
  


• Cosmic Rays in Peru
  (Jose Ishitsuka, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, pepe@geo.igp.gob.pe)
  


• Cosmic Rays in Chile
  (Enrique Cordaro, Universidad de Chile, ecordaro@dfi.uchile.cl)
  


• Neutron Spectrum Measurements in Hight Altitude Experiments
  (Alba Zanini, University of Torino, Italy - zanini@to.infn.it)
  

Charlas Introductorias

Dos o tres días previos a la Escuela se realizarán charlas introductorias. Estas charlas serán dadas en español y están dirigidas principalmente a los estudiantes locales (otros estudiantes latinoamericanos también son bienvenidos).

• Uncertainty in experimental measurements
  
• Elementary Particle Physics (Javier Solano)
  
• Introduction to Cosmic Rays Physics (Oscar Saavedra)
  
• Interaction of radiation with matter (Johana Chirinos)
  
• Common detectors (scintillator, MWPC, GM, Cerenkov tanks) and Cosmic Rays, Gamma Ray and Neutrino Detectors (Jose Bellido)
  
• Introduction to Astrophysics: structure of the Universe, astrophysical objects (Johana Chirinos)
  
• radioactivity, neutrinos and the ANGRA proyect in Brazil (Edgar Casimiro, CINVESTAV, Mexico)
  

Topicos Cubiertos en Cada Charla

Astrofísica de Altas Energías

• Cosmic Ray Acceleration
  
• Diffusive acceleration at non relativistic shocks
  
• Diffusive acceleration at relativistic shocks
  
• Non linear theory of particle acceleration: dynamical reaction
  
• Non linear theory of particle acceleration: magnetic field amplification
  
• Maximum energy of accelerated particles and Galactic Cosmic Rays
  
• Other acceleration mechanisms
  
• Transport of cosmic rays: from diffusion to ballistic motion
  
• The diffusion regime and the wave-particle interactions
  
• Connections with observables (spectrum, chemical composition, anisotropies)
  
• Ballistic motion: small angle deflections
  
• From Galactic cosmic rays to ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs)
• The end of the Galactic spectrum
  
• Three possible transition models
  
• UHECRs: sources and transport
  
• ultifrequency observations of UHECR sources
  

Astrofísica de Neutrinos

• Neutrinos as elementary particles: leptons and quarks, fundamental interactions, Dirac or Majorana neutrinos, neutrino mass and oscillations.
  
• Solar internal structure: thermonuclear reactions and neutrino emission.
  
• Solar neutrinos experiments: results and consequences on neutrino properties.
  
• Final stages of stellar evolution: supernova explosion and neutron star formation.
  
• Neutrinos from gravitational stellar collapses: emission and detection.

Simulaciones de Air Shower

• Air showers: a statistical process
  
• Why numerical simulations?
  
• Corsika: features, performance, limitations
  
• Some simulation techniques
  

Estudios de Anisotropia

• point sources search
  
• cross correlations
  
• broad scale correlations
  
• Statistical analysis
  
• Anisotropy results

Medición Directa de Rayos Cósmicos (up to around TeV)

• satellite experiments
  
• balloon experiments
  

Modulación Solar

• Lecture I
  
• El Sol y el Viento Solar
  
• Ciclo y Actividad Solar
  
• La Heliosfera
  
• Lecture II
  
• Modulación de Rayos Cósmicos por el Sol
  
• Rayos Cósmicos Solares
  
• La Magnetosfera Terrestre
  
• Direcciones Asintóticas de Rayos Cósmicos
  
• Lecture III
  
• Conos Asintóticos, Umbra y Penumbra
  
• Red Mundial de detectores de rayos cósmicos
  
• Los rayos cósmicos y el clima terrestre
  

Links of Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos and Gamma-rays (above 10^18 eV).

• High Energy Proton and Nuclei Interactions During Propagation
  
• High Energy Neutrino Flux Generated in the Source and During Propagation
  
• High Energy Photon Flux Production and Subsequent Cascades
  
• What the Different Species Fluxes at Earth Can Tell Us
  

Air-fluorescence radiation

• The fluorescence technique for the detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
  
• Fluorescence emission and deposited energy
  
• The dependence of fluorescence intensity on atmospheric parameters
  
• Experimental determination of the fluorescence yield
  
• Actual status of our knowledge on air-fluorescence emission