Perspectives on Fundamental Symmetries and Neutrinos

6 Sept 2013, 08:00 → 7 Sept 2013, 14:00 US/Pacific

A118 (Physics-Astronomy Building)

Symposium Photos:  www.npl.washington.edu/c7/

Mini symposium on neutrino physics and fundamental symmetries as a Festschrift to celebrate and honor Hamish Robertson on his impending 70th birthday.

Visitor info (UW webpage)

recommended local hotels:
Silver Cloud Inn
University Inn
Watertown
Decca
College Inn

Confirmed speakers:

Eric Adelberger	CENPA
Sam Austin	NSCL
Baha Balantekin	Wisconsin
Thomas Bowles	LANL
Steve Elliott	LANL
Joseph Formaggio	MIT
Alejandro Garcia	UW
Wick Haxton	Berkeley
Karsten Heeger	Yale
David Hertzog	UW
Boris Kayser	FNAL
Art McDonald	Sno Lab
Diana Parno	UW
Alan Poon	LBNL
David Wark	STFC
Christian Weinheimer	UNI-Muenster
John Wilkerson	UNC

Friday 6 September

08:00 → 08:25 Registration

08:25 → 10:00 Session 1

Convener: Bob McKeown (J-Lab)

08:25 Welcome

Speaker: John Wilkerson

08:30 Tritium Beta Decay at Los Alamos

Speaker: Tom Bowles (LANL)

09:00 Direct Neutrino Mass Experiments: From Tretyakov-type spectrometers to Mac-E Filters, from Solid Tritium Sources to Windowless Gaseous Sources

Speaker: Christian Weinheimer (UNI-Muenster)

Slides hamish_festschrift_christian_weinheimer.pdf

09:30 The KATRIN Experiment

Speaker: Diana Parno

Slides Parno_Katrin_UW_Symposium_2013.pptx

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:00 Session 2

Convener: Jerry Wilhelmy (LANL)

10:30 SNO and Solar Neutrinos

Speaker: Alan Poon (Berkeley Lab)

Slides HamishFest-2013.09-Poon.pdf

11:00 Neutrino Magnetic Moment and Sterile Neutrinos

Speaker: Baha Balantekin (Wisconsin)

Slides Balantekin_for_hamishfest.pdf

11:30 Can 11B Provide an Estimate of the Neutrino Flux from Supernovae (plus Hamish's Younger Days)

Speaker: Sam Austin (NSCL)

Slides Hamish-70_2013.pptx

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 14:30 Session 3

Convener: Hiro Ejiri (Osaka)

13:30 Reactor Neutrino Experiments: Recent Results and Future Prospects

Speaker: Karsten Heeger (Yale)

Slides Heeger_RGHRFest.pdf

14:00 Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations

Speaker: David Wark (STFC)

Slides dlw_Hamishfest.pptx

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 16:30 Session 4

Convener: Frank Avignone

15:00 Double Beta Decay - Headed for the Inverted Hierarchy

Speaker: Steve Elliott (LANL)

Slides ElliottFundSymmNeu.pdf

15:30 Are There Sterile Neutrinos

Speaker: Boris Kayser (FNAL)

Slides BorisK1309.pdf

16:00 The Future of Neutrino Physics: A Retrospective

Speaker: Joseph Formaggio (MIT)

Slides Robertson_Festschrift_Formaggio_.pdf

Saturday 7 September

08:30 → 10:00 Session 5

Convener: Blayne Heckel (Washington)

08:30 Fundamental Interactions with 6He

Speaker: Alejandro Garcia (Washington)

Slides garcia.pdf

09:00 The Practically New Muon g-2 Experiment

Speaker: David Hertzog (Washington)

Slides PracticallyNew-g2-Hertzog-main.pptx

09:30 Gravity Experiments and Particle Physics

Speaker: Eric Adelberger (Washington)

Slides Hamish-fest1.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:20 Session 6

Convener: Gerry Garvey (LANL)

10:30 The Nuclear Physics of Dark Matter Detection

Speaker: Wick Haxton (Berkeley)

Slides HamishFest.pdf

11:00 Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Ge Detectors

Speaker: John Wilkerson (North Carolina)

Slides Ge_Beyond_SM_Wilkerson.pdf

11:30 Collaborating with Hamish on Fundamental Measurements during Four Decades

Speaker: Art McDonald (SNOLab)

Slides HamishFest2013McDonald.pptx

12:00 Final Remarks

Speaker: Hamish Robertson (Washington)