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Description
Atmospheric neutrino experiments were the first ones to discover 20 years ago the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, to establish existence of non-zero neutrino mass and large lepton mixing. Studies of atmospheric neutrinos are used to search for new physics beyond the 3-neutrino paradigm, including sterile neutrinos, non-standard neutrino interactions, effects of violation of fundamental symmetries of Nature.

Now the field moves to the next phase of high-precision studies, which will enable us to effectively use atmospheric neutrinos as a tool to determine the mass ordering, octant of the 2-3 mixing angle and the Dirac CP-violating phase. In this connection, knowledge of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes at percent level is needed, which requires higher precision determination of both cosmic ray fluxes and neutrino-nucleon cross sections, as well as a better control over systematics. Understanding of atmospheric neutrinos is essential to estimate background for diffuse supernova neutrinos, proton decay, future dark matter direct/indirect detection experiments, and high-energy cosmic neutrinos.

The goal of this workshop is to further explore physics potential of atmospheric neutrinos and support the physics case of new experiments on atmospheric neutrinos. We plan to bring together leading experts in both theory and experiment as well as young researchers to assess the state-of-the-art knowledge in this field and to foster further theoretical, phenomenological, and experimental studies in atmospheric neutrino physics.

The programme will be mainly composed of the invited talks. Some time will be allocated for the oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts. It will be possible to display posters during whole time of the workshop. Papers which will not be selected for oral presentations can be presented as posters. Ample time will be given for discussion.


List of Topics:

  • Results from atmospheric neutrino experiments
  • Analysis of the data and treatment of systematics
  • Cosmic ray fluxes at all energies
  • Neutrino-nucleon and neutrino-nucleus interactions
  • Computation of atmospheric neutrino fluxes
  • Prompt atmospheric neutrinos
  • Oscillations and absorption of neutrinos in the Earth
  • Neutrino tomography of the Earth
  • Determination of mixing angles, mass hierarchy, and CP-phase
  • Searches for sterile neutrinos
  • Searches for non-standard neutrino interactions
  • Tests of fundamental symmetries
  • Future experiments with atmospheric neutrinos
  • Solar atmospheric neutrinos
  • Atmospheric neutrinos as a background for diffuse supernova neutrinos, proton decay, dark matter searches
  • Atmospheric neutrinos and cosmic neutrinos
  • Synergy/Complementarity among atmospheric and LBL experiments

Scientific Advisory Committee:

John F. Beacom (Ohio State University)
Paschal A. Coyle (CPPM, Marseille)
Amol S. Dighe (TIFR, Mumbai)
Thomas K. Gaisser (University of Delaware)
Francis L. Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Takaaki Kajita (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
Edward T. Kearns (Boston University)
Eligio Lisi (INFN, Bari)
John G. Learned (University of Hawai'i)
Naba Kumar Mondal (SINP, Kolkata)
Michele Maltoni (IFT, Madrid)
Orlando L. G. Peres (Campinas State University)
Ina Sarcevic (University of Arizona)
Walter Winter (DESY, Zeuthen)


The Programme is Preliminary and some minor changes are possible.
Invited Speakers do not need to apply online.
There is no registration fee for this activity.
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  • Monday, 28 May 2018
    • 08:30 - 11:30 Monday, 28 May 2018 - Morning Session I
      Convener: Alexei Smirnov
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Registration & Administrative Formalities 45' ( Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1) )
      • 09:15 ICTP Director & Organizers: Welcome 15'
        Material: Slides
      • 09:30 The Saga of Atmospheric Neutrinos 30'
        Speaker: John G. Learned (University of Hawai'i)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:15 Cosmic-Ray Fluxes Relevant for Atmospheric Neutrinos 30'
        Speaker: Thomas K. Gaisser (University of Delaware)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 11:30 - 14:30 Monday, 28 May 2018 - Morning Session II
      Convener: Walter Winter
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes 30'
        Speaker: Anatoli Fedynitch (DESY, Zeuthen)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:15 Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes: The use of muon fluxes to improve the accuracy in low energies 30'
        Speaker: Morihiro Honda (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
    • 14:30 - 16:30 Monday, 28 May 2018 - Afternoon Session I
      Convener: Teppei Katori
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Cross-Sections Relevant for Atmospheric Neutrinos 30'
        Speaker: Hugh Gallagher (Tufts University)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:15 Measurement of the Multi-TeV Neutrino-Nucleon Cross Section Via Earth Absorption 30'
        Speaker: Mauricio Bustamante (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 16:30 - 18:00 Monday, 28 May 2018 - Afternoon Session II
      Convener: Soebur Razzaque
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Prompt Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes 30'
        Speaker: Maria Vittoria Garzelli (University of Hamburg)
        Material: Slides
      • 17:15 Tau tracks: a new signal in IceCube and Intrinsic charm: a guaranteed contribution to atmospheric prompt neutrinos 20'
        Speaker: Ranjan Laha (Mainz University)
        Material: Slides
      • 18:00 Welcome Reception ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
  • Tuesday, 29 May 2018
    • 08:30 - 10:30 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - Morning Session I
      Convener: Paschal Coyle
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 (REMOTE VIDEO TALK) Measurements of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux by Super-Kamiokande: energy spectra, geomagnetic effects, and solar modulation 30'
        Speaker: Kimihiro Okumura (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
        Material: Slides
      • 09:15 Latest Super-K Results and New Developments in Analysis 30'
        Speaker: Christophe Bronner (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Group Photograph 5' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
      • 10:05 Coffee Break 25' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 10:30 - 14:00 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - Morning Session II
      Convener: Thomas K. Gaisser
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations with IceCube and DeepCore 30'
        Speaker: Thomas Stuttard (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:15 Role of Systematic Uncertainties in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillation 30'
        Speaker: Eligio Lisi (INFN, Bari)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 Evaluation of systematic uncertainties on the atmospheric self-veto in a generalized framework 20'
        Speaker: Tianlu Yuan (WIPAC, University of Wisconsin Madison)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - Afternoon Session I
      Convener: Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Phenomenology of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations 30'
        Speaker: Alexei Smirnov (MPIK Heidelberg & ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 14:45 Three flavor effects in Atmospheric Neutrinos and its synergy/complementarity with other experiments 30'
        Speaker: Srubabati Goswami (PRL, Ahmedabad)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 16:00 - 17:35 Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - Afternoon Session II
      Convener: Antonio Palazzo
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 NSI with light mediators 20'
        Speaker: Yasaman Farzan (IPM, Tehran)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:30 Non-Standard Interactions in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments 30'
        Speaker: Arman Esmaili (PUC, Rio de Janeiro)
        Material: Slides
      • 17:15 Probing non-unitarity with Atmospheric Neutrinos 20'
        Speaker: Hisakazu Minakata (Tokyo Metropolitan U. & UAM, Madrid)
        Material: Slides
  • Wednesday, 30 May 2018
    • 08:30 - 11:00 Wednesday, 30 May 2018 - Morning Session I
      Convener: Eligio Lisi
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Present Status and Physics Prospects of PINGU 30'
        Speaker: Joshua Hignight (University of Alberta)
        Material: Slides
      • 09:15 Present Status and Physics Prospects of ORCA 30'
        Speaker: Jurgen Brunner (CPPM, Marseille)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Neutrino Oscillations in Dark Backgrounds 20'
        Speaker: Francesco Capozzi (MPI, Munich)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 11:00 - 14:30 Wednesday, 30 May 2018 - Morning Session II
      Convener: Amitava Raychaudhuri
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Atmospheric Neutrino Studies at Hyper-K 30'
        Speaker: Gianfranca De Rosa (INFN, Naples)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:45 Present Status and Physics Prospects of INO 30'
        Speaker: Vivek M. Datar (TIFR, Mumbai)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Inelasticity in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments 20'
        Speaker: Amol Dighe (TIFR, Mumbai)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
    • 14:30 - 22:00 Excursion to Aquileia and Grado
  • Thursday, 31 May 2018
    • 08:30 - 10:30 Thursday, 31 May 2018 - Morning Session I
      Convener: Hisakazu Minakata
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Theoretical aspects of Neutrino Mass Ordering, CP violation, Octant of 2-3 mixing angle, and an overview of possible predictions of these parameters 30'
        Speaker: Amitava Raychaudhuri (Calcutta University)
        Material: Slides
      • 09:15 Proton Decay Searches in Atmospheric Neutrino Detectors 30'
        Speaker: Volodymyr Takhistov (UCLA)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 10:30 - 14:00 Thursday, 31 May 2018 - Morning Session II
      Convener: Amol Dighe
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Searching eV-scale sterile neutrino in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments 30'
        Speaker: Jordi Salvado (ECM, Barcelona University)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:15 CP violation searches in Atmospheric Neutrinos 30'
        Speaker: Soebur Razzaque (Johannesburg University)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 Super-ORCA 20'
        Speaker: Jannik Hofestädt (Uni Erlangen-Nurmberg)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
    • 14:00 - 16:15 Thursday, 31 May 2018 - Afternoong Session I
      Convener: Danny Marfatia
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Neutrino Oscillation Tomography of the Earth 30'
        Speaker: Walter Winter (DESY, Zeuthen)
        Material: Slides
      • 14:45 Neutrino Tomography of the Earth with IceCube 20'
        Speaker: Andrea Donini (IFIC-CSIC Valencia)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:15 Double-Cascade Events from New Physics in Icecube 20'
        Speaker: Ivan Jesus Martinez Soler (IFT, Madrid)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Terrace )
    • 16:15 - 17:35 Thursday, 31 May 2018 - Afternoong Session II
      Convener: Yasaman Farzan
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:15 Visible and Invisible decay of Atmospheric Neutrinos 20'
        Speaker: Sandhya Choubey (HRI, Allahabad)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:45 Decoherence in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments 20'
        Speaker: Sankagiri Umasankar (IIT, Bombay)
        Material: Slides
      • 17:15 Decoherence in Neutrino Propagation through matter and bounds from Icecube/DeepCore 20'
        Speaker: Hiroshi Nunokawa (PUC, Rio de Janeiro)
        Material: Slides
  • Friday, 1 June 2018
    • 08:30 - 10:45 Friday, 1 June 2018 - Morning Session I
      Convener: Maria Vittorio Garzelli
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
    • 10:45 - 12:35 Friday, 1 June 2018 - Morning Session II
      Convener: John G. Learned
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 CPT and Lorentz Symmetry Violation in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments 30'
        Speaker: Carlos Alberto Arguelles Delgado (MIT)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Impact of nonstandard interactions on sterile neutrino searches at IceCube 20'
        Speaker: Danny Marfatia (University of Hawai'i)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:00 Concluding remarks 30'
        Speaker: Paschal Coyle (CPPM, Marseille)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Vote of thanks 5'