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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

Workshop on

SPACE FOR PEACE TECHNOLOGY: PHYSICS WITH AMS

ERICE-SICILY: 6 - 14 MAY 2000

Sponsored by the:

• INFN
• Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
• MIT
• Sicilian Regional Government

PROGRAMME AND LECTURERS

Current Status of Inflationary Cosmology

• A. GUTH, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Construction of AMS for the Space Station (AMS-02)

• S.C.C. TING, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Antiprotons and Antideuterons as a Probe for Galactic Cosmic Rays

• P. SALATI, LAPTH, Annecy, France

First Results of AMS on Leptons

• Y. GALAKTIONOV, ITEP, Moscow, Russia

First Results of AMS on Tracing I

• Z. REN, Academia Sinica & NCU, Taiwan, ROC

What's Up with Theoretical Astrophysics and Particle Dark Matter

• M. KAMIONKOWSKI, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, USA

Antimatter: Present Day Problems

• A. ZICHICHI, INFN & University of Bologna, I, and CERN, Geneva, CH

First Results of AMS on Protons

• V. CHOUTKO, ITEP, Moscow, Russia

Discussion on AMS Protons Results

• V. PLYASKINE, ITEP, Moscow, Russia

First Results of AMS Tracing II

• E. FIANDRINI, INFN & University of Perugia, Italy

First Results of AMS on Antimatter Search

• M. CRISTINZIANI, University of Geneva, CH

The First 10-36 Seconds

• M. KAMIONKOWSKI, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, USA

Recent Progress in Supersymmetry and Implications for Dark Matter

• J. FENG, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA

Fine Structure in the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Ray Protons?

• A. ERLYKIN, University of Durham, UK

First Results of AMS on Helium

• J. BERDUGO, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

First Results of AMS on Deuterium

• G. LAMANNA, INFN & University of Perugia, Italy

NASA Research Opportunities in Astroparticle Physics

• V. JONES, NASA, Washington, DC, USA

The AMS-01 Proton Spectrum and the Calculation of the Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes

• P. LIPARI, INFN & University of Rome, Italy

Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere

• F. McDONALD, University of Maryland, MD, USA

High Energy Astrophysics from Space

• T. COURVOISIER, Integral Science Data Center, Geneva, CH

Galactic Cosmic Ray Composition

• EUN-SUK SEO, University of Maryland, MD, USA

AMS Electronics for Space Station flight

• M. CAPELL, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

THE ERICE CENTRE 40 YEARS LATER H.E. the Minister of Home Affairs Enzo BIANCO J.S. Bell &emdash; Juan Antonio RUBIO, CERN, Geneva, CH P.M.S. Blackett &emdash; Arthur I. MILLER, University College London, UK I.I. Rabi &emdash; Samuel C.C. TING, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA V.F. Weisskopf &emdash; Alan GUTH, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA Antonino ZICHICHI, INFN & University of Bologna, I, & CERN,Geneva, CH

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

Discussion of AMS first results and review of the construction of AMS for the International Space Station.

Discussion on related topics on cosmology and astroparticle physics.

Participation by Invitation Only

 

S.C.C. TING CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKSHOP

G. 't HOOFT AND G. VENEZIANO DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL

A. ZICHICHI DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE