Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and their sources

Preliminary program

May 21, Friday

10:00. L. Dedenko (MSU).  Energy estimations of giant air showers (60+20) [presentation]
11:20. Coffee break.
11:40. K. Shinozaki (MPI).  AGASA: energy estimation, spectrum  and composition studies with muon detectors (70+20) [presentation]
13:10. Lunch
14:10. D. Gorbunov (INR). Patterns of the geomagnetic field in the arrival directions of highest-energy cosmic rays(30+10) [presentation]
14:50. G. Rubtsov (INR). Modelling photon-induced showers observed by a ground array (30+10) [presentation]
15:30. Coffee break.
15:50. M.Pravdin (Yakutsk). Estimation of EAS energy by a calorimetric method (60+20) [presentation1] [presentation2]

May 22, Saturday

10:00. K. Belov (Utah U.). P-air inelastic cross-section measurement using HiRes stereo data (including recent HiRes results on other subjects) (70+20) [presentation]
11:30. Coffee break.
11:50. M. Kachelriess (MPI). Ultra-high energy cosmic rays from a finite number of point sources (30+10) [presentation]
12:40. S. Mikheyev (INR). Neutrino point sources (45+15) [presentation]
13:40. Lunch.
15:00. E. Bugaev (INR). Neutrinos from extragalactic cosmic ray interactions in the far infrared background (30+10)
15:40. V. Berezinsky (Gran Sasso). Astrophysical solution to the UHECR problem (45+15)
16:40. Coffee break.
17:00. I. Tkachev (CERN). Deflections of UHECRs in extragalactic magnetic fields and TeV signatures of compact UHECR accelerators (70+20)

May 23, Sunday

10:00. A. Uryson (FIAN).  Identification of possible UHECR sources and UHECR spectra from identified sources (30+10) [presentation]
10:40. B. Stern (ASC). A blind statistical test for effects with uncertain parameters and UHECRs  (30+10)
11:20. Coffee break.
11:40. S. Troitsky (INR). A comparative study of correlations of UHECR arrival directions with various possible sources (45+15) [presentation]
12:40. M. Giller (Lodz). Energy estimation in Pierre Auger (45+15) [presentation]
13:40. Lunch.