Hosted by
Giorgio Gratta (gratta@stanford.edu)
and
Justin Vandenbroucke (justinav@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Background
While the
proposal of using acoustic techniques in particle detection dates back
to the work of G. A. Askaryan in 1957, and there was experimental work
done in the laboratory around 1980, it is only in the last several
years that several groups have (re)started concretely exploring the
possibility of using acoustic techniques.
Acoustic tests are planned for all underwater neutrino detectors in
construction in the Mediterranean and, possibly, for
Amanda/IceCube. At the same time substantial amounts of acoustic
data have already been collected at Baikal and at the AUTEC array in
the Bahamas and discussions are underway on the possibility of using
the moon or an asteroid as a target.
Purpose
This informal
workshop intends to review the status of this emerging field and foster
collaborations between the different people interested around the
world. Although we would like to keep the workshop
small and informal, we hope that we will be able to collect in one room
all colleagues active in the field. Hence
we encourage you to let us know if you think we missed some people.
If you have
been in touch with us but have not confirmed your participation in the
workshop, please confirm with us as soon as possible.
Contact Giorgio Gratta at gratta@stanford.edu or
650-725-6509.
We will post
a
list of speakers and titles soon.
If you have not yet sent us a title, please do so!
You should
also reserve your accommodation as soon as possible.
We have booked a block of 20 rooms at the brand new and
reasonably priced university guest house at SLAC.
You can see the guesthouse at http://slacguesthouse.stanford.edu. To make reservations, or for any help with
logistics, please contact the workshop secretary, Ms. Linda Hubly, by
email (lhubly@stanford.edu),
phone (++1-650-725-2344) or Fax (++1-650-725-6544).
Linda will also be able to assist you in the unlikely event that
you want to reserve a hotel different from the above in the Palo
Alto/Stanford area.
You will have
three choices to go from the airport (San Francisco International
“SFO”, of San Jose International “SJC”) to the SLAC guesthouse:
You should
tip the
shuttle or taxi driver; about 15% is a standard tip.
The meeting
will be in the Varian physics building, room V208.
It is a short car ride from the SLAC guesthouse to Varian and
parking is easy and free on Sat and Sun. We
hope that all together there will be enough rented cars to share rides. Walking is very pleasant but the distance in
non-trivial (probably 40 min).
Weather in
the Stanford
area is usually mild in the period of our meeting (and in fact for most
of
the year). You may need warmer clothes for
the
evenings.
Map
with Varian physics building
If you have
existing sites, papers, or talks you'd like us to post or link here for
background before the workshop, please send them justinav@socrates.berkeley.edu.