Conference in memory of Veniamin Sergeyevich Berezinsky

1 Oct 2024, 08:00 → 3 Oct 2024, 18:35 Europe/Rome

Rectorate/Building-Auditorium (GSSI)

Carmelo Evoli (GSSI and INFN), Michael Kachelriess (NTNU, Trondheim), Pasquale Blasi (GSSI), Roberto Aloisio (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

We will hold a conference on October 1-3 to honour the life and work of Veniamin Sergeyevich Berezinsky, whose activity in the past fifty years has been a driving force and a reference beacon for many researchers in Astroparticle and Particle Physics.

List of speakers

• Alessandro Bettini | University of Padova and INFN
• Zurab Berezhiani | University of L'Aquila and INFN
• Denise Boncioli | University of L'Aquila and INFN
• Alessandro Bottino | University of Torino - remote
• Antonella Castellina | INAF/INFN Torino
• Damiano Caprioli | University of Chicago
• Pasquale Di Bari | Southampton University
• Vyacheslav Dokuchaev | Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS
• Vladimir Dogiel | Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow
• Alexander D. Dolgov | Novosibirsk State University
• Nicolao Fornengo | University of Torino and INFN
• Stefano Gabici | APC, Paris
• Askhat Z. Gazizov | LNGS
• Dario Grasso | INFN Pisa
• Francis Halzen | University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Andrei Linde | Stanford University - remote
• Viktor A. Matveev | INR 
• Giulia Pagliaroli | LNGS/INFN
• Vladimir S. Ptuskin | IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia
• Elisa Resconi | TUM, Munich
• Alexei Smirnov | MPI für Kernphysik
• Christian Spiering | DESY, Zeuthen
• Peter Tiniakov | U. Brussels
• Alan A. Watson | University of Leeds

241001_Conference_Veniamin_Sergeevich_Berezinsky.pdf

Group Photo

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Tuesday, 1 October

08:45 → 09:00 Opening Remarks

Speaker: Roberto Aloisio (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

09:00 → 09:40 Venya Berezinsky: Some memories and his impact on the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray field

Speaker: Alan Watson (University of Leeds, UK)

2024_09_AWatson_VSB_GSSI.pptx

09:40 → 10:20 Early days of Neutrino Telescopes

Speaker: Christian Spiering (DESY)

CSpiering_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

10:20 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 11:30 A coherent view on UHECRs from the Pierre Auger Observatory

Speaker: Antonella Castellina (INAF/INFN)

2024_09_ACastellina_VSB_GSSI.pdf

11:30 → 12:10 Latest results from the Telescope Array

Speaker: Peter Tiniakov (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

PTinyakov_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

12:10 → 12:50 Theoretical aspects of UHECR transport

Speaker: Askhat Z. Gazizov (LNGS)

AGazizov_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

12:50 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 15:10 On astrophysical solution(s) to ultra high energy cosmic rays

Speaker: Denise Boncioli (University of L'Aquila and INFN-LNGS)

DBoncioli_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

15:10 → 15:50 Galactic Cosmic Ray Transport [remote]

Speaker: Vladimir Dogiel (P.N. Lebeden Institute of Physics, Moscow)

VDogiel_VSB_GSSI_2024.pptx

15:50 → 16:20 Coffee Break

16:20 → 17:00 The physics of galactic cosmic-ray sources

Speaker: Stefano Gabici (APC Paris)

SGabici_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

17:00 → 17:40 The Rise of multi-messenger astrophysics, from Cygnus X3 and SN1987A to the present

Speaker: Paolo Lipari (INFN Roma)

PLipari_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

18:00 → 20:00 Reception

Wednesday, 2 October

09:00 → 09:40 IceCube: The First Decade of Neutrino Astronomy

Speaker: Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

FHalzen_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

09:40 → 10:20 Supersymmetric Dark Matter: From Historical Foundations to Future Challenges

Speaker: Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino and INFN/Torino)

NFornengo_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

10:20 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 11:40 Primordial Black Holes [remote]

Speaker: Alexander D. Dolgov (Novosibirsk State University and BLTP JINR)

ADolgov_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

11:40 → 12:20 Dark Matter Clustering [remote]

Speaker: Vyacheslav Dokuchaev (Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS)

VDokuchaev_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

12:20 → 13:00 Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays and Dark Matter

Speaker: Zurab Berezhiani (University of L'Aquila)

ZBerezhiani_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

13:00 → 14:40 Lunch break

14:40 → 15:20 A historical perspective on the Gran Sasso National Laboratory

Speaker: Alessandro Bettini (Padua University and INFN)

ABettini_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

15:20 → 16:00 Remembering Venya [remote]

Speaker: Alessandro Bottino (Università di Torino and Accademia delle Scienze di Torino)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

20:00 → 22:00 Social Dinner

Borgo Dei Fumari

Thursday, 3 October

09:00 → 09:40 Neutrino Oscillations: Now and Then

Speaker: Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg)

ASmirnov_VSB_GSSI_2024.pptx

09:40 → 10:20 The Discovery of Extragalactic Neutrino Sources

Speaker: Elisa Resconi (Technical University of Munich)

EResconi_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

10:20 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 11:40 The Galactic Neutrino diffuse emission

Speaker: Dario Grasso (INFN, Pisa)

DGrasso_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

11:40 → 12:20 Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae

Speaker: Giulia Pagliaroli (INFN-LNGS)

GPagliaroli_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

12:20 → 13:00 Origin of matter in the Universe

Speaker: Pasquale Di Bari (University of Southampton)

PDiBari_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

13:00 → 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 → 15:40 The physics of particle acceleration to UHE

Speaker: Pasquale Blasi (GSSI)

PBlasi_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

15:40 → 16:20 UHE Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from AGN jets

Speaker: Damiano Caprioli (University of Chicago)

DCaprioli_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

16:20 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 17:40 Superheavy dark matter: from the invention to precise predictions

Speaker: Michael Kachelriess (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

MKachelriess_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf

17:40 → 18:20 Inflationary cosmology: past, present and future [remote]

Speaker: Andrei Linde (Stanford University)

ALinde_VSB_GSSI_2024.pdf