Name: The MACRO experiment and its legacy: more than three decades of astroparticle and neutrino physics
Start: 2025-06-27T06:40:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-28T19:30:00+02:00
Location: LNGS and GSSI

The MACRO experiment and its legacy: more than three decades of astroparticle and neutrino physics

from Friday, June 27, 2025 (6:40 AM) to Saturday, June 28, 2025 (7:30 PM)

Monday, June 23, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025

8:00 AM Bus from L'Aquila (Viale Crispi 7) to LNGS
Bus from L'Aquila (Viale Crispi 7) to LNGS
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM The birth of MACRO: the US point of view - Barry Barish (Caltech)
The birth of MACRO: the US point of view
- Barry Barish (Caltech)
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM The birth of MACRO: the Italian point of view - Enzo Iarocci (Sapienza University and INFN Rome)
The birth of MACRO: the Italian point of view
- Enzo Iarocci (Sapienza University and INFN Rome)
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM MACRO early times - Mario Spinetti (INFN-LNF)
MACRO early times
- Mario Spinetti (INFN-LNF)
10:10 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Commerative Plaque Ceremony
Commerative Plaque Ceremony
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM Magnetic Monopoles
Magnetic Monopoles
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:20 AM Back to the pre-MACRO days: Theory and Experiment - Steven Ahlen (Boston University)

10:40 AM Magnetic Monopole searches at the time of MACRO and beyond - Ivan De Mitri (Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) and INFN)
11:00 AM Group Photo
Group Photo
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM Cosmic Rays
Cosmic Rays
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

11:40 AM Cosmic ray physics at LNGS: a historical journey - Sergio Petrera (GSSI, L'Aquila)

12:00 PM Cosmic rays from deep underground to space - Stephane Coutu (Penn State University)
12:20 PM At play amidst the Strangeness and Charm
At play amidst the Strangeness and Charm
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM
Contributions

12:20 PM At play amidst the Strangeness and Charm - Several Speakers
1:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM Visit to the underground Lab - Group 1
Visit to the underground Lab - Group 1
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Splinter discussions
Splinter discussions
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:45 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

4:15 PM Visit to the underground Lab - Group 2
Visit to the underground Lab - Group 2
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM

4:45 PM Splinter discussions
Splinter discussions
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

8:00 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday, June 28, 2025
9:00 AM Experiments and Experiences
Experiments and Experiences
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM The history of MACRO streamer tubes - Giuseppe Battistoni (INFN)

9:20 AM Postcards from MACRO - Antonio Surdo (INFN - Lecce)
9:40 AM Neutrinos Astronomies
Neutrinos Astronomies
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM The birth of Neutrino Astronomy - Lawrence Sulak (Physics Dept, Boston University)

10:00 AM MACRO and the early days of the supernova warning systems - Kate Scholberg (Duke University)

10:20 AM The relevance of MACRO results for hih energy neutrino telescopes - Maurizio Spurio (University of Bologna and INFN)
10:40 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM Neutrino Oscillations
Neutrino Oscillations
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

11:10 AM MACRO and neutrino oscillations - Paolo Bernardini

11:35 AM The early evidences for atmospheric neutrino oscillations - Neil Pignatano (RTX (ret.), ex-Caltech)
11:50 AM
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Contributions

11:50 AM Flattening the Universe - a scientific journey from Monopoles to Dark Energy - Gregory Tarle (University of Michigan)

12:10 PM From the unlikely to the impossible: how magnetic monopoles paved the way to the first direct detection of gravitational waves - Erik Katsavounidis (MIT)

12:30 PM Multimuon events from cosmic rays with the ALICE detector - Mario Sitta (Università del Piemonte Orientale)

12:50 PM Muon tomography after MACRO - Daniel Levin (University of Michigan, Physics)
1:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM A journey from MACRO to SBND: Rare Signal Search and Everlasting Impact - Ornella Palamara (Fermilab)

2:50 PM Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray observations with long baseline experiments - Alec Habig (University of Minnesota Duluth)

3:10 PM From neutrinos underground to water, ice and space - Teresa Montaruli (University of Geneva - Departement de physique nucleaire et corpusculaire)
3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Summary and Farewell
Summary and Farewell
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

4:45 PM Goodbye Coffee
Goodbye Coffee
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM