New Initiatives in Fundamental science Experiments
September 12 - 14, 2017; Radisson Blu Palace, Udaipur
September 12 - 14, 2017; Radisson Blu Palace, Udaipur
| September 12th | Tuesday |
|---|---|
| Inauguration Ceremony | |
| 09.30 - 09.40 am |
Welcome address by PRL Director, Dr Anil Bhardwaj |
| 09.40 - 10.10 am |
Address by Director SAC, Sri Tapan Misra |
| 10.10 - 10.20 am |
Vote of thanks by Convenor, Dr. Subhendra Mohanty |
| Session-1 (Chair: S. Mohanty) | |
| 10.30 - 11.15 pm |
Sashi Dugad (TIFR) - Applications of Silicon Sensors in High Energy Physics and Astronomy |
| 11.15 - 11.45 am |
Tea |
| Session-2 (Chair: S. Goswami) | |
| 11.45 - 12.30 pm |
Anil Bhardwaj, Director, PRL- Planetary Exploration. |
| 12.30 - 01.15 pm |
Vivek Datar (TIFR) - Science opportunities at the India based Neutrino Observatory |
| 01.15 - 02.30 pm |
Lunch |
| Session-3 (Chair: H. Mishra) | |
| 02.30 - 03.15 pm |
William Michael Snow (Indiana University) - Searches for Exotic Interactions of Mesoscopic Range with Neutrons and Nuclei |
| 03.15 - 04.00 pm |
Tariq Aziz (TIFR) - Abundance of antimatter in space and quest for dark matter |
| 04.00 - 04.30 pm |
Tea |
| Session-4 (Chair: J. Bhatt) | |
| 04.30 - 05.15 pm |
Gordon Drake (University of Windsor) -Review of high precision measurements in atomic systems as a probe of fundamental interactions and new physics |
| 05.15 - 06.00 pm |
Bindia Arora (GNDU) - Systematic shifts in Optical Atomic clocks |
| 7:30 onwards |
Dinner |
| September 13th | Wednesday |
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| Session-1 (Chair: M. Mukerjee) | |
| 09.30 - 10.15 am |
Subhadeep De (NPL) - Atomic clock development at NPL |
| 10.15 - 11.00 am |
Subhendra Mohanty (PRL) - Mapping underground resources and testing general relativity with Atomic clocks |
| 11.00 - 11.15 am |
Tea |
| Session-2 (Chair: R. Bhattacharyya) | |
| 11.15 - 11.45 am |
Manas Mukerjee (Singapore) - High precision measurement in the Ba+ ion for quantum information and fundamental physics |
| 11.45 - 12.30 pm |
Andrae Kastberg (France) - Laser cooling of atoms for fundamental science |
| 12.30 - 01.30 pm |
Phillip Schmidt-Wellenburg (PSI) - Neutron EDM and axion search for dark matter. |
| 01.30 - 02.30 pm |
Lunch |
| Session-3 (Chair: S. Vadwale) | |
| 02.30 - 03.15 pm |
Akimichi Taketa (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo) - Planetary tomography with muons |
| 03.15 - 04.00 pm |
Debanjan Bose (PRL) - Study of UHECR - On Earth, Using Moon & In the Drawing Rooms |
| 04.00 - 04.15 pm |
Tea |
| Session-4 (Chair: V. Rentala) | |
| 04.15 - 05.00 pm |
Pratik Majumdar (SINP) - Testing fundamental physics and cosmology with TeV scale gamma rays |
| 05.00 - 05.45 pm |
Patrick Dasgupta (DU) - Direct detection of Gravitational waves. |
| 7:30 onwards |
Conference Banquet |
| September 14th | Thursday |
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| Session-1 (Chair: Debasish Majumdar) | |
| 09.30 - 10.15 am |
Ranjan Laha (Stanford) - Dark matter signatures in direct and indirect searches |
| 10.15 - 11.00 am |
Vikram Rentala (IIT-B) - Dark matter signatures in cosmic rays |
| 11.00 - 11.15 am |
Tea |
| Session-2 (Chair: P. Dasgupta) | |
| 11.15 -12.00 pm: |
Tanuja Mohanty (JNU) - Terrahertz detectors with graphene |
| 12.00 - 12.45 am |
Gautam Samantha (PRL) - Applications of intense lasers |
| 12.45- 01.30 pm |
J S Ray (PRL) - Limits on variation of fundamental constants from isotopic abundance measurements |
| 01.30 - 02.30 pm |
Lunch |
| Session-3 (Chair: P. Majumdar) | |
| 02.30 - 03.15 pm |
Santosh Vadawale (PRL) - New results from Astrosat |
| 03.15 - 04.00 pm |
Debasish Majumdar (SINP) - Dark matter experiments with participation from India |
| 04.00 - 04.15 pm |
Tea |
| 04.15 pm |
Discussion and Closing remarks |
