International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2011)

Abstract

The 12th edition of the International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2011) was held 5–9 September 2011 in Munich (and for the first time in Germany). It was organized by the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP), the Technical University Munich (TUM) and the Cluster of Excellence 'Origin and Structure of the Universe'. The conference was held in the 'Künstlerhaus', a traditional downtown location for artistic festivities. The meeting attracted 317 participants (61 of which were women) from 29 countries, see figure below. The topics covered by the meeting were Cosmology and particle physics, Dark matter and its detection, Neutrino physics and astrophysics, Gravitational waves and High-energy astrophysics and cosmic rays, and the various interfaces between these areas. The scientific sessions consisted of five mornings of plenary talks, four afternoons of parallel sessions, and an evening poster session. The co-founder of the conference series, Alessandro Bottino, has decided to retire from the position of chairman of the TAUP Steering Committee after the completion of TAUP 2011. On behalf of all followers of this series, we thank him for having started these inspiring events and his many years of dedicated service. We thank all speakers, conveners and participants as well as the members of the organizing, steering and international advisory committee for making this a successful and memorable meeting. Lothar Oberauer, Georg Raffelt, Robert Wagner Proceedings editors ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/images/1742-6596/375/00/001001/figure.jpg] {Figure ----- -- Committees ----- -- International Advisory Committee ----- -- G Anton -- University of Erlangen ----- -- E Aprile -- Columbia University ----- -- M Baldo-Ceolin -- University of Padova ----- -- R Battiston -- University of Perugia & INFN ----- -- L Bergström -- University Stockholm ----- -- R Bernabei -- University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' ----- -- A Bettini -- LSC Canfranc ----- -- P Binetruy -- APC Paris ----- -- J Blümer -- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ----- -- B Cabrera -- Stanford University ----- -- A Caldwell -- Max Planck Institute for Physics ----- -- M Chen -- Queens University ----- -- E Coccia -- University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' ----- -- K Danzmann -- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics ----- -- S Dodelson -- Fermilab ----- -- G Domogatsky -- INR Moscow ----- -- E Fiorini -- Universitàdi Milano Bicocca & INFN ----- -- K Freese -- University of Michigan ----- -- M Fukugita -- ICRR Tokyo ----- -- T Gaisser -- University of Delaware ----- -- G Gerbier -- CEA Saclay ----- -- F Halzen -- University of Wisconsin ----- -- W Haxton -- LNBL & UC Berkeley ----- -- J Hough -- Glasgow University ----- -- E Komatsu -- University of Texas ----- -- E Katsavounidis -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology ----- -- M Lindner -- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics ----- -- K Lesko -- LBNL & UC Berkeley ----- -- A McDonald -- Queens University & SNO Laboratory ----- -- H Murayama -- IPMU Tokyo & UC Berkeley ----- -- A Olinto -- University of Chicago ----- -- L Resvanis -- University of Athens ----- -- A Rubbia -- ETH Zurich ----- -- S Sarkar -- University of Oxford ----- -- A Smirnov -- ICTP Trieste ----- -- N Smith -- SNO Laboratory ----- -- C Spiering -- DESY Zeuthen ----- -- N Spooner -- University of Sheffield ----- -- Y Suzuki -- ICRR Tokyo ----- -- M Teshima -- Max Planck Institute for Physics ----- -- J W F Valle -- IFIC & University of Valencia ----- -- L Votano -- LNGS ----- -- E Waxman -- Weizmann Institute ----- -- J Wilkerson -- University of North Carolina ----- ----- -- TAUP Steering Committee ----- -- F T Avignone -- University of South Carolina ----- -- B C Barish -- Caltech ----- -- E Bellotti -- University of Milan Bicoccia & INFN ----- -- J Bernabeu -- University of Valencia ----- -- A Bottino -- University of Turin & INFN (chair) ----- -- N Fornengo -- University of Turin & INFN ----- -- T Kajita -- ICRR Tokyo ----- -- C W Kim -- Johns Hopkins University & KIAS ----- -- V Matveev -- INR Moscow ----- -- G Raffelt -- Max Planck Institute for Physics ----- -- D Sinclair -- University of Carleton ----- -- M Spiro -- CEA Saclay ----- ----- -- Parallel Session Conveners ----- -- Dark Matter – Candidates and Searches ----- -- J-C Lanfranchi -- Technische Universität München ----- -- T Marrodán Undagoitia -- University of Zurich ----- -- T Bringmann -- Universität Hamburg ----- ----- -- Cosmology ----- -- J Weller -- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ----- -- S Hannestad -- University of Aarhus ----- ----- -- Double Beta Decay, Neutrino Mass ----- -- M Hirsch -- IFIC/CSIC - University of Valencia ----- -- A Giuliani -- CNRS Orsay ----- ----- -- Neutrino Oscillations ----- -- T Lachenmaier -- Universität Tübingen ----- -- F Suekane -- Tohoku University ----- ----- -- Low-Energy Neutrinos (Geo, Solar, Supernova) ----- -- A Dighe -- TIFR Mumbai ----- -- M Chen -- Queen's University ----- -- M Wurm -- Universität Hamburg ----- ----- -- Gravitational Waves ----- -- E Coccia -- University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN ----- -- S Marka -- Columbia University ----- ----- -- Astrophysical Messengers (Neutrinos, Gamma-Rays, Cosmic Rays) ----- -- R M Wagner -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik ----- -- M Kachelriess -- University of Trondheim ----- -- M Kowalski -- University of Bonn ----- ----- -- Organizing Committee ----- -- N Fornengo -- Torino University and INFN ----- -- B Majorovits -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik ----- -- L Oberauer -- Technische Universität M ü nchen (co-chair) ----- -- G Raffelt -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (co-chair) ----- -- S Rodríguez -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (conference secretary) ----- -- S Schönert -- Technische Universität München ----- -- D Sinclair -- SNO Laboratory & Carleton University ----- -- R M Wagner -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (scientific secretary) ----- -- B Wankerl -- Excellence Cluster 'Origin and Structure of the Universe' ----- -- M Wurm -- Technische Universität München ----- -- S Zollinger -- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik ----- ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/images/1742-6596/375/00/001001/group.jpg] {Conference photograph