Fourth Tropical Workshop on Particle Physics & Cosmology:
Neutrinos, Flavour Physics and Precision Cosmology
June 9th - 13th 2003
Cairns, Australia
BULLETIN 1
This is the first bulletin for the Fourth Tropical Workshop on
Particle Physics and Cosmology. The topics covered in the workshop
will be: Neutrinos, Flavour Physics and Precision Cosmology.
It will be held near Cairns, Australia from June 9 to 13, 2003.
Previous workshops in this series were held in San Juan (Puerto
Rico) in 1998, 2000 and 2002.
The workshop is organized by the School of Physics of the University
of Melbourne and by the Department of Physics and Astronomy
of the University of Delaware .
It is sponsored by the Special Research Centre for the Subatomic
Structure of Matter, University of Adelaide , and the Department
of Physics, University of Puerto Rico.
The scientific program will feature several 50 minute review talks as well
as shorter specialized seminars, and ample time for informal
discussions and meetings in a relaxed setting.
The current list of speakers includes:
David Caldwell (tbc) UCSB Dark Matter Detection
Scott Dodelson FNAL Large Scale Structure Formation
Sandrine Emery Saclay Semileptonic & Rare Decays at B factories
Paul Frampton (tbc) Chapel Hill Dark Energy
Masashi Hazumi KEK Time dependent physics at B factories
Josh Klein Texas SNO
Charles Lane Drexel KamLAND
John Learned Hawaii Low-energy neutrino experiments
Geoffrey Mills LANL MiniBooNE
Tsuyoshi Nakaya Kyoto The K2K experiment
Serguey Petcov (tbc) Sissa Neutrino Theory (Oscillations)
Jon Rosner Chicago B Physics (theory)
Geoffrey Taylor Melbourne B physics after Belle & BaBar
Anthony Thomas Adelaide Neutrino Theory (Non-oscillations)
Proty Wu NTU CMBR theory
Danilo Zavrtanik Nova Gorica Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
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There are spaces available for more contributed talks. If you wish to give a talk please contact Ray Volkas, whose contact details are given at the end of this bulletin.
Participation
Participation is open but the number of participants is limited.
Colleagues who are interested in participating should contact
Catherine Low, whose email address, phone and fax number
are given at the end of this Bulletin, to check that the meeting
is not oversubscribed. All participants should confirm that they are attending by contacting Catherine Low by the 15th of March.
There will be a registration fee of A$500 (about US$ 280 or
280 Euro), see below.
The proceedings of the workshop will be published by the American
Institute of Physics.
Website
Further details can be found at http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/trop03.
Location
Palm Cove is about a half-hour drive (25 km) north of Cairns in
Tropical North Queensland adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef.
It is a relaxed, beach-side resort with great restaurants and
bars. Further details can be found via a link on the workshop
website.
Cairns International Airport has daily connections to all major Australian cities and to many overseas destinations.
Venue
The workshop will be held at the Clarion Resort Great Barrier Reef .
Fifty rooms have been block booked at a special rate of A$155
per night. These rooms will be progressively released by the hotel
unless booked by workshop attendees.
To obtain that rate, participants are asked to register directly
with the hotel before the end of March, specifying the meeting name (Tropical Workshop 2003)
to assure that the rooms are counted within our block and to assure
them of the special (very favourable) group rate.
Delegates will be required to provide credit card details or a deposit to guarantee their booking. Reservations can be made as follows:
The default is that delegates arrive on Sunday (June 8th) and
depart on Friday (June 13th). The hotel can offer rooms before
or after the workshop if they are prebooked, otherwise extensions
are subject to availability and will be at the hotel's standard
rates.
The hotel can arrange transfers from the airport for A$15
each way but only if they have specific flight details at
least 48 hours in advance.
Please be aware that June is peak season in Tropical North
Queensland, with many residents of the southern states going
north to enjoy the balmy weather. Consequently early bookings
are preferable. Details of Cairn's climate can be found at
http://www.bom.gov.au/ .
Schedule
The scientific program will commence after breakfast on the Monday
and finish at midday on the Friday.
No sessions will be scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to allow
delegates to make an excursion. Details of possible excursions
will be given in the second bulletin.
Registration and Fees
The registration desk will be open all day on Sunday June 8th. As stated above there is a registration fee of A$500 which includes:
That fee should be paid on arrival at the workshop.
We are currently arranging for credit card facilities to be
available.
For accompanying persons there is no registration fee, but separate
tickets (prices to be announced) can be purchased for the reception
and dinner. If you are bringing a partner, please inform the hotel
when reserving your room.
Advisory Committee
Qaisar Shafi
Bartol Research Institute
University of Delaware
Tel: +1 302 831-8111
Fax: +1 302 831-1843
shafi@bartol.udel.edu
Jose F. Nieves
Department of Physics
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931-3343
Tel: +1 787 764-0620
Fax: +1 787 764-4063
nieves@ltp.upr.clu.edu
Arthur Halprin
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Tel: +1 302 831-1285
Fax: +1 302 831-1637
halprin@udel.edu
Organising Committee
Ray Volkas, School of Physics
University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 5464
Fax: +61 3 9347 4783
r.volkas@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Stuart Tovey, School of Physics
University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 5086
Fax: +61 3 9347 4783
s.tovey@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Bruce McKellar, School of Physics
University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 5122
Fax: +61 3 9347 4783
b.mckellar@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Chung Ngoc Leung, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Tel: +1 302 831 3511
Fax: +1 302 831 1637
cnleung@udel.edu
Information
For further information contact
Catherine Low
School of Physics
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia
Tel: +61 3 83447404
Fax: +61 3 93474783
trop03@physics.unimelb.edu.au