Workshop

Workshop Agenda

Nov. 7, 2007

9:00am Welcome and Introductions Jonathan Ormes

9:15am

The Perspective of the NASA HQ Discipline Scientist Vernon Jones

Q&A Discussion

10:00am

Balloon Program Status and Capabilities Update (part1, part2) David Pierce

10:30am Break

10:45am Scientific perspectives:

Theory talks, 2/6 each 30 minutes long from the list below

• Mechanism and limits of cosmic ray acceleration Don Ellison

• The GZK cutoff Floyd Stecker

• Astronomy with particles (part1, part2) Yoshi Takahashi

• Ultra-heavy nuclei and the origin of cosmic rays Jake Waddington (tentative)

• Heliospheric physics and local interstellar medium Richard Mewaldt (via phone) (2 files: part1, part2 )

• GCR and Connections to Gamma Ray Astronomy Igor Moskalenko (2 files: part1, part2)

12:00pm Lunch

1:00 – 3:00pm Theory talks, 4/6 each 30 minutes long rest of the list given above

3:00pm Break

3:15 – 4:45pm Proposed ideas

• Some general comments Dietrich Mueller

• Ultra High Altitude Ballooning Paul Evenson

• A proposed mission (OASIS) Jim Adams

• An Approach for Particle Astronomy Telescopes Eun-Suk Seo

• Others TBD

(must be out of building by 5:00 pm)

May need to continue this on day 2

Buffet dinner at hotel: continued discussions in the lobby

Day 2 Nov. 8

9:00am Balloon Program Status, Results and Future Prospects

10 minutes each

• TRACER Patrick Boyle

• CREAM Eun-suk Seo

• ATIC John Wefel or substitute

• ANITA Bob Binns

• TIGER Martin Israel

• OWL Bob Streitmatter

10:00am Break

10:15am Balloon Program Status, Results and Future Prospects

10 minutes each

• AESOP/LEE John Clem

• CREST Scott Wakely

• GAPS Chuck Hailey

• BESS John Mitchell

11:00am Existing and Proposed ground based experiments: goals and status

15 minutes each

• Neutron monitors John Bieber

• Milagro/HAWC (2 files: part1, part2) Jordan Goodman

• KASCADE-GRANDE TBD

• ICE/Cube-ICE/Top Todor Stanev

• HiRes, Telescope Array and Tower Array (Utah, Japan) TBD

• [Auger, south and north Wiencke (see below)]

12:15pm Lunch

1:15 pm Existing Space experiments: goals, status and prospects for next 3-5 years

10 minutes each

• ACE/CRIS and the future of isotopic composition studies Bob Binns

• Pamela Alex Moiseev

• AMS Mark Sistilli

• GLAST (electrons) Alex Moiseev

2:00-5:00pm Discussion

Prepare current status summary outline, decide and prepare list of Figures, revise and submit 1-2 page reports

Wiencke: There will be a late afternoon/dinnertime contribution by Lawrence Wiencke [lwiencke@mines.edu], a member of the Auger team, on the 2^nd day for those who are still here. He will be in DC on his way to a meeting in Malargue. The embargo on their new result will be lifted at 3:00 pm and he will join us for supper when he can discuss it.

Nov. 9

Subset of group meets to collate the information provided, to organize and to begin the report writing process. These people are: John Krizmanic, Igor Moskalenko, Eun-suk Seo, Todor Stanev, Scott Wakely, and me. We hope to add 2 or 3 others such as Tom Gaisser later once the original report has some shape.