Particle physics : a very short introduction - Giacomelli, Giorgio; Spurio, Maurizio; Derkaoui, Jamal Eddine; North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division; NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cosmic Radiations: From Astronomy to Particle Physics (2000 : Oujda, Morocco) (Dordrecht : Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001)
Machine generated contents note: Preface ix -- Credits xi -- 1. Overview -- Puzzles in A strophysics 1 -- V Berezinsky -- Status of Neutrino Physics 25 -- J WE Valle -- 2. Gravitational Waves -- Gravitational Waves 47 -- B.C. Barish -- Energetic Cosmic Rays Observed by the Resonant Gravitational Wave -- Detector NAUTILUS 67 -- F Ronga -- 3. Magnetic Menopoles -- Magnetic Menopoles 73 -- G. Giacomelli, L. Patrizii -- Monopole Catalysis of Nucleon Decay: Theory and Experimental Results 89 -- M. Sitta -- Search of Slow Magnetic Monopoles with the MACRO Scintillation -- Detector 95 -- S. Kyriazopoulou -- Nuclear Track Detectors. Searches for Magnetic Monopoles and for -- Nuclearites 101 -- M. Cozzi, L. Patrizii -- 4. Neutrino Oscillations -- The Prediction of the Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes 107 -- P Lipari -- Atmospheric Neutrinos and Neutrinos Oscillations in the MACRO -- Experiment117 -- Experiment 117 -- F Ronga -- Neutrino Oscillation Results from SuperKamiokande and Soudan 2 131 -- D. Michael -- Estimate of the Energy of Upgoing Muons with Multiple Coulomb -- Scattering 135 -- D. Bakari, Y Becherini, M. Spurio -- Neutrino Induced Upgoing Muon Energy Estimation by Multiple -- Scattering with MACRO 141 -- G. Battistoni, M. Giorgini, M.N. Mazziotta, E. Scapparone, M. Sioli -- Some Neutrino Oscillation Experiments in the USA 149 -- C. W Peck -- Update on MINOS 157 -- D. Michael -- The Experimental Program with the CNGS Neutrino Beam167 -- M. Spinetti, A. Ereditato -- A Fully Radiative Model to Solve the Neutrino Puzzles173 -- A. Bouchareb, J Mimouni -- "Exotic" Neutrino Oscillations181 -- V Popa, M. Rujoiu -- 5. Neutrino Astronomy -- High Energy Neutrino Astronomy and WIMP Search Results 187 -- T Montaruli -- Underwater Neutrino Detectors 199 -- L. Moscoso -- Search for the Diffuse Neutrino Flux From Astrophysical Sources 211 -- L. Perrone -- A Search for Gravitational Stellar Collapses 217 -- M. Grassi -- 6. Solar Neutrinos -- Solar Neutrinos and Magnetic Effects: Status Review and Prospects 225 -- J Derkaoui -- Resonance Spin Flavour Precession and Solar Neutrinos 235 -- Y Tayalati, A. Rrhioua, J Derkaoui -- 7. Cosmic rays -- Detecting Cosmic Rays of the Highest Energies 241 -- F Vannucci -- Cosmic Ray Composition Around the Knee: Where Are We? 247 -- M. Sioli -- Long-Term Variations of Cosmic Rays in a Time-Varying Heliosphere255 -- G. Exarhos, X. Moussas - -- Muon Astronomy with the Underground Detectors261 -- H. Dekhissi -- Daily Variations Studies with the Macro Detector273 -- F Maaroufi, A. Margiotta -- Proton-Proton Total Cross Section at Very High Energies from Accelerators -- and Cosmic Rays 279 -- J. Velasco -- 8. Space Experiments -- Future Cosmic Ray Experiments in Space 287 -- S. Cecchini, T. Chiarusi -- Study of Galactic Electron-Positron Annihilation in the INTEGRAL Era 297 -- N. Guessoum -- 9. Dark Matter -- Cosmological Implications of Massive Neutrinos305 -- L.A. Popa -- Intermediate Unification Scale and Neutralino-Nicleon Cross Section317 -- D.G. Cerdeflo, S. Khalil, C. Munioz -- 10. Various -- First Measurements of Indoor and Outdoor Radon Concentrations in -- Oujda, Morocco 325 -- R. Giacomelli, G. Sirri, H. Dekhissi -- Computing at Future Accelerator and non Accelerator Large Experiments 329 -- P! Capiluppi, R. Giacomelli, G. Mandrioli -- 11. Round Table -- A Round Table on the Future of Particle Astrophysics 335 -- P Lipari, G. Giacomelli N. Guessum, J. Mimouni. T Montaruli -- Participants 349 -- Index 353.
Includes index.
Keywords: Cosmic rays -- Congresses