Astrophysics in Antarctica - Extreme Environment for Extreme Discoveries

2014 October 21st, 17:00-21:00

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/astrophysics-in-antarctica-extreme-enviro...

Location: Queen Mary University of London (Mile End Road campus), SCR lounge (the first floor of the Queens' building). 

Outline:
Antarctica has always been a fascinating place for us. Especially as the extreme environment of Antarctica is suitable for extreme science, such as neutrino and cosmic microwave background measurements. Queen Mary are hosting leading scientists from the UK who are working on astrophysics research on Antarctica. They will share their stories of extraordinary science and extraordinary discoveries!

Time table:
17:00 - 17:20, reception
17:20 - 17:30, opening, introduction
17:30 - 18:00, "Antarctica: Laboratory, Experiment, and Result", Robert Culshaw (British Antarctic Survey)
18:00 - 18:30, "IceCube", Teppei Katori (Queen Mary University of London)
18:30 - 19:00, "DM-Ice", Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
19:00 - 19:30, break
19:30 - 20:00, "EBEX", Andrew Jaffe (Imperial College London)
20:00 - 20:30, "ANITA", Ryan Nichol (University College London)

All talks will take place in the SCR lounge (1st floor of Queen's building, Queen Mary University of London). There will be wine and snacks during the event.
(photo: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station with the aurora australis lighting the night sky. Credit: Sven Lidstrom, IceCube collaboration / National Science Foundation)

Organised in conjunction with the Astroparticle physics, Institute of Physics