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VI International Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School First (and Last) Bulletin of VI International Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School (February 2015) The VI Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School is organized by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia), Czech Technical University (Prague, Czech Republic), and Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic). Organizing Committee: Chairman: V.A. Matveev (JINR), Scientific program: S.M. Bilenky (JINR), Vice-chairmen: I. Štekl (CTU Prague), F. Šimkovic (Comenius U.), A.G. Olshevskiy (JINR), Members: V.A. Bednyakov (JINR), R. Leitner (Charles U. Prague), V.B. Brudanin (JINR), E. Kolganova (JINR), Secretaries: O. Matyuukhina (JINR), D. Štefánik (Comenius U.) Logo of the school was prepared by Mikhail Bilenky (Vancouver). Welcome The VI Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School will be held in Grand Hotel Bellevue, on foot of the beautiful High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia within a period August 27 – September 4, 2015. The program of the School will cover modern topics of neutrino physics including neutrino experiments, phenomenology and theory: Theory of neutrino mixing and masses Solar, atmospheric, reactor and geo neutrino experiments Direct neutrino mass measurements Neutrinoless double-beeta decay (theory and experiment) Sterile neutrinos Dark matter Leptogenesis and Baryoogenesis Neutrino cosmology and astronomy Statistics for nuclear and particle physics General information The VI International Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School to be held in Grand Hotel Bellevue, High Taatra Mountains, Slovakia, August 27 - September 4, 2015, continues the tradition of Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics Schools, which were held in Dubna and Alushta in 1998, 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2012. The information about previous editions of the Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics Schools is available at webpage http://pontecorvosch.jinr.ru. The VI Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School will cover a broad range of topics in neutrino physics and neutrino cosmology. The purpose of the School is to review the present status of experimental and theoretical neutrino physics. In total the School will accept about 70 participants including 20 lecturers, 50 PhD students and young scientists. The priority for participation in the School will be given to the applicants with a strong neutrino physics background and interests. Students and young scientists will be encouraged for active participation in the School. Tutorials, exercises, and questions and answers sessions will be organized. Candidates are encouraged to bring posters presenting their research work. The posters session and brief presentations by the students and young scientists will be organized at the School. Lectures at the School Neutrinos in Standard Model and beyond Samoil Bilenky (JINR Dubna) Phenomenology of -mixing and oscillations Serguey Petcov (SISSA) Long baseline -oscillation experiments David Wark* (Oxford U.) Reactor experiments Rupert Leitner (Charles U.) Atmospheric neutrinos Yoichiro Suzuki (U. of Tokyo) Solar- and geo-neutrinos Oleg Smirnov (JINR Dubna) Sterile neutrinos Carlo Giunti (INFN Torino) Vyacheslav Egorov (JINR Dubna) Theory of -masses Werner Rodejohann (MPI Heidelberg) Baryogenesis from Leptogenesis Sasha Davidson (IPNL Lyon, France) Direct -mass search Christian Weinheimer (U. of Muenster) Theory of -decay Martin Hirsch (U. of Valencia) Double Beta Decay Matrix Elements Francesco Iachello (Yale U.) decay: EXO and KamLAND-Zen Andreas Piepke (U. of Alabama) decay : GERDA Stefan Schoenert (TU Muenchen) Neutrinos in cosmology and astronomy Steen Hannestadt (Aarhus U.) Physics at IceCube Elisa Resconi (TU Muenchen) Baikal experiment Zhan-Arys Dzhilkibaev (INR Moscow) Supernova and relic neutrinos Petr Vogel (CATLTECH) Dark Matter Walter Potzel (TU Muenchen) News from CERN Sergio Bertolucci (CERN) Progressive detection techniques I Ettore Fiorini (U. di Milano-Bicocca) Progressive detection techniques II Ivan Štekl (CTU Prague) Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physics Louis Lyons (U. of Oxford) *to be confirmed Daily timetable 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 13:30-16:00 Free time 9:00-12:30 Morning session 16:00-19:30 Afternoon session 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 17:30-18:00 Coffee break1 12:30-13:30 Lunch 19:30-20:30 Dinner Venue The venue of the School will be the GRAND HOTEL BELLEVUE situated in Starý Smokovec (more precisely in Nový Smokovec directly connected to Starý Smokovec) at the altitude of 1,010 meters above the sea level at the foothill of Slavkovský štít (Slavkovský Peak, 2452 meters above sea level). Stary Smokovec is located in the central part of the High Tatras and is one of its main centers. The High Tatras, having 17 peaks over 2,500 meters (8,200 ft), are with the Southern Carpathians, the only mountain ranges with an alpine character and habitats in the entire 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) length of the Carpathian Mountains system. The massif is only 25km wide and 78km long, but photo opportunities are enough to get you excited - ultramarine mountain lakes, crashing waterfalls, undulating pine forests and shimmering alpine meadows. Most of this jagged range is part of the Tatra National Park (Tanap) and a similar park across the peaks in Poland. The adjacent parks protect UNESCO's trans-border Tatra Biosphere Reserve. Many rare and endemic animals and plant species are native to the High Tatras. They include the Tatra’s endemic goat-antelope and critically endangered species, the Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica). Large predators include Eurasian brown bear, Eurasian lynx, marten, wolf and fox. The Alpine marmot is common in the range. Midmountain, three main resort towns string west to east. Štrbské Pleso is the traditional ski center and is most crowded, with construction galore. Eleven kilometers east, Smokovec is an amalgam of the Nový (New), Starý (Old), Dolný (lower) and Horný (upper) settlements. Here there's still a bit of a turn-of-the-20th-century heyday feel, plus numerous lodgings and the most services. Five kilometers further, Tatranská Lomnica is the quaintest, quietest village. All have mountain access by cable car, funicular or chairlift. Poprad is the closest city (with mainline train station and airport), 14km south of central Starý Smokovec. Important dates Registration deadline Friday, June 12, 2015 Participant’s arrival Thursday, August 27, 2015 Excursion Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Conference dinner Thursday, September 3, 2015 Participant’s departure Friday September 4, 2015 Accommodation Accommodation is reserved by the organizing committee in the beautiful GRAND HOTEL BELLEVUE, where is also the venue of the School. The Bellevue Hotel offers accommodation in spacious and well-furnished rooms. For lecturers and senior scientists double-bed room with single occupancy will be available and for students double-bed room with double occupation will be prepared. The upper floors of the Hotel Bellevue offer spectacular panoramatic view of the Tatra landscape. The hotel prides itself on its unique location in peaceful surroundings where all the natural beauties can be enjoyed and all the haste of everyday life can easily be forgotten. Hotel amenities are as follows: Restaurant, Bars, Congress center, Wellness center, Sport center (Swimming pool, Fitness center, Gym, Squash, Table tennis, Bowling, Billiards). Activities/Attractions: sight-seeing, walking, tourism, cycling, skiing (in winter) Check-in: from 14.00 Check-out: to 10.00 Address: Stary Smokovec 21, 062 01 Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia Transportation By Plane - The High Tatras has a small airport, Poprad-Tatry field, which offers limited passenger air service depending on the season. The international airport Poprad - Tatry is the highest located airport in Central Europe and the entrance gate to the High Tatras. The airport is located about 5km (3 miles) outside of town and is reachable by car or taxi (but not public transportation). Currently, the Wizz Air (https://wizzair.com/), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a new route from London-Luton to Poprad-Tatry initially flying 4 times a week. The Poprad airport is only a 15 minute drive from the resort of the High Tatras (Tatranská Lomnica, Starý Smokovec and Štrbské Pleso). There is also a possibility to fly to Bratislava airport, Košice airport or Vienna airport and continue to High Tatras by train (a taxi to Košice railway station costs about 10 €). For best prices of plane tickets visit the websites: To Poprad by plane http://www.airport-poprad.sk/ To Košice by plane http://www.airportkosice.sk/ To Bratislava by plane http://www.airportbratislava.sk/cestujuci/ By Train - Poprad is a major rail junction and ŽSR state railroad train service is relatively frequent to and from Bratislava, Žilina, and Košice. From Bratislava, the journey on an express train takes 3:46 or 4:35 hours (about 1 train each 2 hours); from Žilina, 2 hours, and from Košice, 1:15 or 1:53 hours (about 1 train each hour). From Poprad station, the Tatra Electric Railroad runs directly to Starý Smokovec (about 30 minutes). Train connection Prague↔Poprad (http://ww.idos.cz, with wifi): Pendolino, Czech Railways (fastest: 6:25 hours, daily from Prague: 6:35→12:58, from Poprad: 15:58 →22:21), Leo Express (6:41 hours, daily from Prague: 14:35→21:16, from Poprad: 0:24→8:06), RegioJet (6:55 hours, daily from Prague: 7:48→14:42, from Poprad: 9:15→16:10). By Car - Poprad lies on Slovakia's major east-west highway. The drive from Bratislava follows the Váh River north to Trenčín and Žilina, before turning east. Some of the drive is along four- lane highway and takes about 4 hours. From Košice, the drive is along mostly two-lane highway and takes about 2 hours. By Bus - Bus service is frequent from Poprad to many regional cities and towns, including Bratislava, Košice, and Levoča. You can also use the bus station at Starý Smokovec, just on the edge of the resort in the direction of Tatranská Lomnica. The bus is often the best option for seeing the smaller towns in and around the Tatras. The tourist information offices can help you sort out the timetables and destinations.