From boud w astro.uni.torun.pl Thu Dec 4 17:07:10 2003 From: boud w astro.uni.torun.pl (Boud Roukema) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:07:10 +0100 (CET) Subject: disk space for students In-Reply-To: <3FCB6042.3080807@astri.uni.torun.pl> References: <3FCB6042.3080807@astri.uni.torun.pl> Message-ID: Hi Krzyszek, Would you be able to provide the students (at least those in my monograph course: http://adjani.astro.uni.torun.pl/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Cosmo/MonographCosmo ) with some scratch space, e.g. on /home4/scratch which seems to have (at the moment) about 26 Gb free? E.g. 100Mb or so. By "scratch space", i mean space where it is clear that any files there will *not* be backed up, and there could either be a rule that files will be automatically deleted there at, e.g. the beginning of each month, or else just set a quota of 100Mb or whatever. The most active students' usernames are: grzenow lenka rwiatr and the others can ask later if they really want the space. thanks boud From boud w astro.uni.torun.pl Tue Dec 9 23:14:16 2003 From: boud w astro.uni.torun.pl (boud) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:14:16 +0100 (CET) Subject: dark matter constraints: Soutenance de these (fwd) Message-ID: witam, Here are some hints on indirect DM searches (Bartek is specially interested in this). b > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:18:35 +0100 (MET) > From: Gianfranco Bertone > To: users_all at iap.fr > Subject: Soutenance de these > > > Bonjour, > > vous etes cordialement invites a ma soutenance de > these, qui aura lieu le Mardi 16 Decembre 2003 a 15h, dans > l'amphitheatre de l'Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, ainsi > qu'au pot qui suivra. > > Cordialement, > > Gf > > ******************************************************* > TITLE > High Energy Astrophysics: Indirect Detection of Dark Matter > and Propagation of Ultra-High Energy Heavy Nuclei > > ABSTRACT > We discuss the prospects of indirect detection of Dark Matter > through its annihilation radiation in the Galactic halo, under > the assumption that it is made of weakly interactive massive > particles (WIMPs) and focusing in particular on specific candidates > such as the supersymmetric neutralino, the lightest Kaluza-Klein > particle in scenarios with unified extra-dimensions, and on generic > super-heavy candidates. > > We consider three channels of the annihilation flux from the Galactic > center: synchrotron radiation, gamma-ray and neutrino flux. > Using the present observations we are able to put constraints on > the physical parameters of Dark Matter particles and distribution, > while the expected sensitivity of future experiments allows us > to discuss the prospects of observing Dark Matter candidates in the > near future. We also study the possibility of using stellar > structure arguments and helioseismic observations to constrain > the properties of \DM particles. > > In the second part we discuss the propagation of ultra-high energy > heavy nuclei in an extra-galactic magnetic field, keeping into account > all relevant energy losses. We then study numerically such process > and use the results of simulations to analyze different models for the > origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays recently appeared in literature. > > ****************************************************** > > -- > Gianfranco BERTONE > Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris > 98bis Bd Arago 75014 Paris > Tel.: +33 (0) 1 44 32 81 90 > Fax.: +33 (0) 1 44 32 80 01 > web: http://www.iap.fr/users/bertone