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TRIUMF logo SNIT 2003
Summer Nuclear Institute at TRIUMF 2003
July 21 - August 1, 2003
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
CKM and MNS: Quark and Lepton Mixings


The 15th annual Summer Nuclear Institute at TRIUMF will be held July 21 to August 1, 2003. The institute provides short courses in subatomic physics at the graduate student level. Both experimental and theoretical physics students are urged to attend. Participation is normally limited to 40 students.

SNIT 2003 poster in PDF format (119 KB)

Last Minute Information

The entire SNIT 2003 program will be held in the TRIUMF Auditorium.

A van will pick up students from the Ritzumeikan Residence at 08:00 and 08:15 on Monday, July 21.

Registration will take place at TRIUMF outside the Auditorium from 08:30 onwards.

Program

The topic of this Institute will be the quark and neutrino mass matrices. Exciting experimental results are being produced (e.g. Super-K, SNO, K2K, KamLand, BaBar, Belle, KTeV/NA48, E787) establishing the quark and lepton mixing theories. Further results are expected by the time of the summer school (e.g. mini-BooNE, BaBar, Belle, CDF/D0) and there are many interesting future prospects. The aim of the Institute is to provide the student with the theoretical context of the experiments and an overview of the different experimental approaches being brought to bear on the subject. The preliminary breakdown of the topics is as follows.

Theoretical Background

Introduction to the Standard Model
Higgs mechanism, CKM matrix
Physics beyond the Standard Model
SUSY, GUT, Extra-dimension
Introduction to the physics of oscillations
Meson (B, K) and vacuum neutrino oscillations, and matter effect (regeneration, MSW effect)
Supernovae and solar models
Implications for neutrino physics
Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
Neutrino masses and mixings from beta decays and double beta decays
Solar neutrino experiments
Radiochemical, water/heavy water, liquid scintillator, and future experiments
Atmospheric and accelerator based neutrino experiments
Atmospheric, short baseline (LSND, KARMEN, mini-BooNE), long baseline (K2K, MINOS, CNGS), and future (superbeam and neutrino factory)
Quark Mixing Experiments
Kaon experiments
Cabbibo angle (Ke3), K0 oscillation, epsilon, epsilon'/epsilon, and rare K decays
B experiments
e+e- machines (CLEO, LEP, BaBar, Belle, and super-B factory)
hadron machines (CDF/D0, BTeV, LHC, LHC-B)
Beta decay experiments
Super-allowed beta decay and neutron decay
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Featured Speakers

[Click on a speaker's name to go to their home page in a new browser window.]

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Week One: July 21 - July 25
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:00 Registration        
09:00 Czarnecki Czarnecki Czarnecki Czarnecki Czarnecki
10:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
10:30 Tschirhart Tschirhart Tschirhart Kowalewski Kowalewski
11:30 Ball Ball McLaughlin McLaughlin McLaughlin
12:30 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
14:00 Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials
15:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
15:30 Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials
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Week Two: July 28 - August 1
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
09:00 Murayama Murayama Murayama Trischuk Trischuk
10:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
10:30 McLaughlin Nishikawa Elliott Elliott Elliott
11:30 Chen Chen Nishikawa Nishikawa Nishikawa
12:30 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
14:00 Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials
15:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
15:30 Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials Tutorials
18:30       Banquet  


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Registration

SNIT 2003 is free for registered participants.

The registration form
[ PDF (18 KB) , gzipped PostScript (27 KB) , PostScript (51 KB) ]
should be downloaded, completed and faxed to Elly Driessen at TRIUMF. Please note that the number of participants will be limited to 40. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide financial support to cover travel or subsistence expenses.

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Accommodation

A limited number of single and twin rooms has been set aside for SNIT 2003 participants at Gage Towers on the UBC campus. The rate is CDN$35 per night, plus 15% tax based on 6 people sharing a 6 bedroom unit.

The above rate will only be available if the accommodation request is received before June 1, 2003. (Note that June is high tourist season in Vancouver. At that time it is very difficult to find accommodations in this price range anywhere in the city.)

The accommodation form [ PDF (36 KB) ] should be downloaded, completed and faxed or mailed to the Reservations Office, Conferences and Accommodation at UBC, NOT to TRIUMF.

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Travel Arrangements

Participants need to ensure that they have the proper travel documents and visas to enter Canada.

Vancouver can be reached by air (Vancouver International Airport - YVR), rail, bus, car, or boat. There is bus and taxi service for transportation between the airport, downtown, and the UBC campus. See this link for details.

Some current exchange rates are (as of March 2003):
CDN$1 = US$0.67   ;   CDN$1 = Euro 0.60   ;   CDN$1 = £0.42

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Organizing Committee

Byron Jennings jennings@triumf.ca 1-604-222-7428
Akira Konaka konaka@sitka.triumf.ca 1-604-222-7369
Richard Helmer helmer@alph04.triumf.ca 1-604-222-7404
Stephen Godfrey godfrey@physics.carleton.ca  
John Ng misery@triumf.ca 1-604-222-7432

Jointly sponsored by TRIUMF and SNO
For information regarding registration, accommodation and SNIT logistics, please contact:

Elly Driessen , SNIT 2003, TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC   V6T 2A3, Canada

E-mail: snit03@triumf.ca     Phone: 1-604-222-7352     FAX: 1-604-222-1074

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