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Cosmic Sensation voorstel verdedigd voor de academische jaarprijs

Op 7 oktober 2009 zal het multidisciplinaire team "De Jong" van de Radboud Universiteit het voorstel "Cosmic Sensation" voor de academische jaarprijs verdedigen. Meer informatie is te vinden op de web-site "cosmicsensation.nl". Daar staat o.a. ook een filmpje over ons voorstel met cartoons van Fermi versnelling en tijddilatatie erin verwerkt die speciaal hiervoor zijn gemaakt.
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European Week of Astroparticle Physics: European astroparticle physicists to celebrate 100 years of cosmic ray experiments

Geneva, 1 October 2009. Four hundred years ago, Galileo was the first one to look at the sky with a telescope. About 100 years ago a new era for astrophysics began with the first astroparticle physics experiments that led to the discovery of cosmic rays. European physicists take the opportunity of the International Year of Astronomy to celebrate this anniversary.

From 10 to 17 October 2009, in France, Italy, Spain and many other countries, astroparticle physicists will meet the public to reveal some of the most exciting mysteries of the Universe. Within the first European Week of Astroparticle Physics, they will organise about 50 events all over Europe: open days, talks for the general public, exhibitions ...
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Further information at http://astroparticle.org/ and http://europeanweek.astroparticle.org.

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The “Magnificent Seven” of European astroparticle physics unveiled to the world
ASPERA Roadmap phase III

On Monday 29 September ASPERA presented to the world their strategy for the future of astroparticle physics. What is dark matter? What is the origin of cosmic rays? What is the role of violent cosmic processes? Can we detect gravitational waves? With seven types of major large-scale projects physicists want to find the answers to some of the most exciting questions about the Universe:

  • CTA, a large array of Cherenkov Telescopes for detection of cosmic high-energy gamma rays
  • KM3NeT, a cubic kilometre-scale neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Ton-scale detectors for dark matter searches
  • A ton-scale detector for the determination of the fundamental nature and mass of neutrinos
  • A Megaton-scale detector for proton decay’s search, neutrino astrophysics & investigation of neutrino properties
  • A large array for the detection of charged cosmic rays
  • A third-generation underground gravitational antenna
“New exciting discoveries lie ahead; it is up to us to take the lead on them in the next decade.” says Christian Spiering from DESY – Germany, Chairman of the Roadmap Committee. After two years of roadmap process, the publication of The European Strategy for Astroparticle Physics is an important step for the field outlining a leading role for Europe in this increasingly globalised endeavour.

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JHU: WMAP REVEALS NEUTRINOS, END OF DARK AGES, FIRST SECOND OF UNIVERSE
Science results from five years of WMAP data

On Friday 7 March 2008 Johns Hopkins University sent out a Press release about the results obtained from analysis five years of WMAP data.

WASHINGTON — NASA released this week five years of data collected by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) that refines our understanding of the universe and its development. It is a treasure trove of information, including at least three major findings:

  • New evidence that a sea of cosmic neutrinos permeates the universe
  • Clear evidence the first stars took more than a half-billion years to create a cosmic fog
  • Tight new constraints on the burst of expansion in the universe's first trillionth of a second
For the full press reslease look at "http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/mar08/bennett.html" or a local copy of the release.

Some additional papers about the article in Science:

9 November 2007:

Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Linked With Violent Black Holes.
Science results from Auger