June 26-27, 2008
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June 26 (Thu.)
Opening at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo (10:30-10:45)
10:35-10:45 Opening Remarks
Shuhei Okubo (Director of Earthquake Research Institute)
Introductory (10:45-12:10)
10:45-11:00 Review of Volcano Science at Mt. Asama volcano
- Magma Supply Path beneath Mt. Asama and Resemblance of Seismic Activities and Density Profiles between before and after the 2004 Eruption -
Minoru Takeo (Director of Volcano Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
11:05-11:35 Atmospheric Neutrinos
Thomas K. Gaisser (University of Delaware/ Spokes person of IceCube)
11:40-12:10 Montagne Pelee (Martinique) and Soufriere (Guadeloupe): Possible Test Beds for Muon Tomography in French Volcanoes. Situation, Recent Eruptions, Detector Development, Inversion Methods
Albert Tarantola (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)
Lunch Break (12:10-13:40)
Muon Radiography (13:40-15:20)
13:40-14:10 Cosmic-Ray Muon Radiography of Volcanoes
Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka (Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
14:15-14:45 Muon Radiography Expected from Volcanology
Izumi Yokoyama (Hokkaido University)
14:50-15:20 Plastic Scintillator for Muon Radiography
Yasushi Yamashina (C.I. Industry)
Coffee Break (15:20-15:50)
Neutrino Radiography (15:50-16:55)
15:50-16:20 Geophysical Impact of Neutrino Radiography using IceCube: Insight by Seismic Tomography
Nozomu Takeuchi (Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
16:25-16:55 Muon Reconstruction in IceCube: Status and Future
Kotoyo Hoshina (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
18:00-20:00 Reception at Bamboo Room
June 27 (Fri.)
Future Prospects (10:00-12:15)
10:00-10:30 High Energy Neutrinos to See Inside the Earth
Gennaro Miele (Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
10:35-11:05 Perspectives for the Radiography of Vesuvius by Cosmic Ray Muons
Paolo Strolin (Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Coffee Break (11:05-11:20)
11:20-11:50 Structure of the Mount Vesuvius Volcano from Geophysical Exploration
Maurizio Vassallo (Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
11:55-12:15 Future Collaboration of Magnetotelluric and Cosmic-Ray Muon Measurements in Volcanic Research
Takao Koyama (Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
Conclusion (12:20-12:30)
12:20-12:30 Concluding Remarks
Albert Tarantola (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)
 
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