SECOND CIRCULAR - JUNE 2008

PRESENTATION
ARENA 2008 is the 3^rd edition of a workshop dedicated to the detection of Ultra High Energy neutrinos looking for radio or acoustic signals originated as a consequence of their interactions in dense matter. The workshop will be the occasion to bring together experimentalists and theorists to review the present status and the future prospects of Ultra High Energy astrophysical Neutrinos detection.

Several radio detection experiments started already in the last decade of last century and provided limits to EeV cosmic neutrino fluxes.
More recently the acoustic technique, still in an R&D phase, allowed the evaluation of UHE neutrino flux limits with the analysis of signals collected by an acoustic array. Direct production of radio signals by air showers in the atmosphere got new theoretical and experimental interest.

The aim of the Conference is to present the most relevant theoretical and experimental results in the field of high energy cosmic rays, to discuss theoretical prediction of fluxes, and to analyzethe potentialities of new detection techniques.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The Conference will be held at the "Sapienza" University in Roma.

Location
The University of Roma “Sapienza” is located very close to the Roma centre and to the main Roma railway station Termini, which is directly connected by train and bus to the Roma main airports, Roma Fiumicino and Roma Ciampino.

The conference sessions will be held in the “Aula Conversi”, located inside the Physics Department (old building “G. Marconi”, 1 in the map aside).

Further information can be found at the following link:
http://www.roma1.infn.it/en/info.html

Conference Dinner
The conference dinner will be organized at the Restaurant "Villa Paganini " located in Vicolo della Fontana, 28, Roma. You can find information about this restaurant, menu and maps, at the url:
http://www.ristorantevillapaganini.it/

Weather in Roma
Weather in Roma is fine in this period but showers are always possible!! The temperature is 22 degrees centigrade in morning, about 30 degrees in daytime.

REGISTRATION
Registration fee
After May 15^th, the registration fee for the participants to the ARENA_08 conference is 300 €.

The registration fee includes:

• hard-copy of proceedings;
• a conference bag;
• lunches and coffee breaks;
• the conference dinner.

How to Register
All payments must be made in EUROS. At the moment, the only acceptable form of payment is the bank transfer.
The transfer must be drawn on Banca di Roma, Ple. Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, addressed to:

"Associazione Romana per le Astro-Particelle -ARENA08, C.F. 97457450589"

with the specification "Fee for participation to Conference ARENA-08".

Banking coordinates for payments:
IBAN: IT90L0300203371000011607039
Swift Code: BROMITR1153

If you think of sending your Registration Fee by Bank transfer, please, make sure that IBAN and C.F. numbers are written and any overhead charged by the Bank is covered, otherwise the registrations will arrive already reduced by 5% by the emitting Bank.

Please, make sure to quote your name clearly on the transfer slip and send, or fax, a copy of the receipt of the transfer order to the ARENA-08 Secretariat (send faxes to: Mauro Mancini +39064454910).
In case of troubles to pay the registration fee in advance of the conference, please contact the Conference Secretariat.

Alternatively, it will be possible to pay, cash or by credit card (VISA, MasterCard or American Express), at the registration desk, located on Wednesday 25th, from 9:00, in the “wwwwww” of the Marconi Building of the Physics Department (ground floor).

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Program
The detailed version of the program of the conference is available on WEB at the url
https://agenda.infn.it/conferenceOtherViews.py?view=nicecompact&confId=344

Conference Proceedings
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published by Elsevier on Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A (NIMA).

The cost for one copy of the proceedings is included in the registration fee. The deadline for the submission of the papers is September 30^th, 2008.

A template for the compilation of the manuscript using Word processors will be available on the Conference web page.

Further information about the manuscript compilation using a Latex template is available from the Elsevier web page at the url
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/latex

The length of the manuscripts will be changes according to the contribution:

• pages for 30' oral presentation
• pages for all other contribution
  

INTERNET CONNECTIONS AT THE CONFERENCE SITE
We are working to provide for participants to the Conference the possibility to connect to the network with their own personal computers. As a consequence of new laws in Italy, for security reasons, the access to the network can be given only to "identified users" and the "identification" has to be provided by means of an ID document. For these reasons we will request, by e-mail, each registered participant, to provide the mac-address of its own personal computer and a copy of a personal ID document (scanner copy in pdf format).

Participants will be given an account and password to enter the network and will agree to use the net following the usual local and international rules.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Further questions concerning scientific aspects of the conference and special requests can be addressed to the

Conference secretariat:

• Mauro Mancini +390649914358 +39064454910
• Gabriella Bucci +390649914336 +39064454910
  
  
  

 FIRST CIRCULAR - JANUARY 2008

Further information can be found at the following link:
http://www.roma1.infn.it/en/info.html


Accommodation
Some rooms will be pre-reserved at special rates in various hotels placed very close to the University of “Sapienza”. The rooms will be booked only for a limited amount of time. Thus, giving the high number of tourists usually visiting Rome in that period, we strongly suggest you to book your room as soon as possible. Please, check the list of suggested hotels at the conference web page, under the menu “Accommodation”.


Registration

Financial Support
A limited number of grants for young physicists. Requests for support to attend the conference should be addressed, and justified, to the Conference Secretariat. Applications must be received within April 30^th, 2008. Late applications will not be considered.

Applications for financial support must be well justified. Applicants must send a brief list of recent publications, research interests and position actually held to the email address of the conference:
arena2008@roma1.infn.it.


Scientific Program
The conference will be organized in plenary sessions. According to the need we could envisage the organization of parallel sessions. The program will cover topics in:

• Theoretical prediction on neutrino fluxes
• Acoustic and radio detection techniques
• Properties of Target Materials
• Signals simulation and propagation
• Signal processing and Background reduction
• New developments in sensors and transmitters
• Results from acoustic arrays
• Results from Cherenkov Radio detectors
• Results from Air Shower Radio detectors
• Future Projects
  

A preliminary agenda will be circulated as soon as possible.


Workshop Proceedings
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published by Elsevier on Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A (NIMA). The cost for one copy of the proceedings is included in the registration fee. Please visit the Workshop web page to get information about Abstract Submission and Paper Submission for the proceedings.

All enquiries concerning scientific aspects of the conference, financial support, registration and so on, should be sent to the Workshop Secretariat.