International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2015)

Abstract

The International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2015) was held in Moscow, Russia, from October 5 to 10, 2015. The conference is organized by Center of Fundamental Research and Particle Physics of National Research Nuclear University &lquot;&lquot;MEPhI&rquot;&rquot;. The aim of the Conference is to promote contacts between scientists and development of new ideas in fundamental research. We bring together experts and young scientists working on experimental and theoretical aspects of nuclear, particle, astroparticle physics and cosmology.

The conference covers a wide range of topics such as accelerator physics, (astro) particle physics, cosmic rays, cosmology and methods of experimental physics - detectors and instruments. These directions are unified by development of the Standard Model (SM) which is evidently not complete. There are deviations from the Standard Model - neutrino oscillations, the dark matter existence. Together with strong interactions, they are main subjects of the Conference.

New results from LHC collider as well as its future upgrade are discussed with the Higgs as the main point for discussion. Substantial development of experimental tools for astrophysical observations and new results from cosmic ray experiments is one of the main subjects of the conference. Various aspects of strong interaction are discussed. Among them: Charmonium and Bottomonium states, Flavor physics at Super B factories, Exotic Nuclei in Astrophysics. Another subject for discussion is the neutrino physics, promising and unique way to get new knowledge. In this content, several talks on BOREXINO experiment where new results in neutrino oscillations are presented.

Special session is devoted to PAMELA experiment - 9 years in orbit and to the future GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope with following main scientific goals: indirect dark matter origin study by the gamma-ray astronomy methods, discrete astrophysical sources observations, diffuse background γ-emission analysis, investigation of high energy γ-emission from GRBs and other astrophysical objects including Sun, explore of high energy e-e+ fluxes, research of high energy light nuclei fluxes.

Several talks concern the cosmic ray physics with high energy muons in large volume detectors - IceCube, NEVOD are among them.

Also γ-quanta and charged particles generation in astrophysical sources and planets magnetospheres were discussed in the frameworks of Cosmic Rays subsection. Cosmological problems such as an origin and features of the dark matter, space reionization, smallness of the cosmological constant and black hole origin are discussed at the theoretical section of the conference.

Special workshops are devoted to NEVOD experiment, Pamela Experiment, SiPM and Electronics.