General Info

The Particle & Astroparticle Physics Programme is coming to its fourth edition. Following the past editions' great success, the Association of Italian Physics Students (AISF) is organising it once more, also including some new features and further improvements.

During the Programme, 40 students will be visiting the National Gran Sasso Laboratory and the Gran Sasso Science Institute in central Italy and the INFN laboratories in Frascati, Rome. Participants will meet in Rome, then move to the city of L'Aquila by coach and eventually return to Rome for departure. The event will have a focus on astroparticle physics, but a number of other topics will be touched upon, including theoretical physics, nuclear physics, high energy collisions and cosmology. Students will be expected to have a basic understanding of these subjects in order to effectively make the most of the programme.

You can download the booklet of the event below.

BOOKLET

Schedule

  • 03/12 - Tuesday
    Arrival and opening cerimony in Rome, University Roma Tre
    11:00 - 15:00 Accreditation
    15:00 - 15:30 Opening ceremony @Roma Tre : Welcoming by Prof. Roberto Raimondi (Physics and Mathematics Department Director) and Giovanni Stagnitto (IT Manager of AISF)
    15:30 - 16:30 Lecture by Prof. Frabrizio Petrucci
    16:30 - 17:30 Lecture by Prof. Severino Bussino
    17:30 - 19:30 Poster session + Welcoming buffet
    Evening Check-in at hotel + free night
  • 04/12 - Wednesday
    University of Rome Tor Vergata and National Laboratories of Frascati
    9:00 - 9:20 Welcoming at University of Tor Vergata
    9:20 - 9:50 Talk by Prof. Anna Di Ciaccio
    9:50 - 10:20 Talk by Prof. Annalisa D'Angelo
    10:40 - 11:10 Talk by Prof. Vittorio Nicola
    11:10 - 11:40 Talk by Prof. Roberta Sparvoli
    11:40 - 12:30 Labs tour
    12:30 - 13:30 Lunch @Sogene
    13:30 - 14:30 Moving to National Laboratories of Frascati
    15:00 - 16:00 Talk by Paola Gianotti (LNF Division Reserach Manager)
    16:00 - 18:00 Visit to LNF facilities: Visitor Centre, Dafne and Kloe control rooms
    18:00 Departure to L'Aquila
    Evening check-in at Hotel Castello and typical regional dinner (optional)
  • 05/12 - Thursday
    Gran Sasso Science Institute
    9:15 - 9:30 Welcome @GSSI - Prof. Ivan De Mitri (GSSI & INFN) and Dr. Mannarelli (LNGS)
    9:30 - 10:30 Talk by Dr. Ivan De Mitri
    10:30 - 11:30 break
    11:30 - 13:00 Student talks
    13:00 - 14:15 Lunch break
    14:15 - 14:30 Prize-giving ceremony for the three best student talks
    14:30 - 16:30 Meeting with GSSI PhD students and postdocs
    16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour to L'Aquila
    20:30 - Social dinner at Il Vicoletto
  • 06/12 - Friday
    Gran Sasso National Laboratories
    8:45 - 9:30 Moving from the hotel to LNGS
    9:30 - 9:45 Welcome @LNGS - Dr. Stefano Ragazzi (LNGS Director) and Alba Formicola (LNGS)
    9:45 - 10:20 Lecture by Dr. Marcello Messina (LNGS)
    10:20 - 11:15 Coffee break and visit to LNGS exhibition
    11:15 - 11:45 Talk by Dr. Laszlo Csedreki (LNGS)
    11:15 - 11:45 Talk by Prof. Francesco Lorenzo Villante (L'Aquila University & LNF)
    12:25 - 13:00 Talk by Paolo Gorla (LNGS)
    13:00 - 13:30 Talk by Dr. Nicola Rossi (LNGS)
    13:30 - 14:15 Lunch
    14:15 - 16:00 Visit to Underground Laboratory - Miriam Olmi (GSSI & INFN) and Stefano Di Lorenzo (GSSI & INFN)
    16:30 Departure from Hotel Castello to Roma Termini Station

A few points to note

Participation fees are fixed at €110 for each applicant. Such fee will cover the cost of accommodation in both L`Aquila and Rome, breakfasts at the hotels, a dinner buffet at Roma Tre, lunches on the second, third and fourth day, one travel ticket in the Rome/Frascati area, travel from Rome to L’Aquila (and vice versa), as well as travel from Hotel Castello to the LNGS. Please notice that participation fees do not cover the following: Journeys to/from Rome at arrival and departure. These will need to be arranged independently; Insurance; Meals defined optional, which are not officially offered in the Programme. When useful, the Organising Committee will always suggest places to eat.