Astroparticle Journal Club
Instituto de Física - UFRJ,  CEFET - Petrópolis, UFF - EEIMVR,
USP-Lorena, IFRJ - Volta Redonda

Join us on Zoom to discuss astroparticle physics. We have bi-weekly journal clubs, invited seminars, and specific courses for reading physics papers.


2023

02, 04 - August
Basic ideias in astroparticle physics   
(João de Mello Neto ) 


09, 11 - August
Introduction to 
neutrino oscillations   
(Marcelo Oliveira) 


16, 18 - August
Introduction to atmospheric neutrinos
(Marcelo Oliveira) 

21, 25 - August
Introduction to atmospheric neutrinos
 (Marcelo Oliveira) 

 

28, 01 - September
Introduction to atmospheric neutrinos
 (Marcelo Oliveira)

Introduction to CP violation
(Alexandre Campos)

04, 08 - September

Search for CP Violation in D+sK0Sπ+, D+K0SK+, and D+ϕπ+ Decays 
(Alexandre Campos) 

11, 15 - September
Discovery of the Higgs boson using the  W+W- channel  ref1   ref2
(Jeferson Oliveira) 

18, 22 - September
Dark matter in the universe 
(Leonardo Peres)


02,06 - October

Boosted dark matter in DUNE
(Leonardo Peres)

09, 13 - October
First Lidar Campaign in the Industrial Sites of Volta Redonda-RJ and Lorena-SP, Brazil

(Rogério de Almeida)

16, 20 - October
First Observation of a Double-peaked O I Emission in the near Infrared Spectrum of an Active Galaxy 

(Denimara dos Santos)

23, 27 - October
Ground observations of a space laser for the assessment of its in-orbit performance 
(Rogério de Almeida)

30/October - 3/November
What can be learnt from UHECR anisotropies observations? Paper I : large-scale anisotropies and composition features
(Diego Correia) 

6, 10 - November
What can be learnt from UHECR anisotropies observations Paper II: intermediate-scale anisotropies
(Sarah Sippert)

20, 24 - November
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory 

(João de Mello Neto) 

27-November, 01 - December
Antennas for the detection of Radio Emission Pulses from Cosmic-ray induced Air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
(Beatriz de Errico) 

11, 15 -  December
Shining light on cosmogenic axions with neutrino experiments
(Leonardo Peres)

18, 22 - December
Study of exclusive photoproduction of charmonium in ultra-peripheral  lead -lead collisions

(Jeferson Oliveira)


2022


21, 23 - September
Sub-GeV Atmospheric Neutrinos and CP-Violation in DUNE    
(Marcelo Oliveira)


28, 30 - September
Neutrino vs. Antineutrino Oscillation Parameters at DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande   
(Marcelo Oliveira)


05, 07 - October
Signal model and event reconstruction for the radio detection of inclined air showers 
(Clara Watanabe)

19, 21 - October
 Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays above 32 EeV from Phase One of the Pierre Auger Observatory 
(Rogerio Menezes)

24, 28 - October
Prospects for detecting boosted dark matter in DUNE through hadronic interactions 
(Leonardo Peres) 

09, 11 - November  part 1
Open Questions in Cosmic-Ray Research at Ultrahigh Energies  
(Beatriz D'Errico) 

16, 18 - November  part 2
Open Questions in Cosmic-Ray Research at Ultrahigh Energies  
(Beatriz D'Errico) 

21, 25 - November  part 1 
Radio Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers in the Digital Era 
(Beatriz D'Errico)

28 - November - 02 December part 2
Radio Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers in the Digital Era 
(Beatriz D'Errico)

05, 09 - December part 3 
Radio Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers in the Digital Era 
(Beatriz D'Errico)

12, 16 - December
Radio Neutrino interaction classification witha convolutional neural networkin the DUNE far detector 
(Leonardo Peres)


2021

21 February
Denoising cosmic rays radio signal using Wavelets techniques

Clara Watanabe

02 May
Calibration of the LOFAR low-band antennas using the Galaxy and a model of the signal chain
Diego Correia

04 July
Weak signal extraction using matrix decomposition, with application to ultra high energy neutrino detection
Marcelo Oliveira

14 September
The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND): Science and Design
João de Mello Neto (UFRJ)

26 October
What can ve learnt from UHECR anisotropies observations

Rogerio Menezes de Almeida  - UFF

15 November
UHECR mass composition at highest energies from anisotropy of their arrival directions
Rogerio Menezes de Almeida  - UFF


8 December
Astrofísica dos Raios Cósmicos Ultra Energéticos
Rogerio Menezes de Almeida  - UFF

2020

Thursday, 05 November
Investigating the Galactic Plane composition anisotropy in a simulation study
Rogerio Menezes de Almeida  - UFF

Thursday, 01 October
Majorana and Dirac Neutrinos: An Introduction
Leonardo Peres  - UFRJ    slides

Thursday, 10 September
Núcleos Ativos de Galáxias (AGNs): Uma breve introdução
Denimara Dias dos Santos - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)

Thursday, 27 August
Bounds on the density of sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Jaime de Oliveira - IFRJ - Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Thursday, 13 August
Identification of Patterns in Cosmic-Ray Arrival Directions using Dynamic Graph Convolutional Neural Networks
Beatriz D'Errico - UFMG

Thursday, 30 July
Investigation of the potential of the combined fit above the ankle in a confined sky region for the classification of a nearby ultra-high energy cosmic ray source
Cynthia Vizcarra Ventura - OV - UFRJ

Thursday, 16 July
Antenna Selection in Massive MIMO Based on Greedy Algorithms
Marcele Kuhfuss - SMT/COPPE UFRJ

Thursday, 02 July
Classification and recovery of radio signals from cosmic ray showers with deep learning
Beatriz De Errico - UFMG

Thursday, 04 June
Calibration of the LOFAR low-band antennas using the Galaxy and a model of the signal chain
Diego Correa - UFF   slides

Thursday, 21 May
Monitoring the Atmosphere with Elastic Lidar
Rogerio de Almeida - UFF

Thursday, 14 May
Measuring Neutrino Oscillations with Liquid Argon Detectors?
Andrzej   Szelc,
Faculty of Science and Engineering,  The University of Manchester

Thursday, 07 May
Dark matter: basic ideias
Clara Watanabe - IF/UFRJ

Thursday, 23 April
Misunderstandings in Cosmic Ray Physics
Rogério de Almeida - UFF

Thursday, 09 April
Prospects for Detecting Boosted Dark Matter in DUNE through Hadronic Interactions
Leonardo Peres - IF/UFRJ

Thursday, 02 April
Radar as a probe for the PeV-EeV cosmic-neutrino flux: from beam test to nature
Krijn de Vries - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Thursday,  March 26
Weak signal extraction using matrix decomposition, with application to ultra high energy neutrino detection
João de Mello Neto - IF/UFRJ