JISCRISS

Welcome to JISCRISS

18 - 19 September 2009 Science Museum, Tokyo
2-1, Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0091

JISCRISS is organized as part of a collaboration between the Department of Physics of the Universities and INFN structures of Rome Tor Vergata and Torino and RIKEN (Wakoshi). The workshop is part of the "Italian Autumn in Japan 2009" activities and stems from the long collaboration between Italian and Japanese institutions in the fields of particle and space physics.

Cosmic rays are important in disciplines often very distant among them, ranging from the search for cosmological antimatter to particle astronomy, from the study of the fundamental laws of physics at energies unattainable on Earth, to the biological effects they have on astronauts in space. The International Space Station is an unique and ideal place to perform experiments addressing frontier research in these fields.

The purpose of this workshop is twofold:

Get together scientists of different disciplines, such as astronomers, physicists, biologists, associated with the use of cosmic rays as a tool of scientific inquiry and the International Space Station (and other spacecraft) as a place of execution of the projects. Status of research in the various fields and possible interdisciplinary interactions will be addressed.
Present - to the general public - the status of research in space, the importance of the International Space Station in the role of future exporation.

Scientists and non-specialists of all nationalities are encouraged to participate.

Supported by Italian Ministry of External Affairs (MAE), Italian Embassy in Tokyo, RIKEN, Italian Space Agency (ASI), INFN, University of Torino and Roma Tor Vergata, INAF.

It follows previous workshops in: