Enrique Zas

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C-4 Commission on Cosmic Rays

• Enrique Zas
• University of Santiago de Compostela
• Uppsala July 2005

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Members

• Chair WENZEL, K.-P. (2002) (1996) Holland
• Vice-Chair PROTHEROE, R.J. (2002) (1996)
  Australia
• Secretary POTGIETER, M.S. (2002) (1996)
  S.Africa
• KUDELA, K. (2002) Slovakia
• LIPARI, P. (2002) Italy
• MA, Y-Q. (2002) China
• MURAKI, Y. (2002) Japan
• RYAZHSKAYA, O. G. (2002) (1999) Russia
• SIMON, M. (2002) (1999) Germany
• SWORDY, S. (2002) US
• TONWAR, S. (2002) India
• VALDES-GALICIA, J.F. (2002) (1999) Mexico
• ZAS, E. (2002) Spain

C19
C11
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Associate Members

• BETTINI, S (1999, 2003) (Chair of PANAGIC) Italy
• TRIMBLE, V. (2003) (Liaison with C19) US
• VÖLK, H. (2003) (Liaison with IAU) Germany

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Activities

1. Advising ICRC
2. Endorsing Conferences
3. Awards
4. Publications

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1 ICRC

• (Biannual-Type A)
• solar physics, solar neutrino physics
• cosmic ray physics
• high energy gamma rays
• neutrino astronomy communities
• C4 Acts as International Advisory Committee
• Select Locations
• ICRC 2005 (3-10 Aug) Pune
• ICRC 2007 (Late Aug) Merida
• Recommend
• Proceedings
• Dates
• General organization, rapporteur selection,
  highlight talks ...

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2 Endorsing Conferences

• Aproved Conferences
• International Cosmic Ray Conferences (type A)
• ICRC 2003 Tsukuba, 760 participants/160 students
• ICRC 2005 Pune, 600 participants
• TAUP Series (Astroparticles Underground) (type
  B)
• Taup 2003 (11-14 Sep) Seattle
• Taup 2005 (5-8 Sep) Zaragoza
• Future
• ICRC 2007 Mérida
• European Cosmic Ray Symposium
• Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interaction
• Considered but application not received
• Neutrino 2006

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3 Awards
Award subcommittee Advices and monitors
process Guarantees it goes to different physicists

• Current awards
• Duggal Award
• Outstanding Young Scientists
• - J. Hinton (UK)
• OCeallaigh medal
• Lifelong contribtuion to Cosmic Ray Physics
• - T.K. Gaisser (US)
• Yodh price
• Important and pioneering contribtuions to Cosmic
  Rays
• - M. Hillas (UK)

C4 Acts as selection committee for OCeallaigh
medal
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4 Publications
Contribution to Physics Now (by
C14) http//web.phys.ksu.edu/ICPE/ Newsletter
bulletin COSNEWS http//www.iupap.org/commissions
/c4/cosnews/cosnews.html
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Liaison Structure
Particles and Fields C11
Cosmic Rays C4
WG.4 (PaNAGIC)
Nuclear Physics C12
Astrophysics C19
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PaNAGIC
Particle Nuclear Astrophysics Gravitation
International Committee Web page
http//www.lngs.infn.it/site/exppro/panagic Repor
ts to IUPAP through C4 New chairman to be
appointed