26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium

Abstract

PrefaceParticle astrophysics that is also called astroparticle physics combines efforts and interests of two communities, particle physicists and astrophysicists, and presents the broadest field of research that covers experiments involving man-made machines as well as experiments that are running for billions of years by Nature itself. These involve all types of known and yet unknown particles and emissions in the broadest energy range possible, from nano-eV to 1021 eV, far exceeding the capabilities of the terrestrial and extraterrestrial laboratories. Last decade was rich on discoveries and breakthrough results in many areas of traditional astroparticle physics, and gave birth to two brand new branches of astronomy: gravitational and neutrino. The hopes are that this rapid and exciting progress will continue in years to come and the key factors to ensure its sustainability are the face to face meetings and exchange of enriching ideas between the communities with different backgrounds.The 26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium (E+CRS) took place at Altai State University (Barnaul-Belokurikha, Russia, 610 July 2018), and was organized by Altai State University in partnership with the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Novosibirsk State University.Since the first symposia, which started 50 years ago with two parts held in 1968 in Lodz, Poland (high energy, extensive air showers and astrophysical aspects) and in Bern (solar and heliospheric phenomena), the ECRS became one of the major conferences in the field of astroparticle physics with the emphasis on meeting the demands of young scientists and European collaborations.Based on the decision of the International Advisory Committee (IAC), adopted during the 25th ECRS (Turin, Italy, 2016), the 26th European Cosmic Ray Symposium was scheduled to be held in 2018 in conjunction with the 35th Russian Cosmic Ray Conference at Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia). Conducting a joint conference in the geographical center of Eurasia was aimed at the expansion of the geography of participants, including young scientists from different countries. In addition, the IAC decided to modify the format of the symposium (following the COSPAR International Assembly model) in order to expand the representation of key global research programs in the areas of the symposium. A change in the name and the abbreviation of the symposium into the 26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium (E+CRS) reflects these goals.List of confference photographs are available in this pdf.