COSMIC WISPers Working Group Meeting

from Tuesday, 3 February 2026 (09:00) to Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (13:00)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Feb 2026
4 Feb 2026
AM
09:00
Welcome (until 09:10)
09:10
Recent Highlights (until 09:35)
09:10 First Science Results with ALPS II - Aaron Spector  
09:35
Talks: WG4 (until 10:20)
09:35 New targets for the Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics searches (GNOME) - Deniz Aybas  
10:20 --- Coffee Break ---
11:05
Talks: WG2 (until 12:35)
11:05 Early Peccei-Quinn field dynamics and its gravitational signatures - Geraldine Servant (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
11:50 Dark graviton dark matter: cosmological production mechanisms and prospects for detection - Federico Urban  
09:00
Highlights from CA 21106 Community (until 10:30)
09:00 Axion superradiance: current status and future prospects - Samuel Witte  
09:45 Looking at Stars, Aiming for Axions - Georg Raffelt Georg Raffelt Georg Raffelt  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:15
WG Reports (until 12:45)
PM
14:00
Talks: WG3 (until 15:30)
14:00 Probing light axions with extragalactic astrophysical transients - Francesca Lecce  
14:45 Theory overview of WISPs and axions - David Marsh (King's College London)  
15:30 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15
Talks: WG1 + WG4 (until 17:45)
16:15 Exploring the axiverse across string theories - Margherita Putti  
17:00 A Clear Guide to ALP Dark Matter Direct Detection - Itay Bloch  
19:00 --- Dinner ---