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Ms Kate Gun, Oscar Moze29/09/2014, 09:00
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Chris Savage29/09/2014, 09:15With overwhelming evidence via gravitational observations that the preponderance of mass in the universe is in a new, unseen, and as-yet undetermined form of matter, the quest is on to identify this "dark" matter. A new type of particle(s) is the leading candidate for this dark matter. I will discuss various particle candidates, with a focus on those that have a small (weak), but non-zero...Go to contribution page
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Nicole Bell (University of Melbourne)29/09/2014, 10:15
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Tamara Davis29/09/2014, 11:15A new generation of large astronomical surveys is getting underway. I'll briefly talk review some of the major upcoming optical surveys, (with a bias towards those with Australian-participation), and the kinds of information about dark matter that they might provide. I'll focus on the Dark Energy Survey (which despite the name will also have something to say about dark matter), OzDES,...Go to contribution page
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Raymond Volkas (The University of Melbourne)29/09/2014, 11:45
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Manoj Kaplinghat29/09/2014, 13:30
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Christian Reichardt29/09/2014, 14:30The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe. The CMB is the strongest single piece of evidence that we live in a geometrically flat Universe, dominated by non-baryonic cold dark matter and dark energy. Many outstanding questions remain around this basic framework: Did inflation occur, and what physics was responsible for it? What is dark energy?...Go to contribution page
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Katie Mack29/09/2014, 15:00Dark matter annihilation, decay, or other particle interactions have the potential to affect early structure formation by injecting energy into local gas. I will discuss major unsolved problems relevant to the abundance and structure of dark matter halos, and how these uncertainties affect predictions of dark matter's influence over cosmic time. [Paper: arXiv:1309.7783]Go to contribution page
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Gary Hill29/09/2014, 16:00The kilometre-scale IceCube detector has been fully operational for several years, and has already met one design goal with the discovery of a flux of high-energy neutrinos (~60 TeV - 2 PeV) coming from beyond our solar system. The next step is to determine the nature of the sources - likely a mix of galactic and extra-galactic, and to continue to explore other science with IceCube, including...Go to contribution page
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Gavin Rowell29/09/2014, 16:30I will review the recent results of indirect searches for dark matter using space-based and ground-based gamma-ray facilities. My talk will conclude with a look at the future prospects for HESS-II and CTA in dark matter studies.Go to contribution page
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Geraint Lewis29/09/2014, 17:00
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Mr Timonthy Trott29/09/2014, 17:30
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Mr Sunny Vagnozzi29/09/2014, 17:30
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Ms Sarah Schon29/09/2014, 17:30
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Ms Cassandra Avram29/09/2014, 17:30
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Mr Tong Li29/09/2014, 17:30Recently, Daylan et al. re-analyzed data from the Fermi-LAT and found excess flux of Gamma-rays from the direction of the Galactic Center. They concluded that the 1~3 GeV Gamma-ray signal is statistically significant and appears to originate from dark matter particles annihilating rather than standard astrophysical sources (T. Daylan, D. P. Finkbeiner, D. Hooper, T. Linden, S. K. N. Portillo,...Go to contribution page
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Ms Rebecca Leane29/09/2014, 17:30
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Stefano Ragazzi30/09/2014, 09:00A review of the Dark Matter experiments at Gran Sasso National Laboratory will be givenGo to contribution page
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Antonio Masiero30/09/2014, 09:30This session is TBCGo to contribution page
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Davide D'Angelo (Universita' degli Studi Milano)30/09/2014, 10:15DarkSide-50 (DS-50) at Gran Sasso underground laboratory, Italy, is a direct dark matter search experiment based on a TPC with liquid argon from underground sources. The DS-50 TPC, with 50 kg of active argon and a projected fiducial mass of >33 kg, is installed inside an active neutron veto based on a boron-loaded organic scintillator. The neutron veto is built inside a water cherenkov muon...Go to contribution page
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Davide D'Angelo (Universita' degli Studi Milano)30/09/2014, 10:35SABRE (Sodium-iodide with Active Background REjection) is a new NaI(Tl) experiment designed to test the DAMA/LIBRA claim for a positive WIMP-dark matter annual modulation signal. SABRE will consist of highly pure NaI(Tl) crystals in an active liquid scintillator veto that will be placed deep underground. The scintillator vessel will provide a veto against external backgrounds and those arising...Go to contribution page
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Claudia Tomei (INFN)30/09/2014, 11:15Particle physics experiments searching for rare events such as neutrino interactions, neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter, have to fight against background of different origin. Besides building the experiments in a deep underground site, it is extremely important to shield against environmental backgrounds and to minimise the intrinsic radioactive contaminations of the experimental...Go to contribution page
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Elisabetta Barberio (University of Melbourne (AU)), Dr Matteo Volpi (University of Melbourne (AU))30/09/2014, 11:45
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Stephen Parker30/09/2014, 13:30Axions and WISPs are compelling dark matter candidates with sub-eV masses. I will provide an overview of direct detection efforts, focusing primarily on the most mature and promising approach involving resonant cavity structures. I will also discuss previous work performed at The University of Western Australia and our plans for the future.Go to contribution page
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Robert Foot30/09/2014, 14:00The possible annual and diurnal signals expected in a direct detection experiment located in the southern hemisphere are discussed in the context of mirror dark matter.Go to contribution page
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Csaba Balazs (Monash University)30/09/2014, 14:30
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Discussion30/09/2014, 15:30
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Alan Duffy
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