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CoEPP-CAASTRO Workshop 2014

29–30 Sept 2014
Stawell
Australia/Victoria timezone

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0. Housekeeping & Welcome
Ms Kate Gun, Oscar Moze
29/09/2014, 09:00
1. Detecting Dark Matter: Overview, Issues, and Perspectives
Chris Savage
29/09/2014, 09:15
With 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...
2. Collider Constraints
Nicole Bell (University of Melbourne)
29/09/2014, 10:15
3. Optical Surveys and Dark Matter
Tamara Davis
29/09/2014, 11:15
A 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,...
8. What I think about when I think about dark matter
Raymond Volkas (The University of Melbourne)
29/09/2014, 11:45
5. Galactic and subgalactic problems with dark matter
Manoj Kaplinghat
29/09/2014, 13:30
6. Measurements of the CMB polarization
Christian Reichardt
29/09/2014, 14:30
The 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?...
7. Dark Matter Halos and Cosmic Evolution
Katie Mack
29/09/2014, 15:00
Dark 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]
4. Exploring the high-energy Universe with neutrinos in IceCube
Gary Hill
29/09/2014, 16:00
The 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...
9. Indirect searches for dark matter with gamma-rays
Gavin Rowell
29/09/2014, 16:30
I 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.
10. Great Planes of Dwarfs: A challenge for cosmology?
Geraint Lewis
29/09/2014, 17:00
28. Annihilating Dark Matter and the Central Galactic Gamma Ray Excess in Natural Supersymmetry
Mr Timonthy Trott
29/09/2014, 17:30
26. Can the entire dark sector be dissipative?
Mr Sunny Vagnozzi
29/09/2014, 17:30
25. Dark Matter Annihilation in Early Halos
Ms Sarah Schon
29/09/2014, 17:30
23. Dark matter self-annihilation and its impact on the intergalactic medium and early galaxy formation
Ms Cassandra Avram
29/09/2014, 17:30
27. Generic DM Models Confronting GC Gamma-ray Excess
Mr Tong Li
29/09/2014, 17:30
Recently, 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,...
24. Leptophilic Dark Matter with Z' Interactions
Ms Rebecca Leane
29/09/2014, 17:30
11. Experimental review concentrating on Gran Sasso
Stefano Ragazzi
30/09/2014, 09:00
A review of the Dark Matter experiments at Gran Sasso National Laboratory will be given
12. WIMPs and their direct searches
Antonio Masiero
30/09/2014, 09:30
This session is TBC
13. Results form the first DarkSide-50 argon run
Davide D'Angelo (Universita' degli Studi Milano)
30/09/2014, 10:15
DarkSide-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...
22. Detecting DM annual modulation with SABRE
Davide D'Angelo (Universita' degli Studi Milano)
30/09/2014, 10:35
SABRE (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...
15. Stella: The facility for low background techniques at LNGS
Claudia Tomei (INFN)
30/09/2014, 11:15
Particle 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...
16. The mine: measurements of the background and working environment
Elisabetta Barberio (University of Melbourne (AU)), Dr Matteo Volpi (University of Melbourne (AU))
30/09/2014, 11:45
17. Axions and WISP
Stephen Parker
30/09/2014, 13:30
Axions 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.
18. Annual and diurnal modulation signals with mirror dark matter
Robert Foot
30/09/2014, 14:00
The 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.
19. Thermal dark matter and new physics below 100 TeV
Csaba Balazs (Monash University)
30/09/2014, 14:30
21. Summary document
Discussion
30/09/2014, 15:30
14. Influence of baryons on DM predictions
Alan Duffy
20. Next steps in collaboration with INFN
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