The 12th International Workshop Dark Side of the Universe

Contribution List

26. Registration

25/07/2016, 09:00

120. Welcome and practical information

Torsten Bringmann

25/07/2016, 09:45

85. Opening by DSU chair

carlos munoz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

25/07/2016, 09:50

Invited talk

25. Evidence for Dark Matter

Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)

25/07/2016, 10:05

Invited talk

102. Indirect Dark Matter detection: Challenges and opportunities

Pasquale Serpico (LAPTH, Annecy-le-vieux)

25/07/2016, 11:00

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Invited talk

I will briefly review the current status of WIMP indirect dark matter detection, identifying recent progresses and the hurdles to overcome in order to improve sensitivity. Particular attention will be paid to the charged cosmic ray channels, although some considerations will also concern other domains, such as gamma rays. I will then discuss how indirect probes also have some chances in...

53. Direct Dark Matter search: status and perspectives

Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino and INFN)

25/07/2016, 11:30

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Invited talk

Theoretical review on the direct detection search for dark matter.

63. Searching for Dark Matter at Colliders

Kathryn Zurek (LBNL)

25/07/2016, 12:00

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Invited talk

111. How to stop worrying about pulsars and start looking for dark matter: The Fermi Galactic center GeV excess and beyond

Christoph Weniger (University of Amsterdam)

25/07/2016, 14:00

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Invited talk

One of the long-standing challenges in indirect dark matter searches is to understand the origin of the pronounced emission of 1-3 GeV photons that is seen in Fermi LAT data in the Galactic bulge and at the Galactic center. The arguably most exciting interpretation is that it is caused by the annihilation of dark matter particles. However, before making such a claim all possible backgrounds...

30. Antimatter and photons from cosmic rays

Michael Kachelriess (NTNU)

25/07/2016, 14:30

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Invited talk

After a brief review of the standard diffusion approach to the propagation of cosmic rays (CR), I discuss as alternative method the calculation of individual CR trajectories. The results obtained with this approach suggest that CR propagate strongly anisotropic, and that the antimatter fluxes observed are dominated by a single local source. Finally, I discuss
different approaches to predict...

41. Cosmic antideuterons from dark matter and primordial black holes

Andrea Vittino (TU Munich)

25/07/2016, 15:00

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

29. Dark matter decays from non-minimal coupling to gravity

Sebastian Ingenhütt

25/07/2016, 15:15

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

36. DRAGON 2: implications for dark matter searches

Andrea Vittino (TU Munich)

25/07/2016, 15:30

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

6. AMS results after 5 years of data taking on the International Space Station

Marco Incagli (Universita di Pisa & INFN (IT))

25/07/2016, 15:45

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

13. Dark Forces in the Sky: signals from Z' and the dark Higgs

Dr Yi Cai (The University of Melbourne)

25/07/2016, 16:30

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

23. DAMA confronts null searches in the effective theory of dark matter-nucleon interactions

Mr Sebastian Wild (TU Munich)

25/07/2016, 16:45

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

62. New Ideas for Detecting Light Dark Matter

Kathryn Zurek (LBNL)

25/07/2016, 17:00

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

75. The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment

David Woodward (University of Sheffield)

25/07/2016, 17:15

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

58. Latest results from the DRIFT dark matter detector

Andrew Scarff (University of Sheffield)

25/07/2016, 17:30

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

39. COSINE-100 experiment at Yangyang underground laboratory

Dr Eunju Jeon (Center for Underground Physics, IBS)

25/07/2016, 17:45

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

49. Direct dark matter detection with the DarkSide experiment

Luca Pagani (Università degli studi di Genova and INFN)

25/07/2016, 18:00

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

37. Dark matter annual modulation with CUORE experiment

Ms Laura Marini (University of Genoa - INFN)

25/07/2016, 18:15

Direct Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Direct Dark Matter Detection

59. Dark energy: current and future observations

David Bacon (University of Portsmouth)

26/07/2016, 09:30

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Invited talk

I will give an overview of the current state of dark energy research, from an observational point of view. Current and future probes of dark energy will be discussed; I will examine the latest constraints on dark energy physics from cosmological surveys, and describe future prospects for yet more powerful measurements in the coming decade.

112. Dark Energy Theory Overview

Ed Copeland (Nottingham University)

26/07/2016, 10:00

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Invited talk

The problem facing us with dark energy has manifested itself through the many theoretical models that have been published, all with the same goal, to explain the late time acceleration of the Universe. I will try and summarise the state of play with the models, recap the original cosmological constant problem which prevents many of us from simply accepting there is a constant energy density...

74. Detecting Black Holes with LIGO

Matthew Evans (MIT)

26/07/2016, 11:00

Invited talk

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) recently made the first direct detection of gravitational waves; minute distortions in space-time caused by cataclysmic events far away in the universe. I will talk about the source of the signal we detected, the physics behind the detectors, and prospects for the future of this emerging field.

8. Unveiling dark energy with the large scale structure: the theoretical side of the challenge

Dr Alessandra Silvestri (Leiden University)

26/07/2016, 11:30

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Invited talk

I will focus on the challenge posed by dark energy and discuss theoretical issues involved in finding an optimal framework to unveil its nature from upcoming high precision measurements of the large scale structure, giving an overview of recent progress.

16. A new formalism for scalar-tensor theories of gravity and its applicability

Jose María Ezquiaga (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC)

26/07/2016, 12:00

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

68. Is cosmography a useful tool for testing cosmology?

Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town)

26/07/2016, 12:15

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Model-independent methods in cosmology have become an essential tool in order to deal with an increasing number of theoretical alternatives for explaining the late-time acceleration of the Universe. In principle, this provides a way of testing the Cosmological Concordance (or LambdaCDM) model under different assumptions and ruling out whole classes of competing theories. One such...

45. Waves in Modified Gravity

Robert Hagala

26/07/2016, 14:00

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

83. KiDS-450: Cosmological parameter constraints from tomographic weak gravitational lensing

Hendrik Hildebrandt

26/07/2016, 14:15

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

57. The Vainshtein mechanism in general disformal gravity

Dr Khamphee Karwan (The Institute for Fundamental Study)

26/07/2016, 14:30

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

80. Exact Analytic Solution for Non-Linear Density Fluctuation in a LCDM Universe

Jinn-Ouk Gong (Asia Pacific Centerfor Theoretical Physics)

26/07/2016, 14:45

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

28. Observational constraints on viable f(R) gravity models

Dr Chung-Chi Lee (National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan)

26/07/2016, 15:00

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

0. Coupled dark energy: a dynamical analysis with complex scalar field

Ricardo Landim (University of Sao Paulo)

26/07/2016, 15:15

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

52. Small nonassociative corrections to the SUSY generators and cosmological constant

Vladimir Dzhunushaliev (al-Farabi KazNU)

26/07/2016, 15:30

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Contributed talk

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

32. Sterile neutrino dark matter production from scalar decay

Michael Schmidt (The University of Sydney)

26/07/2016, 16:30

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

60. Cosmological implications of the NMSSM domain wall decay

Osamu Seto

26/07/2016, 16:45

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

22. Finding the Missing Dwarfs: a challenge to CDM?

Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez (University of Zurich)

26/07/2016, 17:00

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

105. Enhancing dark-matter self interaction by a Higgs resonance

Bohdan Grzadkowski (University of Warsaw)

26/07/2016, 17:15

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

64. Coherent fields in cosmology

Antonio L. Maroto (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

26/07/2016, 17:30

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

99. PUBLIC LECTURE

Katherine Freese (University of Michigan)

26/07/2016, 18:15

Invited talk

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe, from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars, constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is made up of a recipe of 25% dark matter and 70% dark energy, both nonluminous components whose nature remains a mystery. Freese will recount the hunt for dark matter, from the discoveries of visionary...

89. Evidence for Dark Matter from Astronomical Observations

Douglas Clowe

27/07/2016, 09:30

Invited talk

I will review evidence for dark matter's existence from astronomical observations. I will focus primarily evidence from dwarf galaxies and galaxy clusters, but also discuss results from cosmological observations of the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure.

65. Towards an Effective THeory Of Structure formation (ETHOS)

Jesus Zavala Franco (University of Iceland)

27/07/2016, 10:00

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Invited talk

Although there is substantial gravitational evidence for the existence of dark matter, its particle nature
remains one of the biggest mysteries in modern physics. The favourite theoretical model, Cold Dark Matter
(CDM), assumes that non-gravitational dark matter interactions are irrelevant for galaxy formation and evolution.

Surprisingly, current astronomical observations allow significant...

14. Astrophysical Signatures of Dark Matter

Chris Kouvaris (CP3-Origins, University of Southern Denmark)

27/07/2016, 11:00

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

21. Constraining dark matter with small-scale structure formation

Aurel Schneider (University of Zurich)

27/07/2016, 11:15

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

61. Late Kinetic Decoupling from Dark Matter - Dark Radiation Scattering

Håvard Tveit Ihle (University of Oslo)

27/07/2016, 11:30

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

70. Dark Matter in galaxies: a review

Paolo Salucci (SISSA)

27/07/2016, 11:45

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Recent observations have revealed the structural properties of the dark
and luminous mass distribution in galaxies from dwarfs to giants. Their study led to the
vision of a new and amazing scenario. The investigation of single and
coadded objects has in fact shown that the rotation curves of spirals
follow, from their centers out to their virial radii, an universal profile
that implies a tuned...

96. Detecting self interacting and dissipative dark matter by gravitational waves

Prof. Subhendra Mohanty (Physical Research Laboratory)

27/07/2016, 12:05

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

119. Announcements about the Social Program

Joern Kersten (University of Bergen)

27/07/2016, 12:20

107. Dark matter searches in ATLAS

Edward Diehl (University of Michigan (US))

28/07/2016, 09:30

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Invited talk

Dark matter particles may be produced at the LHC in combination with other particles, typically from initial state radiation. We present results from the ATLAS experiment from searches for phenomena with jets, photons, heavy quarks, electroweak gauge bosons, or Higgs bosons recoiling against large missing transverse momentum. The measurements are interpreted using several theoretical...

104. Dark Matter Searches at CMS and Future Plans

Deborah Pinna (Universitaet Zuerich (CH))

28/07/2016, 10:00

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Invited talk

The existence of dark matter, indicated by astronomical observations, is one of the main proofs of physics beyond the standard model. Despite its abundance, dark matter has not been directly observed yet. This talk reviews the latest results and future plans of searches for dark matter at the CMS experiment at the LHC.

109. Unitarity and Dark Matter -- implications for collider searches and indirect detection

Nicole Bell (University of Melbourne)

28/07/2016, 11:00

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Invited talk

Will discuss issues related to unitarity and gauge invariance of DM interactions, covering both collider searches and indirect detection.

5. Search for Dark photons at colliders

Dr Emidio Gabrielli (Nat. Inst. of Chem.Phys. & Biophys. (EE))

28/07/2016, 11:30

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Contributed talk

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

66. The 750 GeV in the light of Dark Matter

Dr Yann Mambrini (LPT, Paris Saclay)

28/07/2016, 11:45

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

Contributed talk

Dark Matter at Particle Colliders

55. Diphoton and Diquark Resonances in U(1) Extension of the MSSM

Qaisar Shafi (Bartol Research Institute)

28/07/2016, 12:00

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

20. GAMBIT: the Global and Modular BSM Inference Tool

Csaba Balazs (Monash University)

28/07/2016, 12:15

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

69. Status on Decaying Dark Matter (and other very weakly interacting candidates)

Laura Covi (Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (DE))

28/07/2016, 14:00

Dark Matter Models

Invited talk

We review model of decaying Dark Matter and other very weakly interacting
DM candidates and present the status of theoretical developments for those
models and DM searches both in indirect detection and at colliders.

113. Probing the nature of dark matter with gamma rays: status of the Fermi LAT searches and prospects for the CTA

Dr Gabrijela Zaharijas (University of Nova Gorica)

28/07/2016, 14:30

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Invited talk

High-energy gamma rays are one of the most promising tools to constrain or reveal the nature of Dark Matter (DM), in particular the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) models. During the almost eight years of the Fermi satellite mission, the data from its Large Area Telescope (LAT) were used to set constraints on the WIMP annihilation cross section which cut well into the...

1. Indirect dark-matter searches with gamma-rays experiments : status and future plans from KeV to TeV

Aldo Morselli (INFN)

28/07/2016, 15:15

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

54. Indirect Dark Matter searches with the MAGIC Telescopes

Dr Saverio Lombardi (INAF & ASDC)

28/07/2016, 15:30

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

35. Boosted Dark Matter at Neutrino Experiments

Lina Necib (MIT)

28/07/2016, 15:45

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

Contributed talk

Indirect Dark Matter Detection

3. A global fit of the gamma-ray galactic center excess within the scalar Higgs portal model

Dr Jan Heisig (RWTH Aachen University)

28/07/2016, 16:30

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

43. SUSY scenarios in GUT Models with Non-Universal Scalar Masses

Mario E. Gomez (Universidad de Huelva)

28/07/2016, 16:45

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

10. Observational Constraints on Decoupled Hidden Sectors

Matti Heikinheimo (Helsinki Institute of Physics)

28/07/2016, 17:00

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

17. A realistic model for Dark Matter interactions in the neutrino portal paradigm

Jose Ignacio Illana (University of Granada)

28/07/2016, 17:15

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

72. Leptophilic dark matter and h -> mu tau

Seungwon Baek

28/07/2016, 17:30

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

9. Domain walls in axion models with ultra-violet completion

Prof. Jihn E. Kim (Kyung Hee University)

28/07/2016, 17:45

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

115. Majorana fermion dark matter from discrete flavor symmetry

Prof. Fumihiro Takayama (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto U.)

28/07/2016, 18:00

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

56. Dark matter from the vector of SO (10)

Martin Krauss (INFN - LNF and Chalmers University)

28/07/2016, 18:15

Dark Matter Models

Contributed talk

Dark Matter Models

50. SO(10) Dark Matter Models

Prof. Keith Olive (University of Minnesota)

29/07/2016, 09:30

Dark Matter Models

Invited talk

There are several reasons supersymmetric models are appealing as
a candidate for beyond the standard models physics. These include help with
gauge coupling unification, the gauge hierarchy problem, the stabilization of the
electroweak vacuum, radiative electroweak symmetry breaking, dark matter, and perhaps
an improvement to low energy phenomenology.
The lack of evidence for low energy...

84. Hunting for SUSY and decaying gravitino DM with the µνSSM

Prof. Carlos Munoz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT)

29/07/2016, 10:00

Dark Matter Models

Invited talk

The µνSSM solves the µ-problem of SUSY models simply using right-handed neutrinos ν’s, while simultaneously explains the origin of neutrino masses. In this context, novel signatures of SUSY at the LHC are present through the new states of the model. On the other hand, since R parity is broken, a decaying gravitino turns out to be an interesting candidate for dark matter which can be searched...

78. Cosmological tests of modified gravity

Kazuya Koyama (University of Portsmouth)

29/07/2016, 11:00

Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Invited talk

I review recent progress in the construction of modified gravity models as alternatives to dark energy as well as the development of cosmological tests of gravity. Einstein's theory of General Relativity (GR) has been tested accurately within the local universe i.e. the Solar System, but this leaves the possibility open that it is not a good description of gravity at the largest scales in the...

40. Relic density at NLO: the thermal corrections

Andrzej Hryczuk (University of Oslo)

29/07/2016, 11:30

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

51. Relic density of wino-like dark matter in the MSSM

Pedro Ruiz-Femenia (Technische Universität München)

29/07/2016, 11:45

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

42. Cosmological constraints on thermal axions and neutrinos from Planck 2015 temperature and polarization data

Eleonora Di Valentino (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

29/07/2016, 12:00

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

31. Dark matter annihilations and 21cm signal

Laura Lopez Honorez (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

29/07/2016, 12:15

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

Contributed talk

Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter

114. The case for dark matter self interactions

Kai Ronald Schmidt-Hoberg (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

29/07/2016, 14:00

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Invited talk

I will review motivations for the existence of self interacting dark matter and discuss possible astrophysical observables.
Self-interactions of dark matter particles can potentially lead to an observable separation between the dark matter halo
and the stars of a galaxy moving through a region of large dark matter density. Such a separation has recently been
observed in a galaxy falling into...

100. Small-Scale Structure and Interacting Dark Matter and Radiation

Basudeb Dasgupta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)

29/07/2016, 14:30

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Invited talk

I will review attempts to address the small-scale problems of Lambda-CDM using a combination of dark matter self-interactions and dark matter interactions with a dark radiation-like species. We will see that most models are rather tightly constrained. New results outlining the role of non-perturbative corrections to these interactions will be presented.

118. Anomalies and tensions in current cosmological data and hints for new physics

Alessandro Melchiorri

29/07/2016, 14:45

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Invited talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

In this talk I will briefly review the tensions and anomalies
in current cosmological data that hint for possible extensions
to the "concordance" LCDM model.

38. Cosmological Aspects of Spontaneous Baryogenesis

Takeshi Kobayashi (SISSA)

29/07/2016, 15:05

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

19. Turnaround radius in an accelerated universe in Einstein and in modified gravity

Valerio Faraoni (Bishop's University)

29/07/2016, 15:20

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology

Contributed talk

Alternatives to LambdaCDM Cosmology