Name: Dark Forces: Searches for New Forces at the GeV-scale
Start: 2009-09-24T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2009-09-26T18:00:00-07:00
Location: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Dark Forces: Searches for New Forces at the GeV-scale

from Thursday 24 September 2009 (08:00) to Saturday 26 September 2009 (18:00)

Monday 21 September 2009
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Thursday 24 September 2009

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 08:45
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
08:45 Welcome and Overview - Rouven Essig (on behalf of organizers)
Welcome and Overview
- Rouven Essig (on behalf of organizers)
08:45 - 09:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
09:00 Motivations for a dark force from astrophysics and WIMP searches - Neal Weiner (New York University)
Motivations for a dark force from astrophysics and WIMP searches
- Neal Weiner (New York University)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
09:35 Theories of Dark Forces - Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study)
Theories of Dark Forces
- Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study)
09:35 - 10:05
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:35
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:35 Searching for the Light Dark Gauge Boson in GeV-Scale Experiments. - LianTao Wang (Princeton University)
Searching for the Light Dark Gauge Boson in GeV-Scale Experiments.
- LianTao Wang (Princeton University)
10:35 - 11:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
11:05 Dark Sectors at High Energy Colliders - Scott Thomas (Rutgers University)
Dark Sectors at High Energy Colliders
- Scott Thomas (Rutgers University)
11:05 - 11:30
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
11:35 Dark Photon Searches at D0 - Yuri Gershtein (Rutgers University)
Dark Photon Searches at D0
- Yuri Gershtein (Rutgers University)
11:35 - 12:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:05 Introduction to Electron Fixed-Target Experiments - Natalia Toro (Stanford University)
Introduction to Electron Fixed-Target Experiments
- Natalia Toro (Stanford University)
13:05 - 13:20
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:20 New Fixed-Target Experiment for a Heavy Photon Search - Takashi Maruyama (SLAC)
New Fixed-Target Experiment for a Heavy Photon Search
- Takashi Maruyama (SLAC)
13:20 - 13:45
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:50 Introduction to Working Groups - Philip Schuster (on behalf of organizers)
Introduction to Working Groups
- Philip Schuster (on behalf of organizers)
13:50 - 14:05
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
14:05
14:05 - 15:30
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
Contributions

14:05 Jefferson Lab:Overview, Prospects, and First Attempts at Data Mining for A’ search - Peter Bosted

14:25 Facilities and Prospects at Mainz: MAMI and MESA - Kurt Aulenbacher (Institut für Kernphysik der Universität Mainz)

14:45 Fixed Target Experiments at XFEL - Javier Redondo (DESY)
14:05 - 15:30
Room: ROB Pine/Madrone
Contributions

14:05 Defining and Simulating Lepton Jets - Joshua Ruderman (Princeton University)
14:05 - 15:30
Room: Kavli Auditorium

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:50
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
15:50 Searches for the X(214) in ISR and B Decay - Youngjoon Kwon (Yonsei University)
Searches for the X(214) in ISR and B Decay
- Youngjoon Kwon (Yonsei University)
15:50 - 16:15
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
16:20 Search Strategies for Multilepton Jets at the Tevatron - Chris Hays (Oxford University)
Search Strategies for Multilepton Jets at the Tevatron
- Chris Hays (Oxford University)
16:20 - 16:45
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
16:50 Break
Break
16:50 - 17:05
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
17:05 Probing a Secluded U(1) at B-factories - Brian Batell (Perimeter Institute)
Probing a Secluded U(1) at B-factories
- Brian Batell (Perimeter Institute)
17:05 - 17:25
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
17:30 Searches for Exotics in Upsilon Decays at BaBar - Hojeong Kim (SLAC)
Searches for Exotics in Upsilon Decays at BaBar
- Hojeong Kim (SLAC)
17:30 - 17:55
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
19:00 dinner
dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Hunan Garden Restaurant
Friday 25 September 2009
09:00 Hidden portals through fixed targets - Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute, University of Victoria)
Hidden portals through fixed targets
- Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute, University of Victoria)
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
09:30 Searching for a U-boson with a positron beam and JLab prospects - Bogdan Wojtsekhowski (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
Searching for a U-boson with a positron beam and JLab prospects
- Bogdan Wojtsekhowski (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
09:30 - 09:55
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:00 Lepton Jets - Itay Yavin (New York University)
Lepton Jets
- Itay Yavin (New York University)
10:00 - 10:20
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:40
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D

10:40

10:40 - 12:30
Room: ROB A/B

10:40 - 12:30
Room: Green Room

10:40 - 12:30
Room: ROB C/D

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:30 Confined Dark Sectors - Jay Wacker (SLAC)
Confined Dark Sectors
- Jay Wacker (SLAC)
13:30 - 13:47
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:50 Search for a Narrow Resonance in e+e- to Four Leptons at Babar - Mathew Graham (SLAC)
Search for a Narrow Resonance in e+e- to Four Leptons at Babar
- Mathew Graham (SLAC)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
14:20 U Boson Search at the JLab Free Electron Laser - Jesse Thaler and Peter Fisher (Berkeley, MIT)
U Boson Search at the JLab Free Electron Laser
- Jesse Thaler and Peter Fisher (Berkeley, MIT)
14:20 - 14:45
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
15:10 Light hidden U(1)s in LARGE volume string compactifications - Andreas Ringwald (DESY)
Light hidden U(1)s in LARGE volume string compactifications
- Andreas Ringwald (DESY)
15:10 - 15:35
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
15:40 Searches for Axion-like Particles and Paraphotons with JLAB FEL - Andrei Afanasev (Hampton U/Jefferson Lab)
Searches for Axion-like Particles and Paraphotons with JLAB FEL
- Andrei Afanasev (Hampton U/Jefferson Lab)
15:40 - 16:05
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
16:10 Supersymmetric Hidden Sectors at a GeV - David Poland (Harvard University)
Supersymmetric Hidden Sectors at a GeV
- David Poland (Harvard University)
16:10 - 16:35
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
16:40 break
break
16:40 - 16:50
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
16:50 Probing a Secluded U(1) at BES - Hai-Bo Li (Institute of High Energy Physics)
Probing a Secluded U(1) at BES
- Hai-Bo Li (Institute of High Energy Physics)
16:50 - 17:15
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
17:20
17:20 - 18:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
Contributions

17:20 Summary Talk - Andy Haas (SLAC)
Saturday 26 September 2009
09:00 Chameleonic Forces - Ann Nelson (University of Washington)
Chameleonic Forces
- Ann Nelson (University of Washington)
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
09:30 ADMX: Searching for Dark Matter Axions and other Light Hidden Particles - Gray Rybka (University of Washington)
ADMX: Searching for Dark Matter Axions and other Light Hidden Particles
- Gray Rybka (University of Washington)
09:30 - 09:55
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:15
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:15 Searches on the hidden sector with KLOE at DAFNE - Fabio Bossi (INFN Frascati)
Searches on the hidden sector with KLOE at DAFNE
- Fabio Bossi (INFN Frascati)
10:15 - 10:40
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
10:45 Dark matter research at the MESA facility - Kurt Aulenbacher (Institut für Kernphysik der Universität Mainz)
Dark matter research at the MESA facility
- Kurt Aulenbacher (Institut für Kernphysik der Universität Mainz)
10:45 - 11:10
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
11:15

11:15 - 12:30
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D

11:15 - 12:30
Room: ROB Pine/Madrone

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:20
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:20 Prospects for dark sector particle search with Upsilon(nS) data - Jamal Rorie (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Prospects for dark sector particle search with Upsilon(nS) data
- Jamal Rorie (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
13:20 - 13:45
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
13:50 Status and Prospects of the BES III experiment - Yangheng Zheng (GUCAS)
Status and Prospects of the BES III experiment
- Yangheng Zheng (GUCAS)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
14:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:20 - 14:35
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
14:40 What can the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope tell us about dark forces? - Douglas Finkbeiner (Harvard University)
What can the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope tell us about dark forces?
- Douglas Finkbeiner (Harvard University)
14:40 - 15:05
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
15:10
15:10 - 17:00
Room: Bldg. 48 ROB A/B/C/D
Contributions

15:15 Fixed-Target WG Summary - James Bjorken (SLAC (Emeritus)) John Jaros

15:30 e+e- Collider WG Summary - Adam Ritz (University of Victoria)

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