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YOUNGST@RS - Interacting dark sectors in astrophysics, cosmology, and the lab
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Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Virtual Workshop
Description
The Standard Model of particle physics is extremely rich and complex, yet only accounts for a meagre 5% of the total energy budget of the universe. The precise nature of the remaining 95% remains a mystery, although we do know that about 25% must have a matter-like equation of state (hence termed “dark matter”), whereas the remaining 70%, termed “dark energy”, is postulated to contribute to the observed acceleration of the universe's expansion. The minimalist CDM model, consisting of a cold, non-interacting dark matter and a cosmological constant, has successfully explained a huge swathe of observations across a wide range of physical scales. Nonetheless, there remains the possibility that some new physics (beyond CDM) that so far has largely evaded our observations resides in the dark sector.
The manifestations of dark sector physics can be ubiquitous — in terrestrial laboratories, in compact object environments such as supernovae and neutron star mergers, and in the nascent Universe itself. In particular, interacting dark sectors can have a rich underlying physical structure, with varying impacts across these different arenas, which needs to be clearly understood and assimilated. For example, associating a “dark portal” with the Standard Model can have a drastic impact on the evolution of our Universe and of compact objects, as well as laboratory processes such as meson decays, Higgs decays, Z-decays and so on. If dark matter is indeed a component of a rich dark sector, then it will be necessary to coordinate observations from these various subfields to elucidate its nature fully.
The main objective of this workshop is to gather researchers in particle, nuclear and astrophysics to articulate how combined theoretical and experimental efforts can advance our understanding of the breadth of the impact of these dark sectors.
** Due to limited slots, talks are only by invitation. But we welcome everyone to sign up to listen to the talks and participate in asking questions.
Participants
Aamir Rashid
Abhishek Roy
Adri Escañuela-Copado
Akash Kumar Saha
Aman Gupta
Ana Luisa Foguel
Andreas Mantziris
Andres Castillo
Andres Daniel Perez
Anil Kandel
Ankit Kumar Bhagat
Ann Cathrin Wesener
Anna Suliga
Anupam Ray
Arvind Mishra
Aryaman Bhutani
Ashesh Abhisek Khatua
Ayush Tilloo
Basabendu Barman
Bhaskar Singh Rawat
Bhavya Thacker
Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia
Brijesh Kanodia
Catarina Cosme
Damiano Fiorillo
Dhananjay Kapse
Dhruv Pasari
Dibya S. Chattopadhyay
Disha BHATIA
Divya Sachdeva
Douglas Tuckler
Drona Vatsyayan
Edoardo Vitagliano
Federica Pompa
Flip Tanedo
Giacomo Landini
Giorgio Laverda
Giorgio Mentasti
Guillaume Rostagni
Hanieh Moradipasha
Harshit Singhal
Helena Garcia Escudero
hicham benamer
Himanish Ganjoo
Homa Shababi
Hyeonja Jhang
Ibrahim Mirza
INDRAJIT SAHA
Irene Tamborra
Isabel Oldengott
Jahaan Thakkar
Jake Spisak
Javier Acevedo
Joshua Eby
Julia Gehrlein
Katie Mack
Kevin Kelly
Leo Kim
Lukas Graf
Mainak Mukhopadhyay
Maksym Ovchynnikov
Manimala Mitra
Maninder Kaur
Manish Tamta
Marina Cermeño
Michael Ryan
Michael Shamma
Mohd Aariyan Khan
Mrunal Korwar
Murali Saravanan
Nicolás Bernal
Nirmal Raj
Noah Everett
Noel Jobu
Pablo Martínez Miravé
Patrick Bolton
Paul Frederik Depta
Pokhee Saharia
Prabhat Butola
RAFIQUL RAHAMAN
Rahmaneh Ostovar
Ranjan Laha
Rasmi Hajjar
Rishabh Bhatt
Rohan Kulkarni
Rouzbeh Rouzbehi
Ryan Krismer
Ryan Plestid
Saikat Das
Samuel Gómez Gómez
Sascha Weber
Sean Singh
Shaghaiegh Azyzy
Sophie Klett
Subhadip Sau
Tanmay Kumar Poddar
Tanmoy Kumar
Tarak Maity
Tim Linden
Tongyan Lin
Tran Quang Thong Nguyen
Waddia Summan
Walter Tangarife
Yago Porto
Yash Aggarwal
Yong Xu
Yu-Dai Tsai
Yuber F Perez-Gonzalez
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