The Dark Matter Landscape: From Feeble to Strong Interactions

Name: The Dark Matter Landscape: From Feeble to Strong Interactions
Start: 2024-08-26T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-13T16:00:00+02:00
Location: MITP - Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

26 Aug 2024, 09:00 → 13 Sept 2024, 16:00 Europe/Berlin

2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room (MITP - Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

MITP - Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz

Description

The workshop aims to chart the landscape of dark matter from feeble to strong interactions, covering a range of different dark matter production mechanisms. During the workshop, we aim to progress in the methodological advancements related to the calculation of the relic density for these mechanisms, their cosmological implications, as well as novel and complementary ideas to probe them. The workshop will bring together experts from various areas of dark matter physics, including particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental theory. It will strengthen our understanding of different dark matter candidates and possibilities to discriminate between them, ultimately paving the way for new detection strategies.

Contact @ MITP : Barbara Behrend

DMLAND2024@uni-mainz.de

Monday 26 August
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Welcome 1h
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Neutrino Self-Interactions in the Early Universe and Today 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Stefan Vogl
  
  Vogl_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Sneaky Dark Matter from Dark Flavor Symmetries 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Christiane Scherb
  
  Scherb_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Tuesday 27 August
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  The Exploration into U(1) Hidden Sectors 1h
  
  Speaker: Prof. Wan-Zhe Feng
  
  Feng_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Nuclear Interferometry for Ultra Light Dark Matter Detection 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Hannah Banks
  
  Banks_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Wednesday 28 August
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  The LISA Miracle 1h
  
  Speaker: Prof. Felix Kahlhoefer
  
  Kahlhoefer_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  The Land of Dark Matter - a Collider Perspective 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Sukanya Sinha
  
  DMLAND_SSinha.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  DISCUSSION SESSION: (Strongly Interacting) Dark Matter at Colliders
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 19:00 → 22:30
  
  Social Dinner 3h 30m
  
  Eisgrub-Bräu Mainz
Thursday 29 August
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
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- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Excited Bound States and Their Role in Dark Matter Production 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Tobias Binder
  
  Binder_Mainz24_upload.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Sommerfeld Effect and Bound State Formation for Dark Matter with Colored Mediators: a Computational Framework 1h
  
  Speaker: Mr Martin Napetschnig
  
  Napetschnig_tchannel_BSF.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  DISCUSSION SESSION: Sub-GeV Dark Matter
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Friday 30 August
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Minimal Decaying Dark Matter: Ccosmological Tensions and Neutrino Signatures 1h
  
  Speaker: Ms Lea Fuß
  
  DMLAND_Mainz.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Precision Calculation of Relic Abundance for Two Component Dark Matter Produced out of Kinetic Equilibrium 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Shiuli Chatterjee
  
  Shiuli_outofke_Mainz_s.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Monday 2 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Welcome 1h
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Overcomig Thresholds for Dark Matter Searches 1h
  
  Speaker: Prof. Shao-Feng Ge
  
  Ge_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  The Role of Dark Matter in Supermassive Black Hole Mergers 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Gonzalo Alonso Alvarez
  
  Alonso Alvarez_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Tuesday 3 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  A Systematic EFT Approach to SIDM and Astrophysical Detection Avenues 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Aditya Parikh
  
  Parikh_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Dark Matter Self-Interaction: The Fate of the Spike and Annihilation-Boosted Dark Matter in the Milky Way Galaxy 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Motoko Fujiwara
  
  Fujiwara_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Wednesday 4 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Inflationary Schwinger Dark Matter Production 1h
  
  Speaker: Prof. Roberto Vega-Morales
  
  Vega-Morales_darkSchwinger_Results_Mainz_DMLAND2024.pdf
  
  Vega-Morales_Talk Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Thermal Dark Matter with Low-Temperature Reheating 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Nicolás Bernal
  
  Bernal_Slide_DMLAND2024.pdf
  
  Bernal_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Discussion Session: Dark Matter& Inflationary Cosmology
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 19:00 → 22:30
  
  Social Dinner 3h 30m
Thursday 5 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  New Physics in High Energy Astrophysical Plasmas 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Anirudh Prabhu
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Dark Matter Production Mechanisms in the Dark Axion Portal 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Bastian Diaz Saez
  
  Diaz Saez_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Discussion Session: Sub-GeV Detectors and Machine Learning
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Friday 6 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Neutron Decay Anomaly and Consequences for a Dark Sector Explanation in Neutron Stars 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Dipan Sengupta
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Gravitational Waves from More Attractive Dark Binaries 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Nicholas Orlofsky
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Monday 9 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Welcome 1h
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Minimal Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Torsten Bringmann
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  The Power of the Dark Sink 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Robert McGehee
  
  McGehee_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Tuesday 10 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  In Search of a Higgsino 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Weihuang Linda Xu
  
  Xu_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Axion Stars from Strings 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Edward Hardy
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Wednesday 11 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  tba 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Joshua Foster
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Gender & Diversity in the Cultures of Physics 1h
  
  Abstract: In recent decades there has been a growing awareness that a scientist’s gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics which can have a detrimental impact on a career in science. The talk will present research on gender and diversity in physics, with a particular focus on studies of workplace cultures in physics and their impact on early career scientists’ sense of belonging to the physics community.
  
  Bio: Martina Erlemann holds a professorship on Sociology of Science and Gender, affiliated at the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin. She is head of the Research Group Gender & Science Studies in Physics. After having graduated physics she received her PhD in sociology. Her research is based on approaches from Science & Technology Studies and Feminist Science Studies. In addition to her research on gender & diversity in physics, she has worked on governance of risk technologies and science communication. Her current research focuses on social inequalities in the cultures of physics and the development of new formats of participatory science.
  
  Speaker: Prof. Martina Erlemann
  
  Erlemann_GenDivCultPhys_MITP Mainz_Further Reading_Links.pdf
  
  Erlemann_GenDivCultPhys_MITP Mainz_Präsent_with annex.pdf
  
  Erlemann_Recommendation_EquityPhysicsGermany.pdf
  
  Erlemann_Recommendation_RecruitmentProfessorshipsGermany.pdf
  
  Erlemann_Recommendation_WomenProfessorRecruitingGermany.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  EDI-Discussion 1h
  
  The workshop will provide opportunities to discuss personal experiences with workplace cultures in physics and potential actions for more diversity in physics.
  
  Speaker: Prof. Martina Erlemann
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 19:00 → 22:30
  
  Social Dinner 3h 30m
Thursday 12 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Current Constraints on Extended Dark Matter Objects 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Sergio Sevillano
  
  Sevillano-Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Inelastic Dark Matter at Large Underground Detectors 1h
  
  Speaker: Prof. Graham Kribs
  
  Kribs_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Discussion Session: Compact Objects as Dark Matter Laboratories
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
Friday 13 September
- Mon 26 Aug
- Tue 27 Aug
- Wed 28 Aug
- Thu 29 Aug
- Fri 30 Aug
- Mon 2 Sept
- Tue 3 Sept
- Wed 4 Sept
- Thu 5 Sept
- Fri 6 Sept
- Mon 9 Sept
- Tue 10 Sept
- Wed 11 Sept
- Thu 12 Sept
- Fri 13 Sept
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  T.B.A. 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Martin Vollmann
  
  Vollmann_Slides_DMLAND2024.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  The Cosmic Axiverse Background 1h
  
  Speaker: Dr Christopher Dessert
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  DISCUSSION SESSION: Cosmological Probes of Dark Matter
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m