Windows into New Physics in the Sky
from
Monday 14 July 2025 (09:00)
to
Friday 1 August 2025 (16:00)
Monday 14 July 2025
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
13:45
Welcome
Welcome
13:45 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
High-frequency Gravitational Waves
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Nick Rodd
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
)
High-frequency Gravitational Waves
Nick Rodd
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:15
Introduction session
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Marco Drewes
(
UCLouvain
)
Leonardo Badurina
(
Caltech
)
Marco Gorghetto
(
DESY
)
Aleksandr Azatov
(
SISSA
)
Miha Nemevsek
(
University of Ljubljana and Jožef Stefan Institute
)
Introduction session
Marco Drewes
(
UCLouvain
)
Leonardo Badurina
(
Caltech
)
Marco Gorghetto
(
DESY
)
Aleksandr Azatov
(
SISSA
)
Miha Nemevsek
(
University of Ljubljana and Jožef Stefan Institute
)
15:15 - 16:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday 15 July 2025
10:00
The nuclear clocks
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Wolfram Ratzinger
(
Weizmann Institute
)
The nuclear clocks
Wolfram Ratzinger
(
Weizmann Institute
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Generic isocurvature fluctuations of scalar dark matter
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Saarik Kalia
(
University of Minnesota
)
Generic isocurvature fluctuations of scalar dark matter
Saarik Kalia
(
University of Minnesota
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday 16 July 2025
10:00
What new physics can we learn from JWST?
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Julian Muñoz
(
UT Austin
)
What new physics can we learn from JWST?
Julian Muñoz
(
UT Austin
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Exploring the epoch of helium reionization with kSZ tomography
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Amalia Madden
(
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
)
Exploring the epoch of helium reionization with kSZ tomography
Amalia Madden
(
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday 17 July 2025
10:00
BBN bounds on lepton flavour asymmetries
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Valerie Domcke
(
CERN
)
BBN bounds on lepton flavour asymmetries
Valerie Domcke
(
CERN
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Did IceCube detect DM around blazars?
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Filippo Sala
(
University of Bologna and INFN
)
Did IceCube detect DM around blazars?
Filippo Sala
(
University of Bologna and INFN
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
Discussion session: Solutions to the strong CP problem
Discussion session: Solutions to the strong CP problem
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday 18 July 2025
10:00
Open string axiverse
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Rudin Petrossian-Byrne
(
University of Oxford
)
Open string axiverse
Rudin Petrossian-Byrne
(
University of Oxford
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
How to understand isocurvature (fast)
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Christopher Gerlach
(
JGU Mainz
)
How to understand isocurvature (fast)
Christopher Gerlach
(
JGU Mainz
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Saturday 19 July 2025
Sunday 20 July 2025
Monday 21 July 2025
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
13:45
Welcome
Welcome
13:45 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
NuSTAR as an axion helioscope
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Elisa Todarello
(
University of Nottingham
)
NuSTAR as an axion helioscope
Elisa Todarello
(
University of Nottingham
)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:15
Introduction session
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Fatemeh Elahi
(
JGU Mainz
)
Yifan Chen
(
Niels Bohr Institute
)
Yann Gouttenoire
(
JGU Mainz
)
Mathias Becker
(
University of Padua
)
Cristina Puchades Ibáñez
(
JGU Mainz
)
Javier Rubio
(
UCM
)
Introduction session
Fatemeh Elahi
(
JGU Mainz
)
Yifan Chen
(
Niels Bohr Institute
)
Yann Gouttenoire
(
JGU Mainz
)
Mathias Becker
(
University of Padua
)
Cristina Puchades Ibáñez
(
JGU Mainz
)
Javier Rubio
(
UCM
)
15:15 - 16:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday 22 July 2025
10:00
Supercooling in confining gauge theories
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Vazha Loladze
(
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford
)
Supercooling in confining gauge theories
Vazha Loladze
(
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Confining Sectors in the Early Universe
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Rashmish Mishra
(
Harvard University
)
Confining Sectors in the Early Universe
Rashmish Mishra
(
Harvard University
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
Discussion session: Use of AI and large language models for theoretical physics
Discussion session: Use of AI and large language models for theoretical physics
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday 23 July 2025
10:00
Observable CMB B-Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions (and Beyond)
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Aurora Ireland
(
Stanford University
)
Observable CMB B-Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions (and Beyond)
Aurora Ireland
(
Stanford University
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope
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Elena Pinetti
(
Flatiron Institute
)
Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope
Elena Pinetti
(
Flatiron Institute
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
Discussion session: Recent data from cosmological surveys
Discussion session: Recent data from cosmological surveys
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday 24 July 2025
10:00
TBA
-
Peizhi Du
(
University of Science and Technology of China
)
TBA
Peizhi Du
(
University of Science and Technology of China
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity: Status, Prospects, and Recent Developments
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Moritz Münchmeyer
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity: Status, Prospects, and Recent Developments
Moritz Münchmeyer
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
Discussion session: Supercooled phase transitions
Discussion session: Supercooled phase transitions
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday 25 July 2025
10:00
The First 3 Minutes in a Few Seconds (or Less)
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Mauro Valli
(
INFN Rome
)
The First 3 Minutes in a Few Seconds (or Less)
Mauro Valli
(
INFN Rome
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
The bearable inhomogeneity of the baryon asymmetry
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Majid Ekhterachian
(
EPFL
)
The bearable inhomogeneity of the baryon asymmetry
Majid Ekhterachian
(
EPFL
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Saturday 26 July 2025
Sunday 27 July 2025
Monday 28 July 2025
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
13:45
Welcome
Welcome
13:45 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
Looking for dark matter substructures with planetary space-crafts
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Sonali Verma
(
ULB Brussels
)
Looking for dark matter substructures with planetary space-crafts
Sonali Verma
(
ULB Brussels
)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:15
Introduction session
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Stefan Vogl
(
University of Freiburg
)
Yong Xu
(
JGU Maibz
)
Sascha Weber
(
JGU Mainz
)
Eric Madge
(
IFT-UAM/CSIC
)
Daniel Hooper
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Arushi Bodas
(
University of Chicago and Fermilab
)
Introduction session
Stefan Vogl
(
University of Freiburg
)
Yong Xu
(
JGU Maibz
)
Sascha Weber
(
JGU Mainz
)
Eric Madge
(
IFT-UAM/CSIC
)
Daniel Hooper
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Arushi Bodas
(
University of Chicago and Fermilab
)
15:15 - 16:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday 29 July 2025
10:00
Gravitational searches for dark matter with interferometers
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Yikun Wang
(
Johns Hopkins University
)
Gravitational searches for dark matter with interferometers
Yikun Wang
(
Johns Hopkins University
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Celestial bodies as dark matter detectors
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Tim Linden
(
Stockholm University
)
Celestial bodies as dark matter detectors
Tim Linden
(
Stockholm University
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:00
TBA
-
Anubhav Mathur
(
New York University & Tel Aviv University
)
TBA
Anubhav Mathur
(
New York University & Tel Aviv University
)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday 30 July 2025
10:00
New quantum states to look for light new physics
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Zachary Bogorad
(
Fermilab
)
New quantum states to look for light new physics
Zachary Bogorad
(
Fermilab
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Spin-dependent Exotic Interactions
-
Lei Cong
Spin-dependent Exotic Interactions
Lei Cong
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday 31 July 2025
10:00
Bosonic mixing in curved spacetime
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Devin Walker
(
Dartmouth
)
Bosonic mixing in curved spacetime
Devin Walker
(
Dartmouth
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15
Fun with field theory
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David Kaplan
(
Johns Hopkins University
)
Fun with field theory
David Kaplan
(
Johns Hopkins University
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday 1 August 2025
10:00
Exploring the boundaries of new physics
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Hannah Banks
(
University of Cambridge
)
Exploring the boundaries of new physics
Hannah Banks
(
University of Cambridge
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room