Name: Windows into New Physics in the Sky
Start: 2025-07-14T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-01T16:00:00+02:00
Location: MITP - Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Monday, July 14, 2025

10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

1:45 PM Welcome
Welcome
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:00 PM High-frequency Gravitational Waves - Nick Rodd (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
High-frequency Gravitational Waves
- Nick Rodd (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:45 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
3:15 PM Introduction session - Aleksandr Azatov (SISSA) Leonardo Badurina (Caltech) Miha Nemevsek (University of Ljubljana and Jožef Stefan Institute) Marco Gorghetto (DESY) Marco Drewes (UCLouvain)
Introduction session
- Aleksandr Azatov (SISSA)
- Leonardo Badurina (Caltech)
- Miha Nemevsek (University of Ljubljana and Jožef Stefan Institute)
- Marco Gorghetto (DESY)
- Marco Drewes (UCLouvain)
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
10:00 AM The nuclear clocks - Wolfram Ratzinger (Weizmann Institute)
The nuclear clocks
- Wolfram Ratzinger (Weizmann Institute)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Generic isocurvature fluctuations of scalar dark matter - Saarik Kalia (University of Minnesota)
Generic isocurvature fluctuations of scalar dark matter
- Saarik Kalia (University of Minnesota)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
10:00 AM What new physics can we learn from JWST? - Julian Muñoz (UT Austin)
What new physics can we learn from JWST?
- Julian Muñoz (UT Austin)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Exploring the epoch of helium reionization with kSZ tomography - 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 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday, July 17, 2025
10:00 AM BBN bounds on lepton flavour asymmetries - Valerie Domcke (CERN)
BBN bounds on lepton flavour asymmetries
- Valerie Domcke (CERN)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Did IceCube detect DM around blazars? - Filippo Sala (University of Bologna and INFN)
Did IceCube detect DM around blazars?
- Filippo Sala (University of Bologna and INFN)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

2:00 PM Discussion session: Solutions to the strong CP problem
Discussion session: Solutions to the strong CP problem
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday, July 18, 2025
10:00 AM Open string axiverse - Rudin Petrossian-Byrne (University of Oxford)
Open string axiverse
- Rudin Petrossian-Byrne (University of Oxford)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM How to understand isocurvature (fast) - Christopher Gerlach (JGU Mainz)
How to understand isocurvature (fast)
- Christopher Gerlach (JGU Mainz)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Monday, July 21, 2025

10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

1:45 PM Welcome
Welcome
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:00 PM NuSTAR as an axion helioscope - Elisa Todarello (University of Nottingham)
NuSTAR as an axion helioscope
- Elisa Todarello (University of Nottingham)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:45 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
3:15 PM Introduction session - Cristina Puchades Ibáñez (JGU Mainz) Javier Rubio (UCM) Mathias Becker (University of Padua) Yifan Chen (Niels Bohr Institute) Fatemeh Elahi (JGU Mainz) Yann Gouttenoire (JGU Mainz)
Introduction session
- Cristina Puchades Ibáñez (JGU Mainz)
- Javier Rubio (UCM)
- Mathias Becker (University of Padua)
- Yifan Chen (Niels Bohr Institute)
- Fatemeh Elahi (JGU Mainz)
- Yann Gouttenoire (JGU Mainz)
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
10:00 AM Supercooling in confining gauge theories - 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 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Confining Sectors in the Early Universe - Rashmish Mishra (Harvard University)
Confining Sectors in the Early Universe
- Rashmish Mishra (Harvard University)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

2:00 PM Discussion session: Use of AI and large language models for theoretical physics
Discussion session: Use of AI and large language models for theoretical physics
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
10:00 AM Observable CMB B-Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions (and Beyond) - Aurora Ireland (Stanford University)
Observable CMB B-Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions (and Beyond)
- Aurora Ireland (Stanford University)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope - Elena Pinetti (Flatiron Institute)
Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope
- Elena Pinetti (Flatiron Institute)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

2:00 PM Discussion session: Recent data from cosmological surveys
Discussion session: Recent data from cosmological surveys
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday, July 24, 2025
10:00 AM TBA - Peizhi Du (University of Science and Technology of China)
TBA
- Peizhi Du (University of Science and Technology of China)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity: Status, Prospects, and Recent Developments - Moritz Münchmeyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity: Status, Prospects, and Recent Developments
- Moritz Münchmeyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:00 PM Discussion session: ⁠⁠Supercooled phase transitions - Rashmish Mishra (Harvard University)
Discussion session: ⁠⁠Supercooled phase transitions
- Rashmish Mishra (Harvard University)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday, July 25, 2025
10:00 AM The First 3 Minutes in a Few Seconds (or Less) - Mauro Valli (INFN Rome)
The First 3 Minutes in a Few Seconds (or Less)
- Mauro Valli (INFN Rome)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM The bearable inhomogeneity of the baryon asymmetry - Majid Ekhterachian (EPFL)
The bearable inhomogeneity of the baryon asymmetry
- Majid Ekhterachian (EPFL)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Monday, July 28, 2025

10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

1:45 PM Welcome
Welcome
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:00 PM Looking for dark matter substructures with planetary space-crafts - Sonali Verma (ULB Brussels)
Looking for dark matter substructures with planetary space-crafts
- Sonali Verma (ULB Brussels)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
2:45 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
3:15 PM Introduction session - Arushi Bodas (University of Chicago and Fermilab) Eric Madge (IFT-UAM/CSIC) Sascha Weber (JGU Mainz) Stefan Vogl (University of Freiburg) Yong Xu (JGU Maibz) Daniel Hooper (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Introduction session
- Arushi Bodas (University of Chicago and Fermilab)
- Eric Madge (IFT-UAM/CSIC)
- Sascha Weber (JGU Mainz)
- Stefan Vogl (University of Freiburg)
- Yong Xu (JGU Maibz)
- Daniel Hooper (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
10:00 AM Gravitational searches for dark matter with interferometers - Yikun Wang (Johns Hopkins University)
Gravitational searches for dark matter with interferometers
- Yikun Wang (Johns Hopkins University)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Celestial bodies as dark matter detectors - Tim Linden (Stockholm University)
Celestial bodies as dark matter detectors
- Tim Linden (Stockholm University)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
10:00 AM New quantum states to look for light new physics - Zachary Bogorad (Fermilab)
New quantum states to look for light new physics
- Zachary Bogorad (Fermilab)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Spin-dependent Exotic Interactions - Lei Cong
Spin-dependent Exotic Interactions
- Lei Cong
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Thursday, July 31, 2025
10:00 AM Bosonic mixing in curved spacetime - Devin Walker (Dartmouth)
Bosonic mixing in curved spacetime
- Devin Walker (Dartmouth)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Fun with field theory - David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University)
Fun with field theory
- David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday, August 1, 2025
10:00 AM Exploring the boundaries of new physics - Hannah Banks (University of Cambridge)
Exploring the boundaries of new physics
- Hannah Banks (University of Cambridge)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:15 AM Early dark energy from thermo-coupled neutrinos - Anubhav Mathur (New York University & Tel Aviv University)
Early dark energy from thermo-coupled neutrinos
- Anubhav Mathur (New York University & Tel Aviv University)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room

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