Light Dark Matter 2017

24 May 2017, 13:00 → 28 May 2017, 20:00 Europe/Rome

La Biodola - Isola d'Elba

The International Workshop on Light Dark Matter @ Accelerators (LDMA) aims to bring together experts from the experimental and theoretical community, interested in the new and fast growing field of light dark matter search at accelerators. It will be the occasion to share expertise spanning from theoretical motivations to experimental techniques for future programs to pursue in mid-energy and high-intensity accelerating facilities.

The workshop will cover the following topics:
 

• Theoretical grounds and motivations for light dark matter scenarios
• Present and future experimental programs at accelerators
• Status of dark forces searches and future perspectives
• Latest updates on dark matter direct detection and results from experiments at high-energy colliders
• Constraints and limits from indirect dark matter detection
• Innovative instrumentation and new experimental techniques. 

The workshop is organized in plenary presentation sessions, followed by discussion session to review novel ideas, plans and proposal. 

Wednesday, 24 May

19:00 → 20:00 Registration and Welcome reception

Thursday, 25 May

08:45 → 09:00 Welcome

09:00 → 10:35 I DirectDetection A

09:00 The challenges for direct detection of light dark matter

Speaker: Zurab Berezhiani

Slides Berezhiani-LDMA201.pdf

09:20 The DAMA results in the light of LDM

Speaker: Rita Bernabei (ROMA2)

Slides bernabei_LDMA_2017_web.pdf

09:40 Direct Search for Light Dark Matter in CRESST-III

Speaker: Mr Nahuel Ferreiro (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

Slides cryogenic_det.pdf

10:00 Dark Matter direct detection with Xenon and Argon Targets

Speaker: Prof. Andrea Pocar (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Slides 20170525-pocar_LDMA2017.pdf

10:20 Discussion

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 II Facilities A

11:00 Extracted electron and positron beams at LNF

Speaker: Luca Gennaro Foggetta (LNF)

Slides LDMA2017-Foggetta_compress.pdf

11:20 JLAB electron and positron beams for dark photon experiments

Speaker: Dr Elton Smith (Jefferson Lab)

Slides LDMA2017_CEBAF.pdf

11:40 SLAC facilities for dark sector searches

Speaker: Thomas Markiewicz (SLAC)

Slides 2017-05-25_DASEL_Overview_Tom_LDM2017_Elba-v0.pptx

12:00 Dark sector physics opportunities at MESA

Speaker: Prof. Patrick Achenbach (Institut für Kernphysik, Joh. Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Slides Achenbach-LDMA-2017.pdf

12:20 Discussion

13:00 → 16:00 Lunch

16:00 → 17:20 III DirectDetection B

16:00 DAMIC status and prospects for a kg-size experiment

Speaker: Prof. Paolo Privitera (University of Chicago)

Slides Privitera-Elba-May2017-final.pdf

16:20 NEWS-G, Ultra-Light Dark Matter searches with a Spherical Gaseous Detector

Speaker: Mr Ioannis Katsioulas (CEA, Saclay)

Slides katsioulas_elba_May_2017_vp1.pdf

16:40 Dark Matter axion detection

Speaker: Karl van Bibber (Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley)

Slides •_Axion_DM_-_Elba_2017.pdf

17:00 The STAX project

Speaker: Paolo Spagnolo (PI)

Slides LDM2017.pdf

17:20 → 17:45 Cofee Break

17:45 → 19:05 IV Facilities B

17:45 Electron and Proton Beams for Dark Sector Searches at the CERN North AREA

Speaker: Andrey Golutvin (Imperial College/ITEP/CERN)

Slides LDMA2017_AG-2.pdf

18:05 Search for Dark Photon at NA62 in dump mode

Speaker: Mr Marco Mirra (NA)

Slides Mirra_LDMA2017_25_05_2017.pdf

18:25 The REDTOP experiment: Rare Eta Decays with a TPC for Optical Photons

Speaker: Vishnu Zutshi (Northern Illinois University)

Slides Zutshi_Elba.pdf

Friday, 26 May

09:00 → 10:35 I Theory A

09:00 General intro

Speaker: Dr Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute/University of Victoria)

Slides ElbaI2017.pdf

09:20 General cosmo for LDM

Speaker: Prof. Joshua Ruderman (New York University)

Slides DarkCosmo.pdf

09:40 General ID searches for LDM

Speaker: Dr Aaron Vincent (Imperial College London)

Slides Elba_ID_aaron.pdf

10:00 General DD searches for LDM

Speaker: Dr Christopher McCabe (King's College London)

Slides McCabe_Elba.pdf

10:20 Discussion

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 II Colliders A

11:00 Dark Sector Theory at LHC

Speaker: Felix Yu (JGU Mainz)

Slides DarkSectorsLHC.pdf

11:20 Searches for Dark Matter at ATLAS and CMS

Speaker: Ms Rocio Vilar (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC))

Slides LDMAtalk.pdf

11:40 Low Mass Dark Sector Searches at ATLAS and at CMS

Speaker: Monica Verducci (ROMA3)

Slides LDMA2017_draft2.pdf

12:00 ALPs at Colliders

Speaker: Lou Hou Keong (University of California, Berkeley)

Slides ALPS_heavy_ion_LDMA.pdf ALPS_heavy_ion_LDMA.pptx

12:20 Discussion

13:00 → 16:00 Lunch

16:00 → 17:15 III Theory B

16:00 Specifics collisionless LDM

Speaker: Dr Antonella Garzilli (Lieden University)

Slides garzilli_indico.pdf

16:20 Specifics collisional LDM

Speaker: Dr Jakub Scholtz (Harvard)

Slides CollisionalDM.pdf

16:40 Specifics DM scenarios

Speaker: Dr Gordan Krnjaic (Fermilab)

Slides LDMA2017-iDM.pdf

17:00 Discussion

17:15 → 17:45 Coffee break

17:45 → 19:00 IV Colliders B

17:45 DM Theory at Neutrino Facilities

Speaker: Dr Claudia Frugiuele (Weizmann institute)

Slides elbaFrugiuele.pdf

18:05 SHiP Dark Sector searches

Speaker: Laura Fabbri (BO)

Slides SHiP_LDMA17_light.pdf

18:25 DM searches at Belle/Belle II

Speaker: Enrico Graziani (ROMA3)

Slides graziani-belle2-v2b.pdf

18:45 Discussion

20:00 → 22:00 Social Dinner

Saturday, 27 May

09:00 → 10:35 I Visible A

09:00 Visible Dark Photon Decay: Overview

Speaker: Dr Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute/University of Victoria)

Slides ElbaII2017.pdf

09:35 Jlab A’ searches

Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

Slides Nelson_LDMA17_visible_final.pdf

09:55 The MAGIX Experiment

Speaker: Sabato Stefano Caiazza (DESY)

Slides 2017-05-27_-_Elba_LDM.pdf

10:15 Triggerless DAQ for next generation dark matter searches

Speaker: Dr Tommaso Chiarusi (BO)

Slides Biodola_chiarusi_20170527.pdf

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 II Invisible A

11:00 Invisible decays of the dark photon at BaBar

Speaker: Alberto Lusiani (PI)

Slides lusiani-ldma17.pdf

11:25 NA64 at CERN

Speaker: Mr Michael Hösgen (University Bonn)

Slides NA64atCERN.pdf

11:50 The PADME experiment at LNF

Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (LNF)

Slides 2017-05-27_Venelin-PADME.pdf

12:15 The MMAPS proposal at Cornell

Speaker: Ms Cari Cesarotti (Institut für Physik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Slides MMAPStalk_LDMA17.pptx

12:40 Discussion

13:00 → 16:00 Lunch

16:00 → 17:15 III Visible B

16:00 Search of Dark Photons in KLOE

Speaker: Simona Giovannella (LNF)

Slides LDMA2017.pdf

16:20 Dark Sector Physics at LHCb

Speaker: Mike Williams (MIT)

Slides Williams_LDMA.pdf

16:40 Search for the dark photon at NA48 & NA62

Speaker: Mauro Raggi (ROMA1)

Slides raggiLDMA2017.pdf

17:00 Discussion

17:15 → 17:45 Coffee Break

17:45 → 19:05 IV Invisible B

17:45 Beam Dump experiments at JLab and SLAC

Speaker: Dr Elton Smith (Jefferson Lab)

Slides LDMA2017_smith.pdf

18:05 Status of BDX DRIFT

Speaker: Dr Daniel Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College)

Slides LDMA_2017_La_Biodola_Snowden-Ifft_Talk.pdf

18:25 LDMX at SLAC

Speaker: Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

Slides LDMA_LDMX.pdf

18:45 sub-GeV DM Searches at FNAL

Speaker: Dr Remington Thornton (Indiana University)

Slides thornton_fnal_invis_searches_ldma2017.pdf

Sunday, 28 May

09:00 → 10:30 Summary

09:30 Direct Detection Summary

Speakers: Dr Daniel Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College), Pierluigi Belli (ROMA2), Stefano Davini (GE)

Slides session_DD_LDMA.pdf

09:50 Facilities Summary

Speakers: Paolo Valente (ROMA1), Dr Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

Slides facilities-valente-stepanyan.pdf

10:10 Theory

Speaker: Felix Yu (JGU Mainz)

Slides TheorySummary.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Summary

11:00 Colliders

Speaker: Walter Bonivento (CA)

Slides Summary_talk.pdf

11:20 Visible

Speaker: Prof. Maurik Holtrop (University of New Hampshire)

Slides LDMA17_Visible_Summary.pdf

11:40 Invisible

Speaker: Mauro Raggi (ROMA1)

Slides raggiLDMASummary.pdf

12:00 Closeout

13:00 → 20:00 Departure