Name: Light Dark Matter 2017
Start: 2017-05-24T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-05-28T20:00:00+02:00
Location: La Biodola - Isola d'Elba

Light Dark Matter 2017

from Wednesday, May 24, 2017 (1:00 PM) to Sunday, May 28, 2017 (8:00 PM)

Monday, May 22, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday, May 25, 2017

8:45 AM Welcome
Welcome
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM The challenges for direct detection of light dark matter - Zurab Berezhiani

9:20 AM The DAMA results in the light of LDM - Rita Bernabei (ROMA2)

9:40 AM Direct Search for Light Dark Matter in CRESST-III - Nahuel Ferreiro (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

10:00 AM Dark Matter direct detection with Xenon and Argon Targets - Andrea Pocar (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

10:20 AM Discussion
10:35 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Extracted electron and positron beams at LNF - Luca Gennaro Foggetta (LNF)

11:20 AM JLAB electron and positron beams for dark photon experiments - Elton Smith (Jefferson Lab)

11:40 AM SLAC facilities for dark sector searches - Thomas Markiewicz (SLAC)

12:00 PM Dark sector physics opportunities at MESA - Patrick Achenbach (Institut für Kernphysik, Joh. Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

12:20 PM Discussion
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM DAMIC status and prospects for a kg-size experiment - Paolo Privitera (University of Chicago)

4:20 PM NEWS-G, Ultra-Light Dark Matter searches with a Spherical Gaseous Detector - Ioannis Katsioulas (CEA, Saclay)

4:40 PM Dark Matter axion detection - Karl van Bibber (Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley)

5:00 PM The STAX project - Paolo Spagnolo (PI)
5:20 PM Cofee Break
Cofee Break
5:20 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
5:45 PM - 7:05 PM
Contributions

5:45 PM Electron and Proton Beams for Dark Sector Searches at the CERN North AREA - Andrey Golutvin (Imperial College/ITEP/CERN)

6:05 PM Search for Dark Photon at NA62 in dump mode - Marco Mirra (NA)

6:25 PM The REDTOP experiment: Rare Eta Decays with a TPC for Optical Photons - Vishnu Zutshi (Northern Illinois University)
Friday, May 26, 2017
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM General intro - Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute/University of Victoria)

9:20 AM General cosmo for LDM - Joshua Ruderman (New York University)

9:40 AM General ID searches for LDM - Aaron Vincent (Imperial College London)

10:00 AM General DD searches for LDM - Christopher McCabe (King's College London)

10:20 AM Discussion
10:35 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Dark Sector Theory at LHC - Felix Yu (JGU Mainz)

11:20 AM Searches for Dark Matter at ATLAS and CMS - Rocio Vilar (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC))

11:40 AM Low Mass Dark Sector Searches at ATLAS and at CMS - Monica Verducci (ROMA3)

12:00 PM ALPs at Colliders - Lou Hou Keong (University of California, Berkeley)

12:20 PM Discussion
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Specifics collisionless LDM - Antonella Garzilli (Lieden University)

4:20 PM Specifics collisional LDM - Jakub Scholtz (Harvard)

4:40 PM Specifics DM scenarios - Gordan Krnjaic (Fermilab)

5:00 PM Discussion
5:15 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Contributions

5:45 PM DM Theory at Neutrino Facilities - Claudia Frugiuele (Weizmann institute)

6:05 PM SHiP Dark Sector searches - Laura Fabbri (BO)

6:25 PM DM searches at Belle/Belle II - Enrico Graziani (ROMA3)

6:45 PM Discussion
8:00 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 27, 2017
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Visible Dark Photon Decay: Overview - Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute/University of Victoria)

9:35 AM Jlab A’ searches - Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

9:55 AM The MAGIX Experiment - Sabato Stefano Caiazza (DESY)

10:15 AM Triggerless DAQ for next generation dark matter searches - Tommaso Chiarusi (BO)
10:35 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Invisible decays of the dark photon at BaBar - Alberto Lusiani (PI)

11:25 AM NA64 at CERN - Michael Hösgen (University Bonn)

11:50 AM The PADME experiment at LNF - Venelin Kozhuharov (LNF)

12:15 PM The MMAPS proposal at Cornell - Cari Cesarotti (Institut für Physik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

12:40 PM Discussion
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Search of Dark Photons in KLOE - Simona Giovannella (LNF)

4:20 PM Dark Sector Physics at LHCb - Mike Williams (MIT)

4:40 PM Search for the dark photon at NA48 & NA62 - Mauro Raggi (ROMA1)

5:00 PM Discussion
5:15 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
5:45 PM - 7:05 PM
Contributions

5:45 PM Beam Dump experiments at JLab and SLAC - Elton Smith (Jefferson Lab)

6:05 PM Status of BDX DRIFT - Daniel Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College)

6:25 PM LDMX at SLAC - Timothy Nelson (SLAC)

6:45 PM sub-GeV DM Searches at FNAL - Remington Thornton (Indiana University)
Sunday, May 28, 2017
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Direct Detection Summary - Daniel Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College) Pierluigi Belli (ROMA2) Stefano Davini (GE)

9:50 AM Facilities Summary - Paolo Valente (ROMA1) Stepan Stepanyan (Jefferson Lab)

10:10 AM Theory - Felix Yu (JGU Mainz)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Colliders - Walter Bonivento (CA)

11:20 AM Visible - Maurik Holtrop (University of New Hampshire)

11:40 AM Invisible - Mauro Raggi (ROMA1)

12:00 PM Closeout
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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