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Newsletter June 2024

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This is June’s edition of the newsletter of the COST action. The aim is to keep you updated on recent and upcoming conferences and postdoc positions on subjects related to WISPs.

 

 

Cosmic Wispers preprints

 

The daily modulations and broadband strategy in axion searches. An application with CAST-CAPP detector

C. M. Adair, K. Altenmüller, V. Anastassopoulos, S. Arguedas Cuendis, J. Baier, K. Barth, A. Belov, D. Bozicevic, H. Bräuninger, G. Cantatore, F. Caspers, J. F. Castel, S. A. Çetin, W. Chung, H. Choi, J. Choi, T. Dafni, M. Davenport, A. Dermenev, K. Desch, B. Döbrich, H. Fischer, W. Funk, J. Galan, A. Gardikiotis, S. Gninenko, J. Golm, M. D. Hasinoff, D. H. H. Hoffmann, D. Díez Ibáñez, I. G. Irastorza, K. Jakovčić, J. Kaminski, M. Karuza, C. Krieger, Ç. Kutlu, B. Lakić, J. M. Laurent, J. Lee, S. Lee, G. Luzón, C. Margalejo, M. Maroudas, L. Miceli, H. Mirallas, L. Obis, A. Özbey, K. Özbozduman, M. J. Pivovaroff, M. Rosu, J. Ruz, E. Ruiz-Chóliz, S. Schmidt, Y. K. Semertzidis, S. K. Solanki, L. Stewart, I. Tsagris, T. Vafeiadis, J. K. Vogel, M. Vretenar, S. Youn, A. Zhitnitsky, K. Zioutas

https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10972

The Axion Quark Nugget (AQN) dark matter model suggests that axions, with masses between 10^−6 eV and 10^−3 eV and velocities around 0.6c, could be emitted by AQNs when they move through the Earth. This model predicts substantial daily modulations (10-20%) in the axion flux on Earth, differing from the smaller modulations expected in traditional WIMP models. These daily modulations could significantly impact axion detection strategies. The CAST-CAPP detector was used to search for such modulations, but temperature-dependent gain drifts and other factors prevented conclusive results. However, this study provides a valuable input  for future research in detecting relativistic Dark Matter axions.

 

 

We encourage participants in the COST action to send us a small summary, typically smaller than the abstract, of their own articles that will appear in the arXiv (after they appear, with their arXiv numbers). The summary will be disseminated in the newsletter.

Send email to 

Alessandro Lella alessandro.lella@ba.infn.it

Damiano Fiorillo damiano.fiorillo@nbi.ku.dk

with subject:

preprint summary for Cosmic WISPers newsletter

 

 

 

 

PhD/Postdoc/Junior Positions

  • July:
    • Postdoc position on Astrophysical and Laboratory Probes of Feebly Interacting Particles, Padova link and announcement
    • Postdoctoral position on DUNE, Annecy link
    • PhD position:Observation of neutrinos from Supernova at the JUNO experiment, Bordeaux link
    • Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Dark Matter searches, Oxford link
    • PhD position in particle physics and phenomenology, Louvain link
  • August:
    • Postdoctoral position in particle phenomenology, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai, link
  • October:
    • Postdoc in astroparticle phenomenology, Dark Matter physics and cosmology, Seoul, link
  • November:
    • Postdoctoral Fellow on high-energy neutrino observations with IceCube and future experiments, Kingston link

 

 

Conferences

  • June:
    • 15th International Neutrino Summer School 2024 (INSS24) link
    • 2nd Training School of the COST Action: Cosmic WISPers link
    • The Magnificent CEvNS link
    • 31st International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics link
    • NuSTEC Summer School 2024 link
    • MITP Scientific Program at the Island of Capri: Theory Facing Experiment on the Dark Matter and Flavor Puzzles link
    • New Horizons in Primordial Black Holes Physics 2024 link
    • Invisibles School 2024 link
  • July:
    • 29th International Symposium on Particles, String and Cosmology link
    • Invisibles24 Workshop link
    • Neutrino Frontiers 2024 link
    • MITP Summer School 2024: Crosslinks of Early Universe Cosmology link
    • 15th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter 2024 link
  • August:
    • 20th Rencontres du Vietnam: The Axion Quest link
    • Light Dark World 2024 link
    • MITP Scientific Program: The Dark Matter Landscape: From Feeble to Strong Interactions link
    • TeV Particle Astrophysics (TeVPA 2024) link
  • September:
    • Neutrino Oscillation Workshop 2024 (NOW 2024) link
    • ISAPP School 2024: Neutrinos and Dark Matter - in the lab and in the Universe link
    • 2nd General Meeting of the COST Action: Cosmic WISPers link
    • 19th Patras Workshop on Axions WIMPs and WISPs link
    • 18th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe link
    • MITP Topical Workshop: Towards the Detection of Diffuse Supernova Neutrinos link
    • DESY Theory Workshop 2024 - Whispers from the Dark Universe:Particles and Fields in the Gravitational Wave era link
  • October
    • SUPRISE 2024 link
    • 17th International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2024) link 
    • International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology (COSMO 2024) link 
  • December
    • International conference on Neutrinos and Dark Matter (NuDM-2024) link