Light Dark Sectors at LNF (LDS@LNF)

Europe/Rome
Aula Salvini

Aula Salvini

Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati (RM)
Description

The Workshop on Light Dark Sectors @ LNF (LDS@LNF) brings together researchers to discuss recent progresses in the the field of light dark sectors (covering light dark matter, axion-like particles, dark photons, and related scenarios). The program will cover topics ranging from theoretical motivations to novel experimental strategies, with the aim of encouraging exchanges and fostering collaborations within the community.

This workshop is supported by CSN4 and also the PRIN2022K4B58X project “AxionOrigins: Towards a Complete Theory for the Origin of the Axion” (PI: L. Di Luzio), a collaborative effort involving INFN, the University of Padua, and Sapienza University of Rome. The meeting serves as the closing event of this initiative.

The workshop will take place in the Salvini Auditorium (Building 36, access via the LNF secondary entrance at Via E. Fermi, 60 – see map).

(Talks by invitation only)


Important dates: 

November    21, 2025 -  Program announcement 
October        30, 2025 -  Deadline to register 

Organising Committee:

  • Luca Di Luzio (INFN-Padua),
  • Federico Mescia (INFN-LNF)                                          
  • Marco Nardecchia (Sapienza, Università di Roma & INFN-RM1), 
  • Enrico Nardi (NICPB, Tallinn (EE) & INFN-LNF),       
  • Mauro Valli (INFN-RM1)

International Committee:

  • Maurizio Giannotti (Zaragoza U.)
  • Igor Irastorza (CERN)
  • Martti Raidal(NICPB, Tallinn (EE) & INFN-RM1)

 

The ZOOM Link is on the menu on the left videoconference.

Participants
Zoom Meeting ID
88069705857
Host
Maddalena Alessia Legramante
Zoom URL
    • 1:30 PM
      Lunch LNF Canteen

      LNF Canteen

      LNF Canteen
    • LNF GENERAL SEMINAR: Physics of θ-Vacua and Inevitability of Axions in Standard Model and Gravity.
      Convener: Prof. Gia Dvali (Max-Planck-Institut & Arnold Sommerfeld Center) (Max-Planck-Institut & Arnold Sommerfeld Center)
    • 3:30 PM
      COFFEE BREAK LNF High Energy Bld.

      LNF High Energy Bld.

    • 4:00 PM
      Welcome to LDS@LNF Workshop
    • 1
      Challenging the lore on the strong CP problem
      Speaker: Carlos Tamarit
    • 2
      Open string axiverse
      Speaker: Rudin Petrossian-Byrne
    • 5:40 PM
      Discussion
    • 3
      Hunting Axion Dark Matter with Antiferromagnets
      Speaker: Pier Giuseppe Catinari
    • 4
      New Opportunities for Ultralight Dark Matter Search with Stochastic Fluctuations
      Speaker: Hyungjin Kim
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee Break and Group Photo LNF High Energy Bld.

      LNF High Energy Bld.

    • 5
      (Dark) Supercooled Phase Transitions with Radiative Symmetry Breaking
      Speaker: Alberto Salvio
    • 6
      Theory of Electric Dipole Moments: rethinking EDMs in light of the molecular revolution
      Speaker: Jordy de Vries
    • 12:30 PM
      Discussion
    • 1:30 PM
      Lunch LNF Canteen

      LNF Canteen

    • 7
      New physics bounds from the spectroscopy of muonic atoms
      Speaker: Clara Peset
    • 8
      Density induced vacuum instability
      Speaker: Javi Serra
    • 4:00 PM
      Coffee Break LNF High Energy Bld.

      LNF High Energy Bld.

    • 9
      Neutrino Cosmology Beyond the Standard Model
      Speaker: Miguel Escudero
    • 10
      Interpreting the DESI results
      Speaker: Martti Raidal
    • 8:00 PM
      Social Dinner Osteria San Rocco Piacente, Piazza San Rocco, 15, 00044, Frascati

      Osteria San Rocco Piacente, Piazza San Rocco, 15, 00044, Frascati

    • 11
      Axion bounds from quantum technology
      Speaker: Sreemanti Chakraborti
    • 12
      Fuzzy dark matter dynamical heating in dwarf galaxies
      Speaker: Luca Teodori
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee Break LNF High Energy Bld.

      LNF High Energy Bld.

    • 13
      Post-inflationary axions: Opportunities for haloscopes and large scale structure surveys
      Speaker: Marco Gorghetto
    • 14
      Axion Bounds from Supernovae (and their interplay with colliders)
      Speaker: Ludovico Vittorio
    • 15
      Advancing Standards in Early Universe Physics: Impact of Bound States and Thermal Effects
      Speaker: Julia Harz (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
    • 1:30 PM
      Lunch LNF Canteen

      LNF Canteen