The puzzle of dark matter - assembling the pieces

29 Oct 2018, 08:00 → 31 Oct 2018, 18:58 Europe/Berlin

DESY

Alexander Grohsjean (DESY), Elisa Pueschel (DESY), Katharina Behr (DESY), Kelly Beernaert (DESY), Sarah Heim (DESY)

The puzzle of dark matter conference takes place 29-31 October 2018 in the auditorum at DESY. The conference is meant to bring together theorists and experimentalists of all collaborations in the field of particle and astroparticle physics searching for dark matter. More than presenting the latest results of the searches, we hope to foster collaboration and identify areas for future cooperation and development to enhance future searches at both collider and non-collider based experiments.

Our keynote speakers are some of the leading experts in various areas of the field:

- Caterina Doglioni (ATLAS): collider searches

- Hans Kraus (LZ): direct searches

- Laura Covi: theory

- Greg Landsberg (CMS): collider searches

- Javier Rico (MAGIC/CTA): indirect searches

- Matthias Schott (ALPS)

A Young Scientist Forum will give PhD students and young postdocs the opportunity to present their work in short lightning round talks. If you are a PhD student, or supervisor, please consider submitting an abstract through the webpage.

On the closing day of the conference, a panel discussion will be held to dig deeper into the interplays and missing aspects in the searches discussed on the previous days.

NOTE: DESY can provide on-site childcare (ages 1+) and other accommodations for parents or primary caregivers. Please contact the organisers should you require any support to facilitate your attendance to the conference.

Poster poster

Monday 29 October

Registration

Welcome Session

Conveners: Alexander Grohsjean (DESY), Dr Michael Duerr (DESY)

1 Scope of the conference and practical information

Slides Introduction_PuzzleDM.pdf PracticalInfo_PuzzleDM.pdf

2 Welcome address: History of Dark Matter

Speaker: Prof. Wilfried Buchmueller (DESY)

Slides 18_10_DESY_DM.pdf

3 Theory introduction on the variety of dark matter models

Speaker: Laura Covi (Goettingen)

Slides DESY-2018-DMPuzzle_Covi.pdf

11:00 Coffee Break

Introductions

Conveners: Elisa Pueschel (DESY), Prof. Felix Kahlhoefer (RWTH Aachen University)

4 Overview of indirect detection searches

Speaker: Moritz Huetten (MPI Physik, Muenchen)

Slides 2018-10-29-Hamburg.pdf

5 Overview of the collider searches

Speaker: Priscilla Pani (DESY)

Slides DMPuzzles_DESY2018.pdf

6 Overview of the direct detection searches

Speaker: Prof. Hans Kraus (University of Oxford)

Slides DirectDetection_HK.pdf

7 Relic density calculations - rules and exceptions

Speaker: Jan Heisig (Louvain)

Slides Heisig_DMWS_Hamburg2018.pdf

13:25 Lunch Break

SUSY/WIMP

Conveners: Kelly Beernaert (DESY), Sarah Heim (DESY)

8 Collider Searches: 2HDM-based and SUSY-inspired models

Speaker: Arely Cortes Gonzalez (CERN)

Slides PuzzleDM_2HDM_SUSY_arelycg.pdf

9 WIMP searches with indirect detection experiments

Speaker: Lucia Rinchiuso (Saclay)

Slides lucia_v3b.pdf

10 Annual Modulation Searches

Speaker: Florian Reindl (HEPHY & TU Vienna)

Slides reindl_annualmod_final.pdf

11 Identifying WIMPs from data and astrophysical uncertainties

Speaker: Nassim Bozorgnia (Durham University)

Slides Bozorgnia-DESY.pdf

16:10 Coffee Break

Simplified models and EFT

Conveners: Prof. Felix Kahlhoefer (RWTH Aachen University), Katharina Behr (DESY)

12 Rich phenomenology of simplified models/EFTs in MET+X final states

Speaker: Stanislava Sevova (Stanford University)

Slides puzzleDM_ssevova.pdf

13 Rich phenomenology of simplified models in mediator searches

Speaker: William Kalderon (Lund University)

Slides DM_mediator_searches_PuzzleDM18.pdf

14 Direct detection with nuclear scattering

Speaker: Dr Tina Pollmann (Laurentian University)

Slides DirectDetectionRecoil.pdf

15 Simplified models/EFT in indirect detection

Speaker: Patrick Tunney (RWTH Aachen)

Slides 18DESY.pdf

16 The status of Dark Matter EFTs with a focus on Higgs portal models

Speaker: Dr Sebastian Wild (DESY)

Slides Talk_PuzzleOfDM.pdf

Tuesday 30 October

Axions, dark photons and low mass dark matter

Conveners: Kelly Beernaert (DESY), Dr Michael Duerr (DESY)

17 Dark sectors with sub-GeV dark matter

Speaker: Luc Darme (National Center for Nuclear Research Wasaw)

Slides Darme.pdf

18 Indirect Searches for Axion-like Particles

Speaker: Mr Galo Gallardo Romero (DESY)

Slides dm_hamburg_v3.pdf

19 Searches for light DM with electron recoil

Speaker: Noah Kurinsky (Fermilab)

Slides DESY_ER.pdf

20 Axion/Dark photon: Collider

Speaker: Torben Ferber (DESY)

Slides 2018_10_ferber_puzzleofdm.pdf

10:40 Coffee Break

Other dark matter searches

Conveners: Prof. Felix Kahlhoefer (RWTH Aachen University), Sarah Heim (DESY)

21 ALPS and other direct Axion searches

Speaker: Jan Hendrik Pold (DESY)

Slides dm_puzzle_ALPS.pdf

22 Long-lived particles in collider experiments: current strategies, gaps and future potential

Speaker: Juliette Alimena (Ohio State University)

Slides LLPmodels_PuzzleOfDMConf_30Oct2018.pdf

23 Primordial black holes

Speaker: Dr Dmitry Malyshev (Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics)

Slides PBH_Hamburg2018.pdf PBH_Hamburg2018.pptx

12:30 Lunch Break

Future

Conveners: Alexander Grohsjean (DESY), Elisa Pueschel (DESY)

24 New ideas for direct detection

Speaker: Jan Conrad (Stockholm University)

Slides DESY_Oct_2018_Conrad.pdf

25 Future: Indirect detecton

Speaker: Javier Rico (IFAE)

Slides JRico-DESY-DM-Indirect.pdf

26 Looking ahead: where do we go with collider searches?

Speaker: Dr Caterina Doglioni (Lund University)

Slides 20181030_Doglioni_PuzzleOfDM.pdf

Young Scientist Forum

Convener: Sarah Heim (DESY)

27 Particle Dark Matter constraints: the effect of Galactic uncertainties

Speaker: Maria Benito (Instituto de Física Teórica - UNESP)

Slides GalacticUncertainties_mariabenito.pdf

28 Thermal DM beyond 100 TeV and Cosmic Rays

Speaker: Mr Yann Gouttenoire (DESY)

Slides Yann_Gouttenoire_PuzzleDarkMatter.pdf

29 Search for dark matter candidates produced in Z(ll) + ETmiss events with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Speaker: Kayla McLean (University of Victoria)

Slides kmclean_ATLAS_monoZll.pdf

30 Dark sector physics with photons in Belle II

Speaker: Sam Cunliffe (DESY)

Slides SCunliffe181030-DESY.pdf

31 Relaxion Dark Matter

Speaker: Enrico Morgante (DESY)

Slides discussion.pdf Morgante-RelaxionDM.pdf

32 Extended Dark Matter EFT

Speaker: Valentin Tenorth

Slides Tenorth_eDMEFT.pdf

16:15 Coffee Break

Colloquium: Greg Landsberg

Young Scientist Forum

Convener: Katharina Behr (DESY)

33 Search for Dark Matter produced in association with a Higgs boson decaying to bbar

Speaker: Mr Philipp Gadow (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)

Slides 2018-10-29-DESY-monoHbb.pdf

34 Search for dark matter produced in association with a Higgs boson decaying to pair of bottom quarks using 79.8 fb−1 of proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV with ATLAS detector

Speaker: Mrs Dilia Portillo (LPNHE, Paris)

Slides Puzzle_DM.pdf

35 Probing the nature of Dark Matter at the ILC

Speaker: Mr Dane Locke (University of Southampton)

Slides DLocke_DM_ILC.pdf

36 Inelastic Dark Matter heating up Neutron Stars

Speaker: Dr Sandra Robles (The University of Melbourne)

Slides NeutronStars_PuzzleDM.pdf

37 Constraints on light pseudoscalar mediators from B decays and direct detection experiments

Speaker: Mr Fatih Ertas (RWTH Aachen)

Slides DesyHamburgTalk.pdf

19:00 Conference Buffet (canteen extension)

Wednesday 31 October

Future

Conveners: Elisa Pueschel (DESY), Dr Michael Duerr (DESY)

38 Overflow from YSF: Probing dark matter through exotic Higgs boson decays to a pair of light bosons in the bbμμ final state.

Speaker: Christopher Hayes (Stony Brook University)

Slides CHayes_PoDMSymposium.pdf

39 Future: Axions

Speaker: Matthias Schott (Uni Mainz)

Slides FutureAxions_Schott.pdf

40 The future of dark matter searches - speculative ideas and long-term strategies

Speaker: Prof. Pedro Schwaller (CERN)

Slides DM_future.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

Interpretation/discussion panel

Convener: Enrico Morgante (DESY)

Closing

41 Closing remarks

Slides EndOfConference_DM.pdf

Public outreach event at the Planetarium: (German)