Conveners
Plenary presentations
- Geraldine Servant (DESY and U. hamburg)
Dr
Pengwei Xie
(Tsung-Dao Lee Institute)
21/06/2018, 09:35
Presentation
The PandaX dark matter experiment searches for Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL). PandaX-II, with a 580-kg liquid xenon TPC currently under operation, is one of the leading WIMP direct detection experiments. In this talk, I will present an overview of the project, discuss recent results from PandaX-II, and give an outlook into the future.
Dmitry Levkov
(Institute for Nuclear Research RAS)
21/06/2018, 09:55
Presentation
We study Bose condensation and formation of Bose stars in the virialized dark matter halos/miniclusters by universal gravitational interactions. We prove that this phenomenon does occur and it is described by kinetic equation. We give expression for the condensation time. Our results suggest that Bose stars may form in the mainstream dark matter models such as invisible QCD axions and Fuzzy...
Christoph Krieger
(University of Bonn)
21/06/2018, 10:15
Presentation
Dark Energy can be explained by modifying General Relativity introducing a new scalar field with a coupling to matter. To avoid unnatural effects, a screening mechanism can be utilized. In case of the chameleon screening this gives rise to a new particle, the chameleon, featuring an effective mass depending on the local energy density as well as an effective coupling to photons.
Chameleons...
Prof.
Chris Kelso
(University of North Florida)
21/06/2018, 10:35
Presentation
This presentation will examine the dark matter interpretation of the DAMA/LIBRA-phase 2 results. Canonical spin-independent, isospin violating spin-independent and spin-dependent interactions will all be discussed.
