2017 IDPASC annual workshop : Frontiers of Dark Matter research

vendredi 13 oct. 2017, 09:00 → 18:15 Europe/Paris

Amphithéâtre Bloch (CEA Saclay, site de l'Orme des merisiers)

The present workshop is organised aiming two objectives :

- Foster the DM research activities and reinforce the IDPASC network :

In the morning open session a serie of key talks on DM current interesting topics will be given. It will also be one occasion to reinforce the IDPASC interaction with the astrophysics, particle physics, astroparticle and cosmology communities. This will include contributions from machine learning and detector technology.

The afternoon session will be restricted to IDPASC members to :

- Organize the coming contribution of the IDPASC network to the finding of answers to these open questions.

Informations on the public transportations to the site can be found here

09:30 → 10:00 Welcome coffee

10:00 → 13:00 Frontiers of Dark Matter physics

10:00 Dark Matter from astrophysics perspectives

Orateur: Francoise Combes (Observatoire de Paris)

Astro-DM-FC-17.pdf

10:45 Constraints on the microscopic nature of Dark Matter

Orateur: Yann Mambrini (LPT Orsay)

MambriniSaclay13102017.pdf

11:30 Prospects on machine learning

Orateur: Nicolas Méric (DreamQuark)

12:15 Dark Matter searches with DAMIC

Orateur: Romain Gaior (LPNHE)

DAMIC_Gaior.pdf

13:00 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 18:15 Dark Matter @ IDPASC network

14:15 Work Package : technology challenges in DM searches

(20') The coordinator of the package states what could be started without EU money in his field and what could be improved to resubmit a proposal
(25') The involved teams of the project prepare 2 slides with its ideas, suggestions proposal are discussed.

15:00 Work package 2 : Advanced data analysis methods in DM searches

15:45 Pause café

16:15 Work Package 3 : DM phenomenology and interplay between different searches

17:00 Work Package 4 : communication and outreach