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Salle Kouros 2 (Montpellier)

Salle Kouros 2

Montpellier

Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
Julien Lavalle (LUPM - Montpellier), Francesca CALORE, Benoit Famaey (CNRS Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg), Emmanuel Nezri (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), Patrick VALAGEAS (CEA Saclay), Vivian Poulin (LUPM (CNRS & U. de Montpellier))
Description

This mini-workshop is aimed at gathering a few experts from different fields (mostly theoretical cosmology, galactic dynamics, [astro]particle physics) to discuss current progress, issues, and prospects in the understanding of dark matter (DM). The focus is mostly on how different DM scenarios imprint galactic and subgalactic scales, and how these can in turn be used to discriminate among several classes of DM candidates. This is directly linked to the small-scale tensions the LCDM paradigm is currently facing, which could be related either to baryonic physics, specific dark matter properties, or both.

Participation is on invitation, and the philosophy may be summarized as: interactive, friendly, unveil the dust under carpets, share knowledge or ideas,  trigger collaborative work. This is the ninth edition of this workshop series (previous editions: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

The 2025 meeting will take place both in Montpellier (Sept. 10 and 12), Campus Saint-Charles, and in the neighbor seaport city Sète at the historical Station Marine (Sept. 11), 30 min away from Montpellier by train.

The social dinner will be organized in restaurant La Péniche in Sète.

Invited speakers include James Binney, Lasha Berezhiani, Kim Boddy (TBC), Jose Cembranos, Raphael Errani, Malcolm Fairbairn, Neige Frankel (TBC), Xucheng Gan, Daniel Gilman, Chris Hamilton, Vid Irsic, Florian Kühnel, Thomas Montandon, Sergio Sevillano, Elsa Teixeira, Hans Winther, Sam Witte, Yue Zhao, and others.

This meeting is partly supported by LUPM, the CNRS-INSU National Program PNHE, the ANR under contract ANR-18-CE31-0006 (the GaDaMa project), and by the ERC projects GREATDIGINTHESKY and NEWRECORDS.

    • 09:30 10:00
      Welcome coffee 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 10:00 10:15
      Introduction 15m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Julien Lavalle (LUPM - Montpellier)
    • 10:15 11:00
      Cosmology: summary of recent measurements and status of LCDM (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Théo SIMON (Montpellier Universe and Particles Laboratory - CNRS)
    • 11:00 11:45
      What Ly-alpha data tell us about dark matter (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Vid Irsic
    • 11:45 12:30
      Probing dark matter - neutrino interactions in cosmology (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Markus Mosbech
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 14:00 14:45
      Cosmological simulations with baryons: a status (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Isabel Santos
    • 14:45 15:30
      Cosmological simulations with axion-like dark matter (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Hans Winther
    • 15:30 16:15
      GW detectors to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Prof. Yue Zhao
    • 16:15 16:45
      Coffee break 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 16:45 17:30
      Neutron stars as axion laboratories (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Sam Witte
    • 17:30 18:15
      Laboratory searches for axions (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Xucheng Gan
    • 18:15 18:45
      Discussion 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 09:30 10:15
      Subhalos viewed in cosmological simulations (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Arturo Nuñez-Castiñeyra
    • 10:15 10:45
      Coffee break 30m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
    • 10:45 11:30
      Looking for subhalos with lensing (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Daniel Gilman
    • 11:30 12:15
      Probing the matter power spectrum on sub-Mpc scales (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Sergio Sevillano
    • 12:15 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
    • 14:00 14:45
      Microgalaxies in LCDM (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Raphael Errani
    • 14:45 15:30
      Stellar migration in the Milky Way from adiabatic growth/heating of the disk (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Neige Frankel
    • 15:30 16:15
      Heating of disky systems with dark matter objects: Milky Way disk vs. exoplanetary systems (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Théo Paré
    • 16:15 16:45
      Coffee break 30m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
    • 16:45 17:30
      Milky Way disk heating constraints on ULDM (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Dr Chris Hamilton
    • 17:30 18:15
      PBH-star binaries: a potentially new population of binaries (30'+15') 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
      Orateur: Nicolas Esser
    • 18:15 19:00
      Free time in Sète 45m Station Marine de Sète

      Station Marine de Sète

      2 Rue des Chantiers, 34200 Sète
    • 19:00 21:30
      Dinner 2h 30m Restaurant La Péniche

      Restaurant La Péniche

      1 Quai des Moulins, 34200 Sète
    • 09:00 09:45
      Dark matter models: where do we stand now? (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Prof. Malcolm Fairbairn
    • 09:45 10:30
      Superfluid dark matter (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Lasha Berezhiani
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 11:00 11:45
      Dark matter production from bubbles (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Prof. Jose Cembranos
    • 11:45 12:30
      PBHs: Memory burden as a brake to Hawking's radiation (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Dr Florian Kühnel
    • 12:30 13:45
      Lunch break 1h 15m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
    • 13:45 14:30
      Dark energy interacting with dark matter (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Elsa Teixeira (LUPM Montpellier)
    • 14:30 15:15
      Cosmological constraints on decaying dark matter (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Thomas Montandon (Laboratoire Univers et Particule de Montpellier (LUPM))
    • 15:15 16:00
      Carte blanche (30'+15') 45m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er
      Orateur: Prof. James Binney
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffee break / end of workshop 30m Salle Kouros 2

      Salle Kouros 2

      Montpellier

      Campus Saint-Charles de l'Université Paul Valéry Station Tram Place Albert 1er