Mini Workshop on neutrino indirect detection of Dark Matter

13 déc. 2011, 09:30 → 14 déc. 2011, 18:00 Europe/Paris

This workshop is organised by the Dark Matter working groups of the ANTARES and IceCube collaboration to discuss issues of common interest in the dark matter search efforts. The workshop will also benefit from the presence of various experts : - Yann Mambrini (Orsay), phenomenologist in Susy and other BSM models - Emmanuel Nezri (LAM-Marseille), phenomenologist in halo model and neutrino/gamma indirect detection - Julien Lavalle (Montpellier), phenomenologist in CR indirect detection - Steve Muanza (CPPM), specialized in SUSY searches in ATLAS. A preliminary list of topics to discuss include: Backgrounds: - what MCs we use - Atmospheric mu's: settings (E-range, angular range, atmosphere, seasonal variations, primary spectrum composition), uncertainties - Atmospheric nu's: settings (E-range, angular range, spectrum), uncertainites Signal: - What MCs we use - Models to test: (x)MSSM, mUED, non-MSS models, Inert Higgs model... - parametr scans: format and variables to save. Common scans? Going beyond grid scans Cosmological inputs: - Omega, rho_local, v_local: which best values and uncertainties - benchmark halo model (which one?) detector/analysis related: - Energy threshold to quote results - reconstruction issues: Low-E reconstruction, cascade reconstruction .Do we have everything in place to expand searches to other flavors than muons? .How low in energy we can go? (Neutrino Telescopes are very efficient in constraining high mass WIMPS, but current models favour low masses) - Search/analysis techniques - From raw data to final results: how do we set limits. limits on neutrino flux, muon flux and cross sections - Systematic uncertainties: how to include them General: - Comparisons with direct, other indirect and LHC results. What do we need? How to present our results so they are useful to them (and we appear in their plots?) - How present results in the most model-independent way ? Hoping to see you in Marseille Carlos de los Heros Vincent Bertin

Minutes Notes_Marseille_Workshop_DM.pdf

mar. 13 décembre

09:30 → 10:30 Discussion between the experiments: (backg. MCs, limit setting, systematics, plots...)

Which MCs are we using
How to set limits
How to convert muon fluxes to other quantities
How to compare with other experiments
How to present plots
How to include systematic uncertainties

09:30 SUSY scans in IceCUbe

Transparents presentation_Marseille_Workshop.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 Discussion between the experiments: (cont.)

Which MCs are we using
How to set limits
How to convert muon fluxes to other quantities
How to compare with other experiments
How to present plots
How to include systematic uncertainties

11:00 Systematics in ANTARES DM analysis

Orateur: M. Sotiris Loucatos (IRFU CEA-Saclay)

Slides DM_syst_slides_Marseille_pub.pdf

13:00 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 16:15 Galactic analyses: (discussion with E. Nezri and J. Lavalle)

14:15 Relic density, indirect detection on Gamma Rays and Cosmic Rays

Orateur: Dr Julien Lavalle (CNRS - LUPM)

Slides dm_at_neut_telescopes_lavalle.pdf

15:00 Dark Matter Halos

Orateur: Dr Emmanuel NEZRI (LAM CNRS)

Slides talkshort-nezri-workshop-CPPM-2011.pdf

16:15 → 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 → 18:30 Galactic analyses: (discussion between experiments)

20:00 → 20:10 Workshop dinner

mer. 14 décembre

09:15 → 10:30 Models and Signal MCs: (discussion with Y. Mambrini)

Flavours of the MSSM
non-MSSM models
MCs: Superbayes, DarkSusy, MicrOmegas

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 Models and Signal MCs: (signal MCs used, models tested, settings, sources...)

Flavours of the MSSM
non-MSSM models
MCs: Superbayes, DarkSusy, MicrOmegas

13:00 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 16:15 Discussion between the experiments: (common issues: parameter scans, limits...)

Which MCs are we using
How to set limits
How to convert muon fluxes to other quantities
How to compare with other experiments
How to present plots
How to include systematic uncertainties

16:15 → 16:35 Coffee break

16:35 → 18:00 Discussion between the experiments: (comparison with other experiments. Discussion with S. Muanza, ATLAS)

Which MCs are we using
How to set limits
How to convert muon fluxes to other quantities
How to compare with other experiments
How to present plots
How to include systematic uncertainties

16:35 SUSY searches at LHC

Orateur: Dr Steve Muanza (CPPM Marseille)

Slides DM_14Dect2012.pdf