Name: Light Dark World International Forum 2017
Start: 2017-10-19T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2017-10-21T12:00:00-04:00
Location: University of Pittsburgh

Light Dark World International Forum 2017

from Thursday, October 19, 2017 (8:30 AM) to Saturday, October 21, 2017 (12:00 PM)

Monday, October 16, 2017
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Thursday, October 19, 2017

8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM (session chair: David McKeen)
(session chair: David McKeen)
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction - Brian Batell (University of Pittsburgh)

9:10 AM Light dark matter: models and direct detection prospects - Tongyan Lin (Berkeley/UCSD)

9:45 AM Light DM Direct Detection - Matt Pyle (Berkeley)
10:20 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM (session chair: David McKeen)
(session chair: David McKeen)
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

10:50 AM Repulsion of Dark Matter and Null Direct Signals - Hooman Davoudiasl (BNL)

11:25 AM Flavor physics and a light dark world - Irina Mocioiu (PennState)
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM (session chair: Brian Batell)
(session chair: Brian Batell)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

2:00 PM The Axion Resonant InterAction DetectioN Experiment (ARIADNE) - Andrew Geraci (Nevada)

2:30 PM Clockwork axion and its continuum limit - Chang Sub Shin (APCTP)

3:00 PM The axion quality problem - Linda Carpenter (OSU)
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM (session chair: Brian Batell)
(session chair: Brian Batell)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

4:00 PM Minimal Flavor Violation with Axion-Like Particles - Sang Hui Im (Bonn)

4:30 PM Flavor and light scalars - Ahmed Ismail (Pittsburgh)

5:00 PM Light Axino Dark Matter: Freeze-in Production, Decay and Lyman-alpha Forest Constraints - Kyu Jung Bae (IBS-CTPU)
Friday, October 20, 2017

8:30 AM Breakfast
Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM (session chair: Tongyan Lin)
(session chair: Tongyan Lin)
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

9:00 AM Searches for light new physics at LHCb - Mike Williams (MIT)

9:35 AM ELDER (and SIMP) Dark Matter - Maxim Perelstein (Cornell)
10:10 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM (session chair: Tongyan Lin)
(session chair: Tongyan Lin)
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

10:50 AM SIMP scenario made healthier by dark vector mesons - Pyungwon Ko (KIAS)

11:25 AM Phenomenology of the Gauged U(1) Clockwork - Hyun Min Lee (Chung-Ang)
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM (session chair: Ahmed Ismail)
(session chair: Ahmed Ismail)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

2:00 PM Global Positioning System as a Dark Matter Detector - Andrei Derevianko (Nevada)

2:30 PM Searching for light bosons with black holes and gravitational waves - Masha Baryakhtar (Perimeter)

3:00 PM Interacting Dark Matter and Astrophysical Signatures - Yong Tang (Tokyo)
3:30 PM Coffee and Group Photo
Coffee and Group Photo
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM (session chair: Ahmed Ismail)
(session chair: Ahmed Ismail)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

4:00 PM Exotic Phenomenology from the Sterile Neutrino Sector - Bibhushan Shakya (Cincinnati/Michigan)

4:30 PM Light Dark Matter at Neutrino Experiments - Lina Necib (Caltech)

5:00 PM Inelastic Boosted Dark Matter at Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments - Doojin Kim (CERN)
6:30 PM Forum Dinner
Forum Dinner
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday, October 21, 2017

8:30 AM Breakfast
Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM (session chair: Hye-Sung Lee)
(session chair: Hye-Sung Lee)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

9:00 AM Dynamical Dark Matter: Theoretical Overview and Recent Results - Keith Dienes (Arizona/NSF)

9:30 AM Model Building in the Dynamical Dark Matter Framework: Thermal and Non-Thermal Realizations - Brooks Thomas (Lafayette)
10:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Oakland Room
10:30 AM (session chair: Hye-Sung Lee)
(session chair: Hye-Sung Lee)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Oakland Room
Contributions

10:30 AM Testing Light Dark Matter Coannihilation With Fixed-Target Experiments - Gordan Krnjaic (Fermilab)

11:00 AM Dark Sector Searches at Seaquest - Ming Liu (LANL)

11:30 AM The Weak Mixing Angle and Dark Parity Violation - Including Qweak Results - William Marciano (BNL)