Axion-WIMP Scientific Programme  · 

Scientific Programme

The 4th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs

will be held at DESY, Hamburg Site /Germany on 18-21 June 2008, in the main auditorium (building 5).

Agenda for printing

Wednesday 18/6/2008

Title/Topic

Speaker

Abstract

Welcome

A. Wagner (Chair of DESY Directorate)

 
 

V. Anastassopoulos (Vice-rector of the University of Patras)

 
 

J. Mnich (DESY deputy director in charge of High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics)

 

The pysics case for WIMPs, axions, WISPs

  

The physics case for WIMPs, axions, WISPs

J. Jäckel

 

Theory of WIMPs

D. G. Cerdeno

 

Coffe Break

  

Theory of axions

P. Sikivie

 

From axions to WISPs

A. Ringwald

 

Accelerator based searches

P. Schleper

 

Lunch

  

Signals from astrophysical sources I: solar axions and axion dark matter

  

Limits on axions, WIMPs and WISPs from astrophysics and cosmology

J. Redondo

 

Axion hot dark matter bounds

G. Raffelt

 

Review of cosmological bounds on warm dark matter and astrophysical bounds on decaying dark matter

O. Ruchayskiy

Link

The upgraded performance of CAST

J. Ruz

 

Tokyo axion helioscope

M. Minowa

Link

Coffee Break

  

First tests on a single photon detector in the eV range at CAST

G. Cantatore

Link

Hunting solar axions in low Earth orbit

P. Huber

Link

Discussion

  

End

  

Thursday 19/6/2008

Title/Topic

Speaker

Abstract

Direct searches for Dark Matter WIMPs

  

First results from DAMA/LIBRA

A. Incicchitti

Link

Status of the KIMS experiment

S. C. Kim

Link

Status of XENON 100

M. Schumann

Link

Coffee Break

  

Expect. background at XENON 100

E. Tziaferi

Link

Recent results from the CDMS-II experiment

T. Bruch

Link

Results of the CRESST commissioning run 2007

J.-C. Lanfranchi

Link

The Argon Dark Matter experiment (ArDM)

C. Regenfus

Link

Lunch

  

DRIFT

N. Spooner

 

Signals from astrophysical sources II: high energy photon experiments

  

Detection of distant AGN by MAGIC: the transparency of the Universe to high-energy photons

M. Roncadelli

Link

Indirect search for dark matter with H.E.S.S.

J. Ripken

Link

Coffee Break

  

X ray constraints on late decaying dark matter majorons

S. Riemer-Sorensen

Link

Polarization measurements of gamma-ray bursts and axion-photon coupling

A. Sakharov

 

Spectral Signatures of Photon-Axion Oscillations from Compact Astrophysical Sources

D. Chelouche

Link

Discussion

  

End

  

Evening Lecture

P. Sikivie

Link

Friday 20/6/2008

Title/Topic

Speaker

Abstract

Laboratory searches for axions, WISPs

  

BMV project: Final results on photon oscillations into massive particles

M. Fouché

Link

Experiments at Jefferson Lab./Yale

K. Baker

 

GammeV: Fermilab axionlike particle photon regeneration results

W. Wester

 

Coffee Break

  

Open Access in High energy physics - Overview and future challenges

M. Köhler

Link

Testing Chameleon models in the laboratory

A. Weltman

 

GammeV: Fermilab chameleon search and future ideas

A. Chou

 

Lunch

  

Status of OSQAR

A. Siemko

 

Status of the ALPS Experiment

K. Ehret

Link

Coffee Break

  

New experimental developments

  

Wide aperture superconducting magnets

S. Russenschuck

 

Lasers for the axion-like particle search

M. Hildebrandt

Link

Raising WISP production rate by use of optical cavities

T. Meier

Link

Status and perspectives of experiments testing gravitation

H. Meyer

Link

Discussion

  

End

  

Saturday 21/6/2008

Title/Topic

Speaker

Abstract

New theoretical developments

  

Report from the DESY theory “calculationshop” on WISPs

Jörg Jäckel, Andreas Ringwald

 

Continuous Axion Photon Duality, Axion Photon Oscillations, Solitons and Splitting

E. Guendelman

Link

Anomaly induced effects in a magnetic field

O. Ruchayskiy

 

Pulsed Plasma Generator as Laboratory Source of axions or ALPs

J. Jacoby and K. Zioutas

Link

Coffee Break

  

New ideas and experimental approaches

  

The enigmatic sun

K. Zioutas

Link

Free-electron lasers at DESY: Status, challenges, and opportunities

T. Laarmann

 

Lunch

  

Polarization measurements and their perspectives:
PVLAS Phase II

G. Cantatore

Link

WISP hunting - some new experimental ideas

J. Jäckel

Link

Microwave Cavity Search for 0.1 meV Axions

P. L. Slocum

Link

Conclusions

  

End of workshop

  

Departure to harbor and St. Pauli beach club

  

 

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