Axion-like particles: Theory and Experiment

13 Apr 2016, 09:00 → 15 Apr 2016, 18:00 Europe/London

OC218 (IPPP Durham)

Anupam Mazumdar, Ed Daw (Sheffield), Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute), Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)

This workshop aims to foster UK interest in searches for low-mass dark matter candidates and associated hypothetical particles such as axions, axion-like particles, hidden-sector photons and generic WISPs/FISPs.

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Wednesday, 13 April

09:00 → 13:00 Registration

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:40 Theory session

Convener: Dr Anupam Mazumdar (Lancaster University)

14:00 Welcome

14:10 Non-WIMP Dark Matter

Speaker: Prof. Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford and Niels Bohr Institute)

Slides Sarkar_non-WIMPdm.pdf

14:55 WISP overview

Speaker: Prof. Joerg Jaeckel (ITP Heidelberg)

Slides Durham-JJ.pdf

15:40 Tea and coffee

16:00 Axion electrodynamics

Speaker: Dr Chris Hill (Fermilab)

Slides Durham2.ppt

18:30 → 20:00 Dinner

Thursday, 14 April

09:00 → 12:30 Experimental Session 1

Convener: Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)

09:00 Axionic suppression of plasma wakefield acceleration

Speaker: Dr David Burton (Lancaster University)

Slides axion_Durham_2016_Indico_version.pdf

09:45 Searching for Axions with ADMX - Status Report and Future Directions

Speaker: Dr Ed Daw (Sheffield University)

10:30 Tea and coffee

11:00 IAXO

Speaker: Dr Igor Irastorza (University of Zaragoza)

Slides IAXO_Durham_Irastorza.pdf

11:45 Axion searches using dark matter direct search experiments

Speaker: Dr Paolo Beltrame (University of Edinburgh)

Slides Axion_search_with_DM_detector.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:30 Experimental session 2

Convener: Dr Ed Daw (Sheffield University)

14:00 SHiP experimental proposal

Speaker: Dr Mario Campanelli (UCL)

Slides ShipIPPP.pdf

14:45 ALPs at neutrino experiments

Speaker: Dr Teppei Katori (QMUL)

Slides TK_NCg_Durham.pdf

15:30 Tea and coffee

16:00 HSP/axion limits from accelerator-based light sources

Speaker: Dr Pete Williams (Daresbury Laboratory)

Slides 2016-04-13_HSP-Axion_limits_from_light_sources_-_Peter_Williams.pptx

16:30 The CASCADE microwave LSW experiment

Speaker: Mr Nathan Woollett (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)

Slides IoPandWorkshop0416.pdf

17:00 Photonic lattices for HSP/ALPS searches

Speaker: Dr Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)

Slides Photonics_140416.pdf

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner

Friday, 15 April

09:00 → 12:30 Discussion Session 1: Identifying activities in which the UK is or could be involved.

Convener: Dr Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch