Axion-like particles: Theory and Experiment

Europe/London
OC218 (IPPP Durham)

OC218

IPPP Durham

Durham DH1 3LE UK
Anupam Mazumdar, Ed Daw (Sheffield), Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute), Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)
Description
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.
Slides
Participants
  • Anne Green
  • Anupam Mazumdar
  • Christopher Hill
  • David Burton
  • Edward Daw
  • Ian Bailey
  • Igor Irastorza
  • Joerg Jaeckel
  • mario campanelli
  • Michael Spannowsky
  • Nathan Woollett
  • Paolo Beltrame
  • Peter Williams
  • Saleh Qutub
  • Subir Sarkar
  • Teppei Katori
    • 09:00 13:00
      Registration IPPP reception

      IPPP reception

      IPPP Durham

    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h IPPP reception

      IPPP reception

      IPPP Durham

      Durham DH1 3LE UK
    • 14:00 17:40
      Theory session OC218

      OC218

      IPPP Durham

      Durham DH1 3LE UK
      Convener: Dr Anupam Mazumdar (Lancaster University)
      • 14:00
        Welcome 10m
      • 14:10
        Non-WIMP Dark Matter 45m
        Speaker: Prof. Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford and Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 14:55
        WISP overview 45m
        Speaker: Prof. Joerg Jaeckel (ITP Heidelberg)
        Slides
      • 15:40
        Tea and coffee 20m
      • 16:00
        Axion electrodynamics 45m
        Speaker: Dr Chris Hill (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 18:30 20:00
      Dinner 1h 30m Collingwood college

      Collingwood college

    • 09:00 12:30
      Experimental Session 1 OC218

      OC218

      IPPP Durham

      Durham DH1 3LE UK
      Convener: Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)
      • 09:00
        Axionic suppression of plasma wakefield acceleration 45m
        Speaker: Dr David Burton (Lancaster University)
        Slides
      • 09:45
        Searching for Axions with ADMX - Status Report and Future Directions 45m
        Speaker: Dr Ed Daw (Sheffield University)
      • 10:30
        Tea and coffee 30m
      • 11:00
        IAXO 45m
        Speaker: Dr Igor Irastorza (University of Zaragoza)
        Slides
      • 11:45
        Axion searches using dark matter direct search experiments 45m
        Speaker: Dr Paolo Beltrame (University of Edinburgh)
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 14:00 17:30
      Experimental session 2 OC218

      OC218

      IPPP Durham

      Durham DH1 3LE UK
      Convener: Dr Ed Daw (Sheffield University)
      • 14:00
        SHiP experimental proposal 45m
        Speaker: Dr Mario Campanelli (UCL)
        Slides
      • 14:45
        ALPs at neutrino experiments 45m
        Speaker: Dr Teppei Katori (QMUL)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        Tea and coffee 30m
      • 16:00
        HSP/axion limits from accelerator-based light sources 30m
        Speaker: Dr Pete Williams (Daresbury Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        The CASCADE microwave LSW experiment 30m
        Speaker: Mr Nathan Woollett (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Photonic lattices for HSP/ALPS searches 30m
        Speaker: Dr Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)
        Slides
    • 18:00 19:30
      Dinner 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 09:00 12:30
      Discussion Session 1: Identifying activities in which the UK is or could be involved. OC218

      OC218

      IPPP Durham

      Durham DH1 3LE UK
      Convener: Dr Ian Bailey (Lancaster University / Cockcroft Institute)
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College