Dark matter (WIMPs) direct detection

13 Oct 2019, 08:00 → 16 Oct 2019, 18:00 Asia/Shanghai

B105 (CHEP)

Dark Matter (DM) is one of the most important questions to be understood and answered in fundamental physics. Observations with varied astronomical and cosmological technologies already pinned down that DM exists in the Universe, the Milky Way, and the Solar System. However, the understanding of DM under the language of elementary physics is still in progress. DM direct detection aims at testing the interactive cross-section in between galactic DM particles and the nucleons of an underground detector. Although Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) is the most discussed DM candidate, the null-WIMPs conclusion has been consistently addressed by most convincing experiments in the field. We were hoping to have you at Peking University on Oct 14-16 of 2019 to discuss the challenges of DM (WIMPs) direct detection; more important, figure out possible new opportunities for us to exploit the nature of DM. Invited speakers (including but not limited to): Richard Gaitskell, Brown U., USA, Dan Hooper, U. Chicago/Fermilab, USA, Takeyasu, Ito, LANL, USA, Isapel Lopes, U. Coimbra, Portugal, Dan Mckinsey, UC Berkeley/LBNL, USA, George Seidel, Brown U., USA. Organizers: Qing-Hong Cao, Peking U., CN, Junhui Liao, Brown U., USA. Peking University locates in the capital city of China, Beijing, which is dynamic and historical. Welcome to Beijing.

Monday, 14 October

Registration

DM theory

Convener: Prof. Qing-Hong Cao (PKU)

1 Workshop openning

Speaker: Prof. Yuanning Gao (PKU)

2 Workshop introduction 1

Speaker: Prof. Qing-Hong Cao (PKU)

3 Workshop introduction 2

Speaker: Dr Junhui Liao (Brown U.)

Slides PekingU_DMWS_Oct142019.pdf

4 DM theoretical talk 1

Speaker: Prof. Dan Hooper (U. Chicago/Fermilab)

Slides Hooper-2019.pptx

5 DM Theoretical talk 2

Speaker: Prof. Xiaojun Bi (IHEP, CAS)

Slides PKU-DM-2019.pptx

11:00 Coffee Break & Group Photo

DM theory

Convener: Prof. Qing-Hong Cao (PKU)

6 DM Theoretical talk 3

Speaker: Dr Jia Liu (U.Chicago)

Slides 2019-10-14-PKU-DM-workshop-JiaLiu-v4.pdf

12:20 Lunch Box

High mass WIMPs direct detection

Convener: Prof. Daniel MC Kinsey (UC Berkeley)

7 LUX/LZ

Speaker: Prof. Richard Gaitskell (Brown U.)

Slides 191013_CHEP_WIMPS_DM_LUX_LZ_Gaitskell.pdf

8 XENON1T and Beyond: Searching for the Heavy and Light Dark Matter Particles

Speaker: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UCSD)

Slides XENON-PKUWorkshop-2019-Ni.pdf

14:50 Coffee Break

High mass WIMPs direct detection

Convener: Prof. Daniel MC Kinsey (UC Berkeley)

9 PandaX

Speaker: Prof. Yue Meng (SJTU)

Slides WIMPsearch_PandaX4Tv2_Meng.pptx

10 DarkSide talk 1

Speaker: Dr Xiang Xiao (UCLA)

Slides DarkSide-Xiang_Xiao.pdf

Tuesday, 15 October

Low mass WIMPs direct detection and liquid helium researches

Convener: Prof. Richard Gaitskell (Brown U.)

11 Low mass DM direct detection review

Speaker: Prof. Dan Mc Kinsey (UC Berkeley)

Slides McKinsey_Beijing2_2019.pdf

12 CDEX

Speaker: Dr Litao Yang (Tsinghua U.)

Slides 20191015_CDEX_Status_YangLT.pdf

13 DarkSide talk 2

Speaker: Mr Xinran Li (Princeton U.)

Slides DarkSide-50-WIPMs-CHEP-PKU.pdf

11:00 Coffee Break

Liquid helium researches

Convener: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UCSD)

14 LHe talk 1

Speaker: Prof. George Seidel (Brown U.)

Slides helium.pdf

12:10 Lunch Box

Liquid helium researches

Convener: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UCSD)

15 LHe talk 2

Speaker: Dr Takeyasu Ito (Los Alamos)

Slides LHe_Ito_2.pdf

16 ALHET

Speaker: Dr Junhui Liao (Brown U.)

Slides PekingU_ALHET_Oct152019.pdf

14:50 Coffee Break

Liquid helium researches

Convener: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UCSD)

17 SiPMs company 1

Speaker: Yue Tao (Hamamatsu (China))

18 SiPMs company 2

Speaker: Dr Alberto Gola (FBK)

17:00 Banquet

Wednesday, 16 October

ALHET review

Convener: Prof. Yuanning Gao (PKU)

19 Open discussion on the ALHET project

Speaker: interested participants

11:00 Coffee Break

ALHET review

Convener: Prof. Yuanning Gao (PKU)

20 Summary on the ALHET project

12:30 Lunch Box