Prof.
Justin Read
(University of Surrey)
26/09/2016, 09:00
- Brief review of observables, measurement and timescales in astronomy
- Classical evidences for dark matter: galaxy clusters and the virial theorem; rotation curves
- What dark matter is not
Prof.
Jose Cembranos
(Complutense University of Madrid)
26/09/2016, 10:15
Production: Introduction; Freeze-out mechanism; Freeze-in mechanism; Decays of other particles; Gravitational production; Misalignment mechanism; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Asymmetric DM
Prof.
Graciela Gelmini
(University of California Los Angeles)
26/09/2016, 11:30
- What are we looking for?
- Overview of what we know and do not know about the dark matter and possible candidates for the dark matter.
- Dark matter particles as the earliest relics from the Big Bang.
Prof.
Justin Read
(Surrey)
27/09/2016, 09:00
- Cosmology primer
- Homogeneous Universe; FLRW metric; Friedmannn equation; the “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (LCDM) standard cosmological model
Prof.
Jose Cembranos
(Madrid)
27/09/2016, 10:15
Production: Freeze-out mechanism; Freeze-in mechanism; Decays of other particles; Gravitational production; Misalignment mechanism; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Asymmetric DM
Prof.
Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
27/09/2016, 11:30
- Introduction to dark matter searches.
- Introduction of direct dark matter detection. World wide efforts.
- The main elements of the expected rate in direct detection experiments (detector response, cross section and halo model) and their uncertainties.
Prof.
Justin Read
(Surrey)
28/09/2016, 09:00
- Inhomogeneous Universe
- Numerical simulations of structure formation in LCDM
- Evidence for dark matter from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Large Scale Structure
- The “bullet cluster” and evidence for particle dark matter
Prof.
Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
28/09/2016, 11:30
- The local distribution of dark matter in our galaxy.
- The expected annual modulation of the direct detection rate.
- Past hints of dark matter in direct detection experiments.
Prof.
Justin Read
(Surrey)
29/09/2016, 09:00
- The Lyman-alpha forest and the temperature of dark matter
- Near-field cosmology and “small scale puzzles” in LCDM
- Including the effect of “baryons” (stars and gas) in the models
Prof.
Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
29/09/2016, 11:30
- Halo-dependent and halo-independent direct detection data analysis.
- The future of direct dark matter detection.
- Introduction of search strategies at the LHC
Prof.
Justin Read
(Surrey)
30/09/2016, 09:00
- Beyond LCDM. Self-interacting and warm dark matter; alternative gravity models.
- Future probes of dark matter: Gravitational lensing; stellar stream bumps.
Prof.
Jose Cembranos
(Madrid)
30/09/2016, 10:15
- Indirect detection III : Antimatter (antiprotons and positrons)
Prof.
Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
30/09/2016, 11:30
- Complete and simplified dark matter models and their searches at the LHC.
- Complementarity of dark matter searches.
