DSU09

5th International Workshop on

the Dark Side of the Universe

1-5 June 2009, Melbourne

Program

Please note: Scheduling may change
Speakers may use their own laptops for the presentations or bring their talk on a USB stick (PDF or PowerPoint)

MONDAY, 1 JUNE

08:45-09:20  Registration

SESSION CHAIR:  Csaba Balazs

09:20-09:40  Carlos Munoz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT): Opening and DSU10 presentation

09:40-10:20  David Wittman (University of California, Davis): Weak Lensing Surveys in the Next Decade

10:20-10:50  Tea/coffee break

10:50-11:30  Durdana Balakishiyeva (University of Florida): Update on CDMS detector improvements and current status of the Supertower

11:30-12:10  Daniel Chung (University of Wisconsin – Madison): Phenomenological connections between particle physics and dark energy

12:10-14:00  Lunch break

SESSION CHAIR:  Michael Brown

14:00-14:40  Victor Flambaum (University of New South Wales): Cosmological variation of fundamental constants and dark energy

14:40-15:20  Bruce McKellar (University of Melbourne): Epoch dependent dark energy

15:20-15:40  Tea/coffee break

15:40-16:20  Hongsheng Zhang (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute): Dark energy – observations, challenges and possible candidates

16:20-17:00  Qasem Exirifard (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran): Covariant approach to dark matter and dark energy

17:00-18:30  Welcome reception (Laby Theatre foyer)

TUESDAY, 2 JUNE

SESSION CHAIR:  Carlos Munoz

09:00-09:40  Katie Howard (Macquarie University): Modelling the flare activity of Sgr A*

09:40-10:20  Jan Ridky (Inst. of Physics, Czech Acad. of Science): On stimulated radiation of black holes

10:20-10:50  Tea/coffee break

10:50-11:30  Antonio De Felice (Louvain University): Scale dependent superluminal propagation as a key feature of Modified Gravity Models

11:30-12:10  Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town): Towards an understanding of fourth order gravity

12:10-14:00  Lunch break

SESSION CHAIR:  Nicole Bell

14:00-14:40  Jürg Diemand (University of California, Santa Cruz): Simulations of galactic cold dark matter halos

14:40-15:20  Michael Brown (Monash University): Slow Galaxy Growth Within Rapidly Growing Dark Matter Halos

15:20-15:50  Tea/coffee break

15:50-16:30  Gustavo Yepes (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid): Near field Cosmology and the nature of dark matter

16:30-17:10  Stefan Gottlöber (Astrophysical Institute Potsdam): Constrained simulations of the local universe with cold and warm dark matter

17:10-17:50  Scott Wales (Sydney Institute for Astronomy): Effects of dark sector interactions on structure formation

WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE

SESSION CHAIR:  Gustavo Yepes

09:00-09:40  Maria Dolores Rodriguez Frias (Universidad de Alcala): The JEM-EUSO Space Mission: Frontier astroparticle physics @ ZeV range from space

09:40-10:20  Anthony M Brown (Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille): The ANTARES neutrino telescope: Status and first results

10:20-10:50  Tea/coffee break

10:50-11:30  Bruce Dawson (University of Adelaide): Recent Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory

11:30-12:10  Aldo Morselli (INFN Roma Tor Vergata): Search for Dark Matter in the sky

12:10-14:00  Lunch break

SESSION CHAIR:  Fei Wang

14:00-14:40  Nicole Bell (University of Melbourne): Indirect dark matter detection – robust bounds on annihilation to electrons, neutrinos and gamma rays

14:40-15:20  Shunsaku Horiuchi (University of Tokyo): Neutrino constraints on dark matter

15:20-15:50  Tea/coffee break

15:50-16:30  Roland Crocker (University of Melbourne and Monash University): Limits on dark matter annhilation cross-sections from radio and gamma-ray observations of the Galactic centre

16:30-17:10  Thomas Jacques (University of Melbourne): Constraining dark matter annihilation to gamma rays and charged particles

18:30-22:00  Conference dinner at University House

THURSDAY, 4 JUNE

SESSION CHAIR:  Pyungwon Ko

09:00-09:40  Robert Foot (University of Melbourne): Mirror dark matter interpretation of the DAMA/Libra annual modulation signal

09:40-10:20  Elisabetta Barberio (University of Melbourne): The neutralino as dark matter candidate

10:20-10:50  Tea/coffee break

10:50-11:30  Keith Olive (University of Minnesota): Neutralino Dark Matter and Detection in Variants of the CMSSM

11:30-12:10  Carlos Munoz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT): The µνSSM and gravitino dark matter

12:10-14:00  Lunch break

SESSION CHAIR:  Keith Olive

14:00-14:40  Beatriz Canadas (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT – UAM/CSIC): Detecting dark matter substructure with Fermi

14:40-15:20  David G. Cerdeno (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid): Thermal right-handed sneutrino dark matter in the NMSSM

15:20-15:50  Tea/coffee break

15:50-16:30  Csaba Balazs (Monash University): Likelihood analysis of NmSuGra

16:30-17:10  Ki Young Choi (Madrid Autonoma University): Gravitino dark matter and cosmological constraints

17:10-17:50  Rajesh Parwani (National University of Singapore): State dependence of bounces in nonlinear quantum cosmology

FRIDAY, 5 JUNE

SESSION CHAIR:  Csaba Balazs

09:00-09:40  Joshua Ruderman (Princeton University): The Dark Sector: Model building and lepton jets

09:40-10:20  Huitzu Tu (University of California, Irvine): Hidden Sector Charged Dark Matter

10:20-10:50  Tea/coffee break

10:50-11:30  Pyungwon Ko (Korea Institute for Advanced Study): Electroweak symmetry breaking and cold dark matter from strongly interacting hidden sector

11:30-12:10  Yann Mambrini (LPT Orsay): (In)visible Z' and dark matter signals

END OF CONFERENCE – Free afternoon to explore Melbourne

Registered participants

Durdana Balakishiyeva (University of Florida)

Csaba Balazs (Monash University)

Elisabetta Barberio (University of Melbourne)

Andrew Beckwith (AIBEP)

Nicole Bell (University of Melbourne)

Florian Beutler (University of Western Australia)

Anthony M Brown (Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille)

Michael Brown (Monash University)

Beatriz Canadas (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT – UAM/CSIC)

Daniel Carter (Monash University)

David G. Cerdeno (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

Ki Young Choi (Madrid Autonoma University)

Daniel Chung (University of Wisconsin – Madison)

Roland Crocker (University of Melbourne and Monash University)

Bruce Dawson (University of Adelaide)

Antonio de Felice (Louvain University)

Jürg Diemand (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town)

Valeriy Dvoeglazov (Universidad de Zacatecas)

Salah Eddine En Nadifi (Lab-HEP, MedV Univ, Rabat, Morocco)

Qasem Exirifard (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran)

Victor Flambaum (University of New South Wales)

Robert Foot (University of Melbourne)

Stefan Gottlöber (Astrophysical Institute Potsdam)

Rajiv Gupta (Guru Nanak Dev University)

Rawash Hamza (Cairo University)

Shunsaku Horiuchi (University of Tokyo)

Katie Howard (Macquarie University)

Thomas Jacques (University of Melbourne)

Pyungwon Ko (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)

Rakesh Teja Konduru (Jagan’s Degree & P.G College, Nellore, India)

Yann Mambrini (LPT Orsay)

Bruce McKellar (University of Melbourne)

Michael Morgan (Monash University)

Aldo Morselli (INFN Roma Tor Vergata)

Carlos Munoz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & IFT)

Keith Olive (University of Minnesota)

Rajesh Parwani (National University of Singapore)

Nadine Pesor (University of Melbourne)

Jan Ridky (Inst. of Physics, Czech Acad. of Science)

Maria Dolores Rodriguez Frias (Universidad de Alcala, JEM-EUSO Collaboration)

Joshua Ruderman (Princeton University)

Ajay Sharma (Fundamental Physics Society, India)

Opokuaa Stella (Warset GH Ltd)

Jayne Thompson (University of Melbourne)

Holly Trowland (University of Sydney)

Huitzu Tu (University of California, Irvine)

Scott Wales (Sydney Institute for Astronomy)

Fei Wang (Monash University)

David Wittman (University of California, Davis)

Gustavo Yepes (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

Hongsheng Zhang (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)