Dark matter searches in the 2020s - At the crossroads of the WIMP

Asia/Tokyo
The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus

The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus

Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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Testing the hypothesis of particle dark matter is one of the key questions in Physics today. While no conclusive experimental evidence has been found so far, a new generation of experiments promise a big leap forward in the next decade. Future indirect, direct and collider experiments will be conjointly in reach to probe the largest part of the parameter space of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), the long-standing canonical dark matter candidates. By this, a confirmation or manifest rejection of the WIMP hypothesis is in reach during the next 10 years.

The goal of this symposium is to stimulate exchange between these various next-generation WIMP searches. Therefore, it brings together Japanese and international researchers from all relevant experimental and theoretical fields. The latter include up-to-date particle and interaction models, astrophysical constraints, and the status of next-generation instruments. Additionally, we aim at a special focus on the neutrino floor background for future direct searches, and searches for DM signatures in charged astroparticles. By this, the symposium helps to foster collaborations and to explore the complementarity of the different search strategies.

Main Topics:

  • Dark matter theory
  • Collider experiments for dark matter searches 
  • Dark matter direct detection experiments
  • Dark matter indirect detection experiments
  • Astrophysical constraints on dark matter distributions

We encourage especially young researchers and students to attend the symposium.

Venue:  

6F Conference Hall, Kashiwa research complex, Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo

Confirmed Invited Speakers (as of October 3, 2019): 

  • Andrea Albert (LANL)
  • Yoichi Asaoka (Waseda)
  • Cristiano Galbiati (Princeton)
  • Graciela Gelmini (UCLA)
  • Nagisa Hiroshima (Riken)
  • Moritz Hütten (MPP)
  • Fabio Iocco (Imp. Coll. London/U. Napoli)
  • Rubén López-Coto (INFN Padova, *remote talk)
  • Shigeki Matsumoto (Kavli IPMU)
  • Takeo Moroi (U. Tokyo)
  • Tatsuhiro Naka (Toho)
  • Ciaran O'Hare (University of Sydney)
  • Yutaka Ohira (U. Tokyo)
  • Priscilla Pani (DESY)
  • Paolo Salucci (SISSA)
  • Ryu Sawada (U. Tokyo/CERN)
  • Kate Scholberg (Duke, *remote talk)
  • Satoshi Shirai (Kavli IPMU)
  • Masahiro Teshima (ICRR/MPP)
  • Koji Terashi (U. Tokyo/CERN)
  • Masaki Yamashita (ICRR)
  • Gabrijela Zaharijas (U. Nova Gorica)

Sponsors:

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This symposium is supported in part by:

  • MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas:
    16K21730 for Shoji Asai (PI, main hosts),
    19H05802 for Shigetaka Moriyama (co-PI, main hosts),
    18H05542 for Masahiro Ibe (PI),
    18H04359 for Kohei Hayashi (Publicly),
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S):
    17H06131 for Masahiro Teshima (PI, main hosts),
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B):
    17H02878 for Shigeki Matsumoto (co-PI),
  • and the grant for ICRR’s Fiscal Year 2019 Inter-University Research Program (PI: Moritz Hütten)

 

Participants
  • Akira Okumura
  • Andrea Albert
  • Asahi Kojima
  • Cesar Calderon
  • Ciaran O'Hare
  • Cristiano Galbiati
  • Daiki Hashimoto
  • Daniel Kerszberg
  • Daniela Hadasch
  • David Paneque
  • Diana Werner
  • Dylan van Arneman
  • Fabio Iocco
  • Francesca Borzumati
  • Gabrijela Zaharijas
  • Galina Shchelkanova
  • Graciela Gelmini
  • Haochen Yan
  • Harm van Leijen
  • Hidetoshi Kubo
  • Hideyuki Fuke
  • Hideyuki Oide
  • Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Hyuga Abe
  • Ipsita Saha
  • Joe Sato
  • Junichi Tanaka
  • Junji Hisano
  • Junping Tian
  • Kai Martens
  • Kate Scholberg
  • Katsuaki Kasahara
  • Katsuki Hiraide
  • Kaz Kohri
  • Kazuki Kato
  • Kazutaka Aoyama
  • Kazuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Keisuke Yanagi
  • Kenkichi Miyabayashi
  • Kentaro Miuchi
  • Kohei Hayashi
  • Kohei Yorita
  • Koichi Hamaguchi
  • Koji Ishidoshiro
  • Koji Noda
  • Koji Terashi
  • Kosuke Ozaki
  • Kyoshi Nishijima
  • Marcel Strzys
  • Masahiko Saito
  • Masahiro Ibe
  • Masahiro Kawasaki
  • Masahiro Takada
  • Masahiro Teshima
  • Masaki Yamashita
  • Masao Mori
  • Masato Kimura
  • Midori Sugahara
  • Mihoko Nojiri
  • Mitsunari Takahashi
  • Moritz Hütten
  • Motohide Kokubun
  • Nagisa Hiroshima
  • Osamu Seto
  • Oscar Macias
  • Paolo Salucci
  • Pengwei Xie
  • Pietro Caradonna
  • Priscilla Pani
  • Rina Yamazaki
  • Ryoko Shiraga
  • Ryosuke Nomura
  • Ryu Sawada
  • satoko osone
  • Satoshi Shirai
  • Sergei Blinnikov
  • Sergio Hernandez Cadena
  • Shigeki Matsumoto
  • Shigetaka Moriyama
  • Shih-Wen Hor
  • Shih-Yen Tseng
  • Shingo Kazama
  • Shohei Yanagita
  • Shoji Asai
  • Shoji Torii
  • Shunichi Horigome
  • shunsuke sakurai
  • Tadayuki Takahahashi
  • Takahiro Sudoh
  • Takanori Yoshikoshi
  • Takao Fukui
  • Takayuki Saito
  • Takeo Higuchi
  • Takeo Moroi
  • Takuya Wada
  • Tatsuhiro Naka
  • Tatsuo Yoshida
  • Tobias Binder
  • Tomohiro Inada
  • Toru Tanimori
  • Toshiaki Kaji
  • Toshio Namba
  • Toyokazu Sekiguchi
  • Wentao Luo
  • Yamaguchi Yohei
  • Yana Zhezher
  • Yoichi Asaoka
  • Yoichiro Suzuki
  • Yoshiaki Sofue
  • Yoshiki Ohtani
  • Yoshitaka Itow
  • Yoshiyuki Inoue
  • Yuki Iwamura
  • Yukiho Kobayashi
  • Yuta Nakamura
  • Yutaka Ohira
  • Zang Jiaqi