[ASA] CAASTRO-CoEPP Joint Workshop on dark matter

[Katherine J. Mack]

Dear colleagues,

This is an announcement for the upcoming CAASTRO-CoEPP Joint Workshop on the subject of Connecting Astrophysical Dark Matter with Direct Detection. The workshop will focus on the synergy between astrophysical studies and direct detection of dark matter, with a special emphasis on what future directional dark matter detectors can offer.

You can see more information and register at the website, here: http://www.caastro.org/event/2017-caastro-coepp2017 <http://www.caastro.org/event/2017-caastro-coepp2017>

The first day will focus on open questions about dark matter in both the astrophysical and particle physics regimes, while the second will discuss the progress of direct detection projects and the prospects for future experiments. One of the main motivations for the workshop is to connect with the Cygnus Collaboration – an international group proposing to build a directional dark matter detector at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory, which would be complementary to the SABRE experiment currently being constructed. The third day of the workshop will be reserved for a Cygnus collaboration meeting, which several CAASTRO and CoEPP members will have the opportunity to participate in, in the hope of kick-starting a new international collaboration. (A fourth-day excursion to Stawell for a select group might also occur, logistics-permitting.)

Dates: 30th January - 1st February
Location: Melbourne University School of Physics

Please contact me if you would like more information about the workshop program or logistics. The committee includes: Ixandra Achitouv, Nicole Bell, Tamara Davis, Robert Foot, Ray Volkas, Rachel Webster, Laura Wolz, and myself. The invited speaker list is still being finalized — abstracts for contributed talks are welcome!

Please forward this on to anyone you think might be interested.

Best regards,
Katie Mack

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   Dr Katherine J. Mack
   DECRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
   CAASTRO-CoEPP Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology
   School of Physics (David Caro Building)
   University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
   Email: kmack at unimelb.edu.au				Web: http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~kmack/
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