DMUK Meeting January 2025 - KCL

Name: DMUK Meeting January 2025 - KCL
Start: 2025-01-07T08:50:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-07T18:10:00+00:00
Location: King's College London

Tuesday 7 Jan 2025, 08:50 → 18:10 GMT

King's College London

Amy Cottle, Christopher McCabe (King's College London), Jim Dobson (King's College London), Malcolm Fairbairn (Physics, King's College London)

Description

A 1-day meeting for the UK's Dark Matter community to meet up, present research, and discuss the latest progress in the field.

Event details: The meeting will take place from 10:00 to 17:30 on Tuesday 7th January 2025 on the Strand Campus of King's College London. For those unable to attend in person, a Zoom connection will be available.

Abstract Submission and Registration: Registration for the event is now closed. However, late registrations will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Christopher McCabe directly to inquire about availability.

Location and accommodation: King's is centrally located and is easily accessible by public transport (see this link for directions). While we do not provide specific accommodation recommendations, central London offers a variety of options to suit different budgets.

Acknowledgments: Lunch and coffee will be provided. Support for this event is gratefully received from King's College London.

Support

christopher.mccabe@kcl.ac.uk

Participants

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- 09:00 → 09:50
  
  Arrival Period Bush House
  
  Bush House
  
  Enter through main entrance to Bush House (North Wing), 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG
- 09:50 → 11:15
  Morning session 1 Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04) (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
  
  Convener: Christopher McCabe (King's College London)
  - 09:50
    
    Welcome 10m
    
    Speakers: Christopher McCabe (King's College London), Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London), Prof. Malcolm Fairbairn (Physics, King's College London)
  - 10:00
    
    Light dark matter constraints using astrophysical neutrinos 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Teppei Katori (King's College London)
    
    TK_DM_DMUK25.pdf
  - 10:20
    
    Science opportunities with long-baseline atom interferometry 20m
    
    Speakers: Dr Jeremiah Mitchell, Jeremiah Mitchell (University of Cambridge)
    
    lbai-science-opp-JM.pptx
  - 10:40
    
    Massive graviton dark matter searches with long-baseline atom interferometers 15m
    
    Speaker: John Carlton
    
    DMUK_KCL_JC.pdf
  - 10:55
    
    Directional dark matter searches with levitated quantum sensors 20m
    
    Speaker: Fiona Alder (University College London)
    
    DMUK_2025_FionaAlder.pdf
- 11:15 → 11:25
  
  Refresher break 10m
- 11:25 → 12:25
  Morning session 2 Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04) (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
  
  Convener: Prof. Malcolm Fairbairn (Physics, King's College London)
  - 11:25
    
    Progress report on the QSHS axion search 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ed Daw (The University of Sheffield)
    
    QSHS_DMUK_jan_2025_slides.pdf
    
    QSHS_DMUK_jan_2025_slides.pdf
    
    QSHS_DMUK_jan_2025_slides.pptx
  - 11:45
    
    Gravitational ABJ Anomaly, Stochastic Matter Production, and Leptogenesis 20m
    
    Speakers: Azadeh Maleknejad, Azadeh Maleknejad (CERN)
    
    DMUK-2.pdf
  - 12:05
    
    Model of Dark Matter and Energy 20m
    
    Speakers: Paul Frampton (Unknown), Paul Frampton (University of Salento)
    
    TALKem.pdf
- 12:25 → 13:25
  
  Lunch break 1h Lower basement level (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lower basement level
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
- 13:25 → 15:00
  Afternoon session 1 Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04) (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
  
  Convener: Amy Cottle (University College London)
  - 13:25
    
    Darkside-20K 25m
    
    Speaker: Conner Roberts
    
    DMUK_DS20k_CR_v2.pdf
  - 13:50
    
    LUX-ZEPLIN 25m
    
    Speaker: Albert Baker (King's College London)
    
    DMUK-2025.compress.pdf
    
    DMUK-2025.pdf
  - 14:15
    
    XLZD and outreach activities 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Kimberly Palladino (University of Oxford)
    
    XLZDandDMUKOutreach.pdf
  - 14:45
    
    Update from the Boulby Underground Laboratory 15m
    
    Speaker: Paul Scovell (STFC)
    
    20250107_DMUK.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee break 30m Room 2.03 (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Room 2.03
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
- 15:30 → 16:40
  Afternoon session 2 Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04) (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
  
  Convener: Prof. Chamkaur Ghag
  - 15:30
    
    Dark matter in Europe and beyond: the iDMEU initiative and ideas for the European Strategy update 20m
    
    Speaker: Caterina Doglioni (The University of Manchester (GB))
    
    20250107_Doglioni_DMInEuropeAndBeyond.pdf
  - 15:50
    
    Collider searches for dark matter 20m
    
    Speakers: Benedikt Maier (Imperial College (GB)), Benedikt Maier (K)
    
    DMUK_BM.pdf
  - 16:10
    
    The Swiss Dark Matter Program 20m
    
    Speaker: Björn Penning
    
    The Swiss DM Program
    
    The Swiss DM Program
  - 16:30
    
    PAAP update 10m
    
    Speaker: Sergey Burdin (University of Liverpool (GB))
    
    PAAPatDMUKmeeting20250107.pdf
- 16:40 → 16:45
  
  Refresher break 5m
- 16:45 → 18:00
  Afternoon session 3 Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04) (Bush House (South Wing))
  
  Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)
  
  Bush House (South Wing)
  
  Convener: Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London)
  - 16:45
    
    Electron capture decays in the LZ experiment 15m
    
    Speaker: Olivia Valentino
    
    ECinLZ_DMUK2025-2.pdf
  - 17:00
    
    Radon Backgrounds in LZ 15m
    
    Speaker: Simran Dave
    
    Simran_DMUK.pdf
  - 17:15
    
    QUEST-DMC 20m
    
    Speaker: Elizabeth Leason
    
    QUEST_DMUK_Jan25_vf.pdf
  - 17:35
    
    Commissioning of the MIGDAL detector with fast neutrons at NILE/ISIS 20m
    
    Speaker: Tim Marley
    
    DMUK_2025_MIGDAL_Tim_Marley.pdf
  - 17:55
    
    Wrap up 5m
    
    Speakers: Christopher McCabe (King's College London), Prof. Malcolm Fairbairn (Physics, King's College London)

DMUK Meeting January 2025 - KCL

King's College London

Bush House

Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)

Bush House (South Wing)

Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)

Bush House (South Wing)

Lower basement level

Bush House (South Wing)

Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)

Bush House (South Wing)

Room 2.03

Bush House (South Wing)

Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)

Bush House (South Wing)

Lecture Theatre 2 (4.04)

Bush House (South Wing)