Light Dark Matter Searches

721. WE-Heraeus-Seminar

08 Jun - 11 Jun 2021

Where:

Online Seminar (MeetAnyway)

Scientific organizers:

Prof. Dr. Patrick Achenbach,  Universität Mainz •  Priv.-Doz. Dr. Luca Doria, Universität Mainz •  Prof. Dr. Marco Battaglieri, National Institute for Nuclear Physics Genova, Italy

Dark matter is the name assigned to one of the most important contemporary challenges that fundamental physics research is facing. In recent years, the hypothesis that dark matter might be "light" is gaining interest. Following this idea, dark matter particles belong to a new, unexplored dark sector, that is communicating with the Standard Model through one (or more) dark mediator particles. The mass scale of such dark sector particles, i.e. the mediators and the stable dark matter particles, could be comparable to the proton mass or below.

Light dark matter would be very difficult to detect with high-energy colliders or with direct detection experiments, so that accelerator-based dark matter searches with smaller, but dedicated experiments are important. The capabilities of high-intensity cw electron and proton beams enable unique opportunities for probing the dark sector. These experimental approaches are complementary to searches for dark matter at the high-energy frontier with the LHC at CERN.

The aim of the workshop is to discuss light dark matter searches with national and international experts from experiments as well as from theory.


The conference language will be English.

Although this is a virtual seminar, we will use an online platform that is designed to emulate a “real” scientific conference as closely as possible. It allows not only for plenary sessions but also for poster sessions, and particularly encourages personal interactions during the seminar.