DMUK Meeting - UCL

Europe/London
Haldane Room (University College London)

Haldane Room

University College London

Wilkins Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
Chamkaur Ghag (UCL), James Dobson (University College London)
Description
This is a 1-day meeting for the UK's Dark Matter community to meet up, present research, and discuss the latest progress in the field.
Participants
  • Alex Geringer-Sameth
  • Alex Murphy
  • ALFREDO TOMAS
  • Alistair Butcher
  • Andrew Scarff
  • Anthony Brown
  • Anthony Ezeribe
  • Asher Kaboth
  • Athoy Nilima
  • Billy Boxer
  • Brais Lopez Paredes
  • Cees Carels
  • Chamkaur Ghag
  • Christopher Toth
  • Constance Mahony
  • David Woodward
  • Ed Daw
  • Emma Meehan
  • Francis Froborg
  • Franco La Zia
  • George Lovell
  • Hans Kraus
  • Harry Johnston
  • Henrique Araujo
  • Ibles Olcina
  • James Dobson
  • John Quenby
  • Joseph Walding
  • Justin Read
  • Kathryn Boast
  • Krishna Naidoo
  • Kyle Graves
  • Laura Manenti
  • Luisa Lucie-Smith
  • Maria Francesca Marzioni
  • Martin Rey
  • Michele Cascella
  • Nellie Marangou
  • Niall Jeffrey
  • Paolo Beltrame
  • Pat Scott
  • Patrick Tunney
  • Paul Scovell
  • Pawel Majewski
  • Peter Rossiter
  • Rob Taylor
  • Roy Preece
  • Sally Shaw
  • Sarah Malik
  • Sean Paling
  • Sebastian Hoof
  • Sergey Balashov
  • Sergey Burdin
  • Tarso Franarin
  • Thomas Davison
  • Thomas Kitching
  • Umit Utku
  • Vitaly Kudryavtsev
  • Warren Lynch
    • 09:00 09:10
      Welcome 10m
      Speaker: Dr Chamkaur Ghag (UCL)
    • 09:10 09:45
      Dark Matter Heating 35m
      Speaker: Prof. Read Justin (University of Surrey)
      Slides
    • 09:45 10:20
      Dark Matter searches at the LHC 35m
      Speaker: Dr Sarah Malik (Imperial College London)
      Slides
    • 10:20 10:55
      Axions and non-WIMP searches 35m
      Speaker: Dr Edward Daw (The University of Sheffield)
      Slides
    • 10:55 11:25
      Break 30m

      Tea and coffee available

    • 11:25 12:00
      WIMP Direct Detection 35m
      Speaker: Dr Asher Kaboth (RHUL)
      Slides
    • 12:00 12:20
      Results from the LUX experiment 20m
      Speaker: Dr Sally Shaw (University College London)
      Slides
    • 12:20 12:40
      The DEAP-3600 experiment at SNOLab 20m
      Speaker: Mr Franco La Zia (Royal Holloway University of London)
      Slides
    • 12:40 13:00
      Low-background radio-assay capability in the UK 20m
      Speaker: Dr Paul Scovell (University of Oxford)
      Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 14:20
      Direct Detection of Nuclear Dark Matter Using Tonne-Scale Experiments 20m
      Speaker: Mr Alistair Butcher (Royal Holloway University of London)
      Slides
    • 14:20 14:40
      Directional dark matter searches with the DRIFT and CYGNUS-TPC experiments 20m
      Speaker: Mr Andrew Scarff (University of Sheffield)
      Slides
    • 14:40 15:00
      The LZ experimental hardware systems 20m
      Speaker: Dr Brais Lopez Paredes (Imperial College London)
      Slides
    • 15:00 15:20
      Break 20m
    • 15:20 15:40
      Software development for the LZ experiment 20m
      Speaker: Dr James Dobson (University College London)
      Slides
    • 16:00 16:20
      Directional detectors with polarised targets 20m
      Speaker: Mr Tarso Franarin (King's College London)
      Slides
    • 16:20 16:40
      The SABRE dark matter search experiment 20m
      Speaker: Dr Francis Froborg (Imperial College London)
      Slides