Calibrating the LUX Detector

• James Dobson (University of Edinburgh)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

The Search for Dark Matter @LHC

• Steve Worm (RAL)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

Theoretical Uncertainties in Direct Dark Matter Detection and how to deal with them.

• Felix Kahlhoefer (DESY)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

Dark Matter from Astrophysics/Cosmology

• Jo Dunkley (University of Oxford)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

Closing in on the velocity distribution of Dark Matter with direct detection and neutrino telescopes

• Mattia Fornasa (University of Nottingham)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre The next generation of direct detection experiments not only will allow the reconstruction of the Particle Physics properties of Dark Matter (i.e. its mass and scattering cross section), but also the determination of its local velocity distribution. However, this measurement is hinder by the fact that direct detection experiments, being sensitive only above some energy threshold, do not probe down to very low velocities. I am going to show you how this problem can be solved by including the information provided by a (simulated) detection of neutrinos from the Sun. The complementary nature of such a signal will significantly improve the precision in the simultaneous reconstruction of the Dark Mass mass, cross section and velocity distribution.

First SD WIMP limits from DRIFT with full z-fiducialisation

• Andrew Scarff (University of Sheffield)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre First SD WIMP limits from DRIFT with full z-fiducialisation are presented, along with expected improvements in the near future.

Recent progress with the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter experiment

• Nasim Fatemighomi (Royal Holloway University London)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre DEAP-3600 is a single phase liquid argon (LAr) dark matter experiment. It is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Ontario. The detector has 1 tonne fiducial mass target of LAr. Construction of DEAP-3600 is nearly complete and commissioning will start in January 2015. The target sensitivity to spin-independent scattering of 100 GeV WIMPs is 10−46 cm2 which improves the current limits by one order of magnitude. The DEAP- 3600 background target is 0.6 background events in the WIMP region of interest in 3 tonne-years from all sources. This is achieved by selecting ultra low radioactive materials, sanding DEAP-3600 acrylic vessel and developing external calibration sources and deployment systems. The β/γ backgrounds are mitigated by LAr excellent pulse shape discrimination. This talk will present an overview and status of the experiment.

LZ Project Status

• Henrique Araújo (Imperial College London)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

LZ background estimation and sensitivity goal

• Paolo Beltrame (University of Edinburgh)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

Axion search prospects with the LZ experiment

• Maria Francesca Marzioni (University of Edinburgh)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre TBD

Boulby underground laboratory

• Emma Meehan (STFC)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre TBD

UK Screening Facilities

• Paul Scovell (University of Oxford)

Room: Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre