Workshop on Defining New Simulation Frontiers for Dark Matter Discovery
Description
This workshop will bring together experts in particle physics theory, cosmology, theoretical and numerical astrophysics to discuss challenges in making detailed astrophysics predictions using state-of-the-art numerical simulations for various dark matter models. These constitute urgent targets for precision study given theoretical motivations from particle theory and empirical hints from galactic observations today.
One of the goals of this workshop is to identify a number of dark matter benchmark models that are representative of the qualitatively different astrophysical phenomena that can arise, and to coordinate the development of the simulation tools that will allow for detailed astrophysical predictions to be made. This will ensure that simulation tools do not get locked into the specifics of the simplest dark matter models and rather develop the broad simulation capabilities required for the discovery or diagnosis of a broad spectrum of dark matter properties from astrophysical observations.
The workshop will lay the foundations for a new co-ordinated effort in the development of numerical simulation techniques for cosmology and astrophysics, that will greatly impact the experimental and observational strategies to discover the nature of dark matter.
Sponsors:
We gratefully acknowledge support from our sponsors:
- The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
- The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
- The Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto
- The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
- The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Schedule
09:00 to 09:10 |
Welcome
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09:10 to 09:40 |
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Mark Vogelsberger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
09:40 to 10:10 |
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Alyson Brooks, Rutgers University |
10:10 to 10:40 |
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Simeon Bird, UC Riverside |
10:40 to 11:10 |
Coffee Break
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11:10 to 11:40 |
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Jo Bovy, University of Toronto |
11:40 to 12:10 |
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Kim Boddy, University of Texas at Austin |
12:10 to 12:40 |
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Katelin Schutz, McGill University |
12:40 to 13:40 |
Lunch
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13:40 to 14:05 |
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Caleb Gemmell, University of Toronto |
14:05 to 14:30 |
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Sarah Schon, The Pennsylvania State University |
14:30 to 15:00 |
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Jiji Fan, Brown University |
15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 16:00 |
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, University of New Hampshire |
16:00 to 16:30 |
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Rouven Essig, Stony Brook University |
16:30 to 17:00 |
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Neal Weiner, New York University |
17:00 |
End
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09:00 to 10:30 |
Joint discussion
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10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 12:30 |
Focus groups discussion I
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12:30 to 13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 to 15:00 |
Focus groups discussion II
|
15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 17:00 |
Joint discussion II
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17:00 to 18:00 |
End
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18:00 |
Dinner (Location TBA)
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09:00 to 10:30 |
Focus group discussion III
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10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 12:30 |
Final joint discussion and workshop closing
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12:30 to 13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 to 15:00 |
Optional networking session
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15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 17:00 |
Optional networking session
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17:00 |
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