Workshop on Astrophysics of Dark Matter
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Asia/Tokyo
Description
Identification of cosmological dark matter is one of the most exciting challenges in science. The workshop will bring together observers and theorists and will focus on astrophysical probes that can elucidate the nature of dark matter. We will hold a reception on Wednesday, October 14, at 18:00. Those wishing to attend the reception will be asked to contribute 3500 yen per person.
Invited speakers: Boylan-Kolchin, Michael (U. of Maryland) Camera, Stefano (U. of Manchester) Kaplinghat, Manoj (UCI) Massey, Richard (Durham University) Naoz, Smadar (UCLA) Nierenberg, Anna (Ohio state University) Pollack, Jason (Caltech) Vegetti, Simona (MPA, Garching) Viel, Matteo(INAF - Astronomical Observatory, Trieste, Italy) Wright, Edward (UCLA)
Program: available at Time table
Slides will be made available depending upon the consent of the speaker.
Dates: Oct. 13 (Tue) - 16 (Fri), 2015
Venue: Lecture Hall (1F), Kavli IPMU main building
Organizers: Alexander Kusenko (UCLA / Kavli IPMU), Tommaso Treu (UCLA), Naoki Yoshida(Kavli IPMU)
Contact Address: : Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
Sponsor:
Kavli IPMU (WPI)