Charting the Dark -- Sousse, Tunisia

31 Jul 2027, 09:00 → 6 Aug 2027, 18:00 Africa/Tunis

Andrew Wetzel (UC Davies), Francesca Calore, John Wu (STScI), Justin Read (University of Surrey), Lina Necib (Physics Department), Zeineb Mezghanni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Dark matter is constrained from more directions than almost any other problem in physics, yet the communities behind these probes rarely meet. This one-week meeting brings together experts in dark matter and galaxy formation to address questions where the two fields are deeply entangled. We will be having interesting conversations by the beautiful Mediterranean of Tunisia, while also witnessing the total solar eclipse of August 2, 2027.

Topics

• Dwarf galaxies
• Stellar streams and halo substructure
• Strong lensing
• Direct and indirect detection experiments
• Milky Way halo shape, density, and accretion history
• Cosmological simulations
• Wide-field surveys
• Machine learning: simulation-based inference, emulation, and anomaly detection, including their limitations

 

(Confirmed) Invited Speakers: 

• Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)
• Pasquale Dario Serpico (Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique
  Théorique)
• Amina Helmi (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
• Nitya Kallivayalil (University of Virginia)
• Manoj Kaplinghat (University of California Irvine)
• More to be confirmed soon.

Monday 2 August

07:00 → 13:00 Eclipse Day

Convener: Prof. Lina Necib (Physics Department)