Chicago Workshop on Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

This workshop aims to bring together a group of early-career physicists working on a broad range of topics at the interface of dark matter and neutrino physics. The workshop will take place at the beautiful Lakeshore campus of Loyola University Chicago.
This event is made possible thanks to the support of the National Science Foundation under grant No. PHY-2013052 and the Department of Physics at Loyola.

Confirmed speakers

Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez (McGill U), Neutrino oscillations and very light dark photons Slides

Rui An (USC), Can Neutrino Self-interactions Save Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter? Slides

Innes Bigaran (Northwestern U and Fermilab), Charged-lepton flavour violation and radiatively-generated neutrino mass Slides

Nicolás Fernández (Rutgers U), Enhancing the early universe from rotating axion field

Margarita Gavrilova (Cornell U), Fermion pair radiation from accelerating classical systems Slides

Mitrajyoti Ghosh (Cornell U), The 2-neutrino force and where to find it Slides

Subhajit Ghosh (Notre Dame U), Flavor-specific neutrino self-interaction is favored in Cosmology

Soubhik Kumar (UC Berkeley), Cosmology of Heavy Axions: Decaying Dark Matter and Baryogenesis Slides

Elena Pinetti (Fermilab) Probing dark matter with cosmic voids (Chalkboard talk)

Zahra Tabrizi (Northwestern U), BSM Targets at a Target-less DUNE Slides

Douglas Tuckler (Carleton U), Probing Neutrino Portal Dark Matter: From Colliders to Supernovae

Registration

To register as a participant in the workshop, please fill this form. Registration ends on Ferbuary 28.

Program

Covid guidelines

All University guests are encouraged but not required to be up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations to attend campus events. This means a person has received all recommended doses in their primary series COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose when eligible.
Participants will be required to wear masks while sitting in the seminar room.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

The Loyola University Chicago community acknowledges its location on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and Meskwaki. We recognize that descendants of these and other North American tribes continue to live and work on this land with us. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide, and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today. As a Jesuit university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of local Native Americans and their continued connection to this land.