Probing the Nature of Dark Matter with LSST

Registration is now closed. If your availability has changed and wish to participate in the workshop, please contant the organizers directly.

Workshop Goal

LSST offers a unique avenue to attack the dark matter problem through "astrophysical probes". This workshop is the second in a series of workshops attempting to answer the question: how can we utilize LSST to help us understand the microphysics of dark matter, to identify the fundamental constituents of dark matter (e.g., new fundamental particles, compact objects), and to characterize the properties of these constituents (e.g, mass, temperature, self-interaction rate)?

The primary goal of this workshop is build on the work of the Pittsburg 2018 Workshop towards an LSST dark matter white paper. In this white paper, we hope to provide a comprehensive summary of the various techniques that can be used to test the fundamental nature of dark matter with LSST. Activity from the last workshop are summarized in a series of GitHub issues and tweets: #lsstdarkmatter.

We have also assembled graphical representations of the complex LSST dark matter parameter space. This graphic is intended to help conceptually organize the LSST dark matter program and serve as a road map for the dark matte white paper. We encourage the addition of new components through this submission form.

Mailing Lists

We have two mailing lists:

1. the LSST Dark Matter mailing list for general discussion; and
2. the LLNL 2018 Workshop mailing list for this particular workshop

If you wish to subscribe to these mailing lists, you can click the above links to subscribe, or send your request to Yao-Yuan Mao directly.

Agenda

The agenda is color coded by session type: plenary sessions, small group work sessions, and food/breaks.

A cheat sheet of useful links can be found here here. Ideas for the small-group hack sessions can be submitted here.

Participants

Organizers

• Keith Bechtol (Wisconsin)
• Will Dawson (LLNL)
• Alex Drlica-Wagner (FNAL)
• Nathan Golovich (LLNL)
• Yao-Yuan Mao (Pittsburgh)
• Annika Peter (OSU)
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (UNH)
• Risa Wechsler (Stanford)

Confirmed Participants

• Susmita Adhikari (Stanford)
• Bob Armstrong (LLNL)
• Arka Banerjee (KIPAC/Stanford)
• Simeon Bird (UC Riverside)
• Kimberly Boddy (Johns Hopkins)
• Ana Bonaca (Harvard)
• Andrew Bradshaw (UC Davis)
• Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine (Harvard)
• Perry Gee (UC Davis)
• Vera Gluscevic (U Florida/Princeton)
• David Hendel (U Toronto)
• James Jee (UC Davis/Yonsei)
• Manoj Kaplinghat (UC Irvine)
• Ting Li (Fermilab)
• Mitch McNanna (U of Wisconsin Madison)
• Michael Medford (UC Berkeley/LBL)
• Manuel Meyer (Stanford/KIPAC)
• Ethan Nadler (Stanford)
• Andrew Pace (Texas A&M)
• Daniel Polin (UC Davis)
• Michael Schneider (LLNL)
• Nora Shipp (UChicago)
• Josh Simon (Carnegie)
• Mei-Yu Wang (CMU)
• David Wittman (UC Davis)
• Hai-Bo Yu (UC Riverside)

Local Info

The workshop will take place at the High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC; Building 6475) on the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) at 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550. You will mostly likely want to drive/Uber/Lyft to the HPCIC. Odds are you will be staying at a hotel west of the lab, and will need to I-580 East to the Greenville Road south. Then the HPCIC and parking will be the first right after Eastgate Dr / Lupin Way. Note that you will not need to pass through the LLNL gate.

You will need to show a government-issued photo ID to enter the campus. You may also be asked whether you are a US citizen when you enter.

Sign-up for carpooling if interested (google sheet).

Breakfast and lunch will be provided (lunch for the first two days only).

We have reserved 20 rooms at the Courtyard Marriot and 10 rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Transportation: To and From Bay Area Airports

LLNL is approximately an hour east of San Francisco (SFO), Oakland(OAK), and San Jose (SJC) airports.

• A rental car may be the most convenient option. Approximately $50/day.
• Lyft and Uber: Takes 55+ minutes, costs about $65. Both are also prevelant in Livermore.
• Taxi: Takes 55+ minutes, costs about $120.

Previous Workshops

• Probing the Nature of Dark Matter with LSST | University of Pittsburgh, March 5-7, 2018
• LSST Community and Project Workshop: Dark Matter Science with LSST | Tucson, AZ August 16, 2016

Code of Conduct

The workshop organizers are committed to conducting a meeting that is productive and enjoyable for everyone. We will not tolerate harassment of participants in any form throughout the workshop.

By attending this workshop you agree to:

• Behave professionally. Harassment^[1], and exclusionary or offensive comments or jokes related to personal attributes^[2] are not appropriate.

• Communicate appropriately. Aim for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery are not acceptable.

• Be kind and considerate. Do not insult or put down other meeting participants.

All participants are empowered to request that undesirable behavior be stopped. Participants asked to stop any behavior inconsistent with this code of conduct are expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in behavior that violates this code of conduct, the workshop organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the workshop.

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1. Harassment includes, but is not limited to, sustained disruption of talks or other events, unwelcome physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, intimidation, stalking, and recording of an individual without consent.

2. Personal attributes include, but are not limited to, (alphabetically) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, lactation, nationality, physical appearance, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, and status as a caregiver (including as a parent).