Speakers: Bhaskar Dutta (Texas A&M university) In this talk, I will present new detection channels for light dark matter, with a particular focus on utilizing proton beam dump–based neutrino facilities. The high-intensity beams at these experiments open up the possibility of probing previously unexplored regions of light dark matter parameter space. These detection strategies are ... Read more
Speakers: Barmak Shams Es Haghi (University of Texas, Austin) In this talk, I will present a novel perspective on the role of inflation in the production of Dark Matter (DM). Specifically, I will explore the DM production during Warm Inflation via ultraviolet Freeze-In (WIFI). After a brief review of DM production from a thermal bath, ... Read more
Speakers: Matthew Low (University of Pittsburgh) One of the enduring mysteries in particle physics is the lightness of the Higgs mass which is known as the electroweak hierarchy problem. Traditionally, colliders have been the leading tool to search for theories that solve this problem. In recent years, however, data from the Large Hadron Collider has ... Read more
Speakers: Xiaochuan Lu (University of California, San Diego) Symmetry principles are extremely powerful tools for understanding the properties of physics systems generally, including particle physics. The ideas of symmetry are critical for establishing the Standard Model of particle physics and will guide us towards future discoveries. In this talk, I will explain how to make ... Read more
Speakers: Chris Gordon (University of Canterbury) If QCD axion dark matter formed post-inflation, axion miniclusters emerged from isocurvature fluctuations and later merged hierarchically into minihalos. These minihalos, potentially disrupted by stellar encounters in the Milky Way, affect axion detectability. We extend prior analyses by more accurately incorporating multiple stellar encounters and dynamical relaxation timescales, simulating ... Read more
Speakers: Vladimir Shiltev I will discuss key accelerator and beam physics developments that have advanced nuclear and high-energy physics, highlighting their relevance to major future projects such as the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee, a Higgs Factory at CERN), and the Muon Collider. I will first focus on electron lenses (e-lenses) for beam-beam ... Read more