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July 13-24, 2009
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Monday July 13, 2009
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Coffee and registration check-in: Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill Building |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Meeting Logistics - Michele Judd (Keck Institute for Space Studies)
Welcome and Introduction to KISS – Tom Prince (Keck Institute for Space Studies) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Setting the Stage - Leonidas Moustakas (JPL/Caltech) pdf (21.9 MB) [video presentation] |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
The Canonical Framework - Joel Primack (UCSC) pdf (15.4 MB) [video presentation] |
| 11:00 - NOON |
DISCUSSION - Framework extensions, linearity, etc. - Sunil Golwala (Caltech) |
| NOON |
Drop off computers and gear in 3rd floor of Downs (across the street) and proceed to KISS Lunch at the Athenaeum |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - Synthesized Constraints on Dark Matter - Dan Coe (JPL/Caltech) pdf (5.2 MB) in Lauritsen 469 |
| 6:00 |
KISS Reception at the Cahill Patio |
Tuesday July 14, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
Simulations Now and in the Future - Mike Kuhlen(Institute for Advanced Study) pdf (27.4 MB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 - NOON |
DISCUSSION - Primordial DM Signatures vs. Nonlinear Evolution |
| NOON |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - TBD - in 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
KISS Dinner on the lawn outside of the Athenaeum |
Wednesday July 15, 2009
| 10:00 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:30 |
Dark Matter Dominated Objects - Louie Strigari (Stanford) pdf (1.7 MB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:30 |
DISCUSSION - Mike Kuhlen (Institute for Advanced Study) |
| 1:00 |
KISS Pizza Lunch - Cahill Patio |
| 2:00 |
Recent Developments in Particle Dark Matter - Jonathan Feng (UC Irvine) pdf (2.7 MB) - Hameetman Auditorium [video presentation] |
| 5:00 |
No-host cocktails and bbq on the lawn of the Athenaeum |
Thursday July 16, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
Dark Matter from Large Scale Lensing - Marusa Bradac (UC Davis) pdf (6.3 MB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION - Cross-sections, non-DM ideas - Priya Natarajan (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Yale University) and Josh Simon (Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington) |
| 12:00 |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 4:00 |
SLAM - Small Scale Probes and Lensing Chuck Keeton (Rutgers University) - 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
No-host dinner in Pasadena TBD |
Friday July 17, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
TBD in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION - Direct and Indirect Detections Now and Future - Jonathan Feng (UC Irvine) |
| 12:00 |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - How Dark Matter Research is Conducted - Art Congdon (JPL/Caltech) - 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
No-host dinner in Pasadena TBD |
Saturday & Sunday July 18-19, 2009
| Fun time |
Cinespia Saturday, Zuma Beach Sunday |
Monday July 20, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
Summary to date and setting the stage for Week 2 - Andrew Benson (Caltech) pdf (257 KB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION - Risa Wechsler (Stanford) |
| NOON |
KISS Lunch at the Athenaeum |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - Dark Matter Behavior on the Smallest Scales (Solar System ++) - Annika Peter (Caltech) pdf (253 KB) in 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
No-host dinner in Pasadena TBD |
Tuesday July 21, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
Imprints of BSM Physics on Small Scale Structure - Manoj Kaplinghat (UC Irvine) pdf (4 MB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION - Kevork Abazajian (University of Maryland) and Savvas Koushiappas (Brown University) |
| NOON |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays - What's Hot - Stefano Profumo (UC Santa Cruz) in 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
KISS Dinner on the lawn outside of the Athenaeum |
Wednesday July 22, 2009
| 10:00 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:30 |
The Views from Strong Lensing - Chuck Keeton (Rutgers University) pdf (5MB) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:30 |
DISCUSSION - Leonidas Moustakas (JPL/Caltech) |
| 1:00 |
KISS Pizza Lunch - Cahill Patio |
| 2:00 |
The Darkest Galaxies - Marla Geha (Yale) pdf (10 MB) in Hameetman Auditorium [video presentation] |
| 7:00 |
BBQ - sign up on wiki, BYOB and a donation for the BBQ |
Thursday July 23, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - 469 Lauritsen |
| 10:00 |
Fermi and More... - Tesla Jeltema (UCO/Lick Observatories) pdf (10 MB) and Stefano Profumo (UC Santa Cruz) pdf (6 MB) in 469 Lauritsen |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION: Direct Detection - Louis Strigari (Stanford) pdf (2.6MB) |
| NOON |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 1:30 |
DISCUSSION - Theory Model Benchmarks - Jonathan Feng (UC Irvine) in Dark Matter Room (328 Downs) |
| 2:00 |
DISCUSSION - Informal Q in Dark Matter Room (328 Downs) |
| 3:00 |
SLAM - Dan Stern (JPL/Caltech) on Dark Matter Missions in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 5:00 |
DISCUSSION - Bang-per-Buck Parameter Discussion Kevork Abazajian (University of Maryland, College Park) in 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
KISS Dinner on the lawn outside of the Athenaeum |
Friday July 24, 2009
| 9:30 |
Coffee - Cahill Patio |
| 10:00 |
Whiteboard talk, cross sections etc - Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech) in Hameetman Auditorium |
| 11:00 |
DISCUSSION - End of Workshop Andrew Benson (Caltech) |
| 12:00 |
Lunch at participant's discretion |
| 2:00 |
SLAM - LaTeXing power session - 469 Lauritsen |
| 6:00 |
Study Program ends |
For questions contact: Leonidas Moustakas, Andrew Benson or Michele Judd.
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