2011 May Symposium

2011 May Symposium - Schedule

Sunday, May 1, 2011
4:00 – 6:30 pm	Reception, STScI Lobby
Monday, May 2, 2011
9:00 – 9:10am	Welcome Matt Mountain
9:10 – 9:40am	Dark Matter: A Historical Perspective Vera Rubin
9:40 – 9:55am	Discussion
9:55 – 10:25am	Rotation Curves Erwin de Blok
10:25 – 10:40am	Discussion
10:40 – 11:10am	Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:40am	Dark Matter Constraints from the CMB Licia Verde
11:40 – 11:55am	Discussion
11:55 – 12:25pm	Dark Matter from Baryon Acoustic Oscillations Beth Reid
12:25 – 12:40pm	Discussion
12:40 – 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00 – 2:30pm	Results from DAMA Pierluigi Belli
2:30 – 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45 – 3:15pm	The Xenon 100 Experiment Elena Aprile
3:15 – 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30 – 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00 – 4:30pm	Results from the Large Hadron Collider Albert de Roeck
4:30 – 4:45pm	Discussion
4:45 – 5:15pm	Towards Anomaly-Free Dark Matter: Theoretical Takes on DAMA, CoGeNT and More Neill Weiner
5:15 – 5:30pm	Discussion
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
9:00 – 9:30am	Inferences on Dark Matter from Microlensing Joachim Wambsganss
9:30 – 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 – 10:15am	Weak Lensing Tests of Gravity and Dark Matter Bhuvnesh Jain
10:15 – 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30am	Strong Lensing and Dark Matter Tommaso Treu
11:30 – 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 – 12:15pm	Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy Ofer Lahav
12:15 – 12:30pm	Discussion
12:30 – 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 – 2:00pm	Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Baronic Content Keith Olive
2:00 – 2:15pm	Discussion
2:15 – 2:45pm	Searches for Dark Matter Doug Finkbeiner
2:45 – 3:00pm	Discussion
3:00 – 3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:00pm	Satellites, Streams, Globulars and Dark Matter James Bullock
4:00 – 4:15pm	Discussion
4:15 – 4:45pm	Detailed Structure of Dark Matter Halos Simon White
4:45 – 5:00pm	Discussion
5:30 – 6:30pm	Travel to Maryland Science Center
6:30 – 7:00pm	Reception
7:00 – 8:30pm	Dinner
8:45 – 8:55pm	Introduction by Astronaut Scott Altman
8:55 – 9:40pm	Film Presentation: IMAX Hubble 3D
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
9:00 – 9:30am	Revealing the Invisible: Strong Gravitational Lensing as a Direct Probe of the Particle Nature of Dark Matter Leonidas Moustakas
9:30 – 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 – 10:15am	Inferences on Dark Matter from Galaxy Clusters Priya Natarajan
10:15 – 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30am	Galaxy – Galaxy Lensing Alexie Leauthaud
11:30 – 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 – 12:15pm	Alternative Theories to Dark Matter Constantinos Skordis
12:15 – 12:30pm	Discussion
12:30 – 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00 – 2:30pm	Constraints on Dark Matter from X-ray Observations Megan Donahue
2:30 – 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45 – 3:15pm	Gamma-Ray Results from FERMI Robert Johnson
3:15 – 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30 – 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:30pm	Panel Discussion: Sandra Faber, Joe Silk, Bob Sanders, Peter Graham
Thursday, May 5, 2011
9:00 – 9:30am	Dark Matter Properties and Galaxy Properties Risa Wechsler
9:30 – 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 – 10:15am	Dwarf Galaxies and Dark Matter Matthew Walker
10:15 – 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30am	The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Samuel Ting
11:30 – 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 – 12:15pm	The Latest Results from CoGeNT and COUPP Juan Collar
12:15 – 12:30pm	Discussion