Dark Matter Lecture Series

What?

The aim of these lectures is to provide a very pedagogical introduction to all aspects of DM physics covered by the Centre research themes. These will be primarily aimed at PhD students, newcomers to the field, or researchers working in disciplines that are the most distant from the topic being covered. The lectures will be mostly in a whiteboard style. As such they are aimed to be easy to follow, and attendees should feel encouraged to provide feedback if they are not.

The lectures will all be recorded and a pdf copy of the notes uploaded after each one.

When?

Fortnightly on Mondays at 12 pm (AEST) starting June 7th

Where?

https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/2980559069?pwd=MzJFZDYzRHl1WER2V2pvM3pMY3ZQQT09

Timetable

Date	Lecturer	Topic	Materials

Date	Lecturer	Topic	Materials
June 7	Ciaran O’Hare	Introduction to direct detection event rates	Open   Open
June 21	Jayden Newstead	Nuclear aspects of direct detection (part 1)	Open   Open
July 5	Jayden Newstead	Nuclear (and particle) aspects of direct detection (part 2)	Open
July 19	Ciaran O’Hare	Astrophysical aspects of direct detection	Open
August 2	Lindsey Bignell	Particle detectors for dark matter	Open
August 16	Peter Cox	Dark matter electron scattering
August 30	Zachary Picker	The strong CP problem	Open
13th September	Ciaran O’Hare	Neutrino backgrounds for dark matter searches	Open Open
11th October	Ciaran O’Hare	Searches for axions	Open
15th November	Jayden Newstead	Computing direct detection event rates with effective field theories	Open Open