Name: Accelerating the Search for Disappearing Light Dark Matter — a Community Workshop
Start: 2026-09-30T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-02T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics

Accelerating the Search for Disappearing Light Dark Matter — a Community Workshop

from Wednesday, September 30, 2026 (1:00 PM) to Friday, October 2, 2026 (12:00 PM)

Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

1:00 PM Welcome
Welcome
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

1:15 PM Light Dark Matter - Models, Mechanisms and Predictions
Light Dark Matter - Models, Mechanisms and Predictions
1:15 PM - 1:55 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

1:55 PM Light Dark Matter - Existing Limits from Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
Light Dark Matter - Existing Limits from Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Particle Physics
1:55 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

2:35 PM Coffee
Coffee
2:35 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
3:15 PM Overview: LDMX - Ruth Pöttgen Lauren Tomkins
Overview: LDMX
- Ruth Pöttgen
- Lauren Tomkins
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
3:45 PM Overview: Lohengrin - Matthias Hamer (uni-bonn) Cedric Breuning (University Bonn) Philip Bechtle (uni-bonn)
Overview: Lohengrin
- Matthias Hamer (uni-bonn)
- Cedric Breuning (University Bonn)
- Philip Bechtle (uni-bonn)
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
4:15 PM Overview: NA64 - Paolo Crivelli
Overview: NA64
- Paolo Crivelli
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
6:30 PM Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
Thursday, October 1, 2026
9:00 AM Phenomenology: Signal Modelling - Martin Schürmann
Phenomenology: Signal Modelling
- Martin Schürmann
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
9:20 AM Phenomenology: QED Background
Phenomenology: QED Background
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
9:40 AM Phenomenology: Hadronic Backgrounds - Einar Ele Laney Klipphahn (Universistät Bonn)
Phenomenology: Hadronic Backgrounds
- Einar Ele
- Laney Klipphahn (Universistät Bonn)
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
10:00 AM Discussion Session: Generators and Detectorsimulation
Discussion Session: Generators and Detectorsimulation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
11:15 AM Accelerators: ELSA - Dennis Proft (ELSA)
Accelerators: ELSA
- Dennis Proft (ELSA)
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
11:35 AM Accelerators: SLAC
Accelerators: SLAC
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
11:55 AM Accelerators: JLAB - Patrick Achenbach
Accelerators: JLAB
- Patrick Achenbach
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
12:15 PM Accelerators: CERN - Dipanwita Bannerjee
Accelerators: CERN
- Dipanwita Bannerjee
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
12:35 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:35 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
2:00 PM Magnets - Pierre Thonet
Magnets
- Pierre Thonet
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
2:30 PM Panel Discussion: Target + Tracker
Panel Discussion: Target + Tracker
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

4:00 PM Coffee
Coffee
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

4:30 PM Panel Discussion: Calorimeters
Panel Discussion: Calorimeters
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
Friday, October 2, 2026

9:00 AM Panel Discussion: TDAQ
Panel Discussion: TDAQ
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
10:00 AM Existing Infrastructure - Dirk Zerwas Florido Paganelli
Existing Infrastructure
- Dirk Zerwas
- Florido Paganelli
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

11:00 AM Open Points and Issues
Open Points and Issues
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

11:30 AM Closeout Session
Closeout Session
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room bctp

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