CETUP* 2026

Session

Dark Matter Workshop

Jun 25, 2026, 9:00 AM

Lead/Deadwood Middle School

Conveners

Dark Matter Workshop: CETUP* Talks and Discussions

• LOUIS STRIGARI (Texas A&M)

538. Space-based Neutron Lifetime Measurement & Update on Absolutely Calibrated Skymap at 310 MHz (30 min talk, 15 min Q&A)

Akshatha Vydula (University of Richmond)

6/25/26, 9:00 AM

Speaker: Akshatha Vydula
Abstract: The measurement of neutron lifetime has been a project in progress for several decades, now being actively researched by many independent groups around the globe. The precise measurement of the mean lifetime of the neutron is significant to improve predictions of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, and to constrain the search for physics beyond the Standard Model....

539. Searching for Dark Matter in Mica

Andrew Buchanan (Queen's University)

6/25/26, 10:00 AM

Speaker: Andrew Buchanan
Abstract: Many models of dark matter predict the formation of extremely heavy composite particles in the early universe, with masses well in excess of 10^20 GeV. Today, the fluxes of these particles would be too low to be detectable in direct detection experiments on human timescales. This motivates searches for dark matter signatures in minerals with billion-year...

626. We Gotta Talk About AI

Kuver Sinha (University of Oklahoma)

6/25/26, 11:00 AM