Dark matter at small scales
APC, Paris - February 13-15, 2008


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February 13, 2008

Morning session (09:00-12:00)
09:00-09:10
(10')
D. Semikoz "Welcome"
Particle physics candidates
09:10-09:45
(30'+5')
L. Roszkowski "Particle physics candidates for Cold DM"
09:45-10:20
(30'+5')
M. Shaposhnikov "Particle physics candidates for Warm DM"
10:20-10:40Coffee break
Numerical simulations
10:40-11:15
(30'+5')
C. Frenk "Dark matter at small scales: N-body simulations"
11:15-12:00
(40'+5')
S. Colombi
J. Devriend
"CDM versus the rest of the world : what can we believe from cosmological simulations?"
12:00-13:30Lunch
Afternoon session (13:30-19:00)
Numerical simulations
13:30-14:10
(35'+5')
A. Maccio' "WDM simulations"
14:10-14:50
(35'+5')
S. Kazantzidis "Dark Matter Halo Substructure and Galactic Disks"
14:50-15:25
(30'+5')
L. Gao "First stars in CDM and WDM"
15:25-15:45Coffee break
15:45-16:25
(35'+5')
T. Naab "How baryons can change the galaxy formation picture coming from N-body simulations"
16:25-17:00
(30'+5')
M. Joyce "Discreteness effects in cosmological simulations"
17:00-17:35
(30'+5')
M. Vogelsberger "Fine-grained phase-space structure of CDM halos"
17:35-19:05Discussion
20:00Workshop Dinner
  We made reservation in the one of well known Paris restaurants "La Rotonde" for all participants who want to come for common dinner. Please register on the registration page BEFORE February 10 and indicate, if you want to participate in the dinner. Price is 45 Euro per person to be payed in CASH at the registration.

February 14, 2008

Morning session (09:00-12:00)
Local halo observations
09:00-09:35
(30'+5')
G. Gilmore "Some observed properties of Dark matter"
09:35-10:10
(30'+5')
M. Walker "Detailed mass profile studies of dwarf spheroidals"
10:10-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:05
(30'+5')
E. Lokas "Mass modelling of dwarf spheroidal galaxies"
11:05-11:40
(30'+5')
S. Koposov "Luminosity function determination vs. predictions"
11:40-12:15
(30'+5')
V. Belokurov "Galaxy halo sub-structure"
12:15-14:00Lunch
Afternoon session (14:00-19:00)
Observations
14:00-14:35
(30'+5')
L. Strigari "The Dark Matter Content of Milky Way Satellites"
14:35-15:10
(30'+5')
W. Evans "Existence of streams - dynamics expectations"
15:10-15:30Coffee break
15:30-16:05
(30'+5')
F. Bournaud "Do the observation of TDG challenge the standard CDM paradigm?"
16:05-16:40
(30'+5')
M. Capaccioli "Dark matter content of early-type galaxies"
16:40-17:15
(30'+5')
J. Silk "Can CDM and galaxy formation be reconciled?"
17:15-18:45Discussion

February 15, 2008

Morning session (09:00-12:00)
09:00-09:35
(30'+5')
A. Refregier "Can the weak lensing discriminate between CDM and WDM?"
09:35-10:10
(30'+5')
L. Bergstrom "Can gamma-ray probe the nature of dark matter?"
10:10-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:05
(30'+5')
G. Mamon "The dark matter content of elliptical galaxies and groups of galaxies"
11:05-11:40
(30'+5')
A. Boyarsky
O. Ruchayskiy
"Constraints on decaying DM"
11:40-12:00Discussion
12:00-14:00Lunch
Afternoon session (14:00-19:00)
Lyman-alpha forest
14:00-14:45
(40'+5')
T. Theuns "Measuring the Lya flux power spectrum: observational status and uncertainties."
14:45-15:30
(40'+5')
M. Viel "From the flux power spectrum to the linear power spectrum: methods and uncertainties."
15:30-15:50Coffee break
15:50-16:35
(40'+5')
J. Lesgourgues "Constraining WDM observables with Lyman-alpha"
16:35-18:00Discussion and concluding remarks