Dark Matter under the Gravitational Lens
from
Monday 7 April 2025 (09:30)
to
Thursday 10 April 2025 (17:45)
Monday 7 April 2025
09:30
Plenary: 35 min + 10 min Q&A; Invited: 20 min + 5 min Q&A; Contributed: 15 min + 5 min Q&A
Plenary: 35 min + 10 min Q&A; Invited: 20 min + 5 min Q&A; Contributed: 15 min + 5 min Q&A
09:30 - 10:00
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:00
Registration
Registration
10:00 - 10:40
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:40
Welcome – Jeremy Lim (SOC Chair)
Welcome – Jeremy Lim (SOC Chair)
10:40 - 10:55
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:00
Plenary 1: Frédéric Courbin (Tracing the History of Gravitational Lensing)
Plenary 1: Frédéric Courbin (Tracing the History of Gravitational Lensing)
11:00 - 11:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:45
Plenary 2: Richard Massey (Theory of Gravitational Lensing)
Plenary 2: Richard Massey (Theory of Gravitational Lensing)
11:45 - 12:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
13:45
Plenary 3: Mengjiao Xiao (Laboratory Experiments)
Plenary 3: Mengjiao Xiao (Laboratory Experiments)
13:45 - 14:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:30
Plenary 4: Guillaume Mahler (Astronomical Constraints on Nature of Dark Matter)(online)
Plenary 4: Guillaume Mahler (Astronomical Constraints on Nature of Dark Matter)(online)
14:30 - 15:15
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:15
Break
Break
15:15 - 15:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:45
Invited 1: Leo Fung (Sub-structures Beyond the Diffraction Limit: A Systematic Overview of Techniques in Gravitational Lensing)
Invited 1: Leo Fung (Sub-structures Beyond the Diffraction Limit: A Systematic Overview of Techniques in Gravitational Lensing)
15:45 - 16:10
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:10
Invited 2: Derek Perera (Advantages and Disadvantages of using Free-form Lens Modelling to constrain Dark Matter)
Invited 2: Derek Perera (Advantages and Disadvantages of using Free-form Lens Modelling to constrain Dark Matter)
16:10 - 16:35
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:35
Contributed 1: Ruizhe Feng (Lensing anomalies in image positions and flux ratios - baseline statistics on model accuracy)
Contributed 1: Ruizhe Feng (Lensing anomalies in image positions and flux ratios - baseline statistics on model accuracy)
16:35 - 16:55
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:55
Contributed 2: Alex Chow (Type and Level of Lensing Anomalies truly generated by Dark Matter Sub-structures)
Contributed 2: Alex Chow (Type and Level of Lensing Anomalies truly generated by Dark Matter Sub-structures)
16:55 - 17:15
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
17:15
Contributed 3: Daniel Ballard (Double source planes: what are they good for?)
Contributed 3: Daniel Ballard (Double source planes: what are they good for?)
17:15 - 17:35
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
Tuesday 8 April 2025
09:00
Plenary 5: Justin Read (WIMPs)
Plenary 5: Justin Read (WIMPs)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
09:45
Plenary 6: Lam Hui (Axions)
Plenary 6: Lam Hui (Axions)
09:45 - 10:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:00
Plenary 7: Simona Vegetti (Gravitational Lensing tests of WIMPs)
Plenary 7: Simona Vegetti (Gravitational Lensing tests of WIMPs)
11:00 - 11:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:45
Invited 1: Samuel Lange (Direct detection of dark subhalos: degeneracy with lens mass complexity)
Invited 1: Samuel Lange (Direct detection of dark subhalos: degeneracy with lens mass complexity)
11:45 - 12:10
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:10
Contributed 0: Jess Doppel (Tiny galaxies or dark subhalos: exploring the "dark" side of galaxy groups and clusters in TNG50)
Contributed 0: Jess Doppel (Tiny galaxies or dark subhalos: exploring the "dark" side of galaxy groups and clusters in TNG50)
12:10 - 12:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
13:45
Invited 1: Joaquin Becerra Espinoza (Astrometric Signatures of Dark Matter Subhalos in Galaxy Clusters)
Invited 1: Joaquin Becerra Espinoza (Astrometric Signatures of Dark Matter Subhalos in Galaxy Clusters)
13:45 - 14:10
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:10
Invited 2: Daniel Gilman (Constraints on dark matter properties from the JWST lensed quasar dark matter survey)
Invited 2: Daniel Gilman (Constraints on dark matter properties from the JWST lensed quasar dark matter survey)
14:10 - 14:35
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:35
Contributed 1: Huimin Qu (Navigating Dark Matter: Reconstructing 16 PISCO Lens Systems for Substructure Insights)
Contributed 1: Huimin Qu (Navigating Dark Matter: Reconstructing 16 PISCO Lens Systems for Substructure Insights)
14:35 - 14:55
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:55
Invited 1: David Lagattuta (Exotic cluster lenses: a new tool in the search for dark matter)
Invited 1: David Lagattuta (Exotic cluster lenses: a new tool in the search for dark matter)
14:55 - 15:20
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:20
Break
Break
15:20 - 15:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:45
Contributed 1: Nency Patel (Probing Dark Matter with Gravitational Lensing Mass Models: A Case Study of Abell 2744)
Contributed 1: Nency Patel (Probing Dark Matter with Gravitational Lensing Mass Models: A Case Study of Abell 2744)
15:45 - 16:05
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:05
Contributed 2: Maximilian von Wietersheim-Kramsta (Simulation-based inference of dark matter subhaloes and macro models in strong gravitational lenses)
Contributed 2: Maximilian von Wietersheim-Kramsta (Simulation-based inference of dark matter subhaloes and macro models in strong gravitational lenses)
16:05 - 16:25
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:25
Contributed 3: Karl Glazebrook (Source complexity and substructure searches)
Contributed 3: Karl Glazebrook (Source complexity and substructure searches)
16:25 - 16:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
16:45
WIMP debate
WIMP debate
16:45 - 17:15
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
Wednesday 9 April 2025
09:00
Local Plenary 10: Yiming Zhong (Self-interacting DM)
Local Plenary 10: Yiming Zhong (Self-interacting DM)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
09:45
Contributed 1: Siyuan Hou (A Universal Analytic Model for Gravitational Lensing by Self-Interacting Dark Matter Halos)
Contributed 1: Siyuan Hou (A Universal Analytic Model for Gravitational Lensing by Self-Interacting Dark Matter Halos)
09:45 - 10:05
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:05
Contributed 3: Wolfgang Enzi (The overconcentrated dark halo in the strong lens SDSS J0946+1006 is a subhalo: evidence for self-interacting dark matter?)
Contributed 3: Wolfgang Enzi (The overconcentrated dark halo in the strong lens SDSS J0946+1006 is a subhalo: evidence for self-interacting dark matter?)
10:05 - 10:25
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:25
Break
Break
10:25 - 11:00
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:00
Contributed 2: Richard Massey (Dark Matter particle colliders... in space)
Contributed 2: Richard Massey (Dark Matter particle colliders... in space)
11:00 - 11:20
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:20
Plenary 9: Elisa Ferreira (Axions)
Plenary 9: Elisa Ferreira (Axions)
11:20 - 12:05
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:05
Invited 1: Amruth Alfred (Lighting up the Crinkly Spacetime of Dark Matter)
Invited 1: Amruth Alfred (Lighting up the Crinkly Spacetime of Dark Matter)
12:05 - 12:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:30
Invited 2: Jose Maria Palencia (Wave Dark Matter Insights from Strong Galaxy Lensing)
Invited 2: Jose Maria Palencia (Wave Dark Matter Insights from Strong Galaxy Lensing)
12:30 - 12:55
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:55
Lunch Break - Group picture!
Lunch Break - Group picture!
12:55 - 14:05
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:05
Conference Hike
Conference Hike
14:05 - 19:00
19:00
19:00 - 20:00
Thursday 10 April 2025
09:00
Plenary 8: Patrick Kelly (Cluster Transients)
Plenary 8: Patrick Kelly (Cluster Transients)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
09:45
Invited 1: Adi Zitrin (Recent efforts to study Caustic Crossing Events)
Invited 1: Adi Zitrin (Recent efforts to study Caustic Crossing Events)
09:45 - 10:10
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:10
Invited 2: Sung Kei Li (Spatial Distribution of Transients as probe of nature of Dark Matter)
Invited 2: Sung Kei Li (Spatial Distribution of Transients as probe of nature of Dark Matter)
10:10 - 10:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:00
Invited 1: Liang Dai (Effects of Subhalos on Interpreting Highly Magnified Sources Near Lensing Caustics)
Invited 1: Liang Dai (Effects of Subhalos on Interpreting Highly Magnified Sources Near Lensing Caustics)
11:00 - 11:25
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:25
Contributed 1: Wenwen Zheng (GPU-PMO-CAUSTIC: A Microlensing Simulation Code for Caustic Crossing Events in Galaxy Clusters)
Contributed 1: Wenwen Zheng (GPU-PMO-CAUSTIC: A Microlensing Simulation Code for Caustic Crossing Events in Galaxy Clusters)
11:25 - 11:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
11:45
Plenary 11: Justin Janquart (Detections and Searches for Multiply-lensed GWs)
Plenary 11: Justin Janquart (Detections and Searches for Multiply-lensed GWs)
11:45 - 12:30
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:50
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
13:50
Invited 1: Marek Biesiada (Gravitational lensing and gravitational waves - new opportunities to test dark matter)
Invited 1: Marek Biesiada (Gravitational lensing and gravitational waves - new opportunities to test dark matter)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:15
Laura
Laura
14:15 - 14:35
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:35
Contributed 0: Bin Hu (Monitoring of time delay in gravitational lensing transient sources with the Mutztag 1.93-meter telescope)
Contributed 0: Bin Hu (Monitoring of time delay in gravitational lensing transient sources with the Mutztag 1.93-meter telescope)
14:35 - 14:55
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
14:55
Contributed 1: Benjamin Beauchesne (Multiwavelength views on the mass distribution of galaxy clusters)
Contributed 1: Benjamin Beauchesne (Multiwavelength views on the mass distribution of galaxy clusters)
14:55 - 15:15
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:15
Break
Break
15:15 - 15:45
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F
15:45
Closing Remarks: Richard Massey
Closing Remarks: Richard Massey
15:45 - 16:05
Room: CMA Lecture Theatre (廠商會演講廳), G/F