News & Events

This is the first workshop organized in the context of the FP7 funded Invisibles ITN, which focuses on Neutrino and Dark Matter phenomenology and their connection.

Background

Neutrinos and Dark Matter are the most abundant particles in the universe and yet they remained unnoticed -invisible- until recently, due to their tenuous couplings to the ordinary matter we are composed of. Neutrino masses inferred from neutrino oscillations and the existence of dark matter constitute the first evidence ever of particle physics beyond the Standard Model. A wide experimental program focused on the properties of both type of particles is underway and key new results are becoming available. The road to build the New Standard Model of particle physics is open: a theory which must encompass the nature and properties of neutrinos and dark matter, besides those of ordinary matter. In this perspective, this workshop is specially timely, given the imminent results from LHC, neutrino and dark matter experiments. The latest experimental and theoretical developments will be discussed.

Practical arrangements

Members of Invisibles ITN are specially encouraged to arrive on Saturday June 23rd, to be able to attend the Invisibles meeting on Sunday July 24th. Participation at this meeting is by invitation only.

From June 25th to June 29th, the Invisibles ITN workshop will merge with the conference week of the GGI What is ʋ? workshop. On June 28th a Alexei Smirnov`s Fest will be held to celebrate the prominent contributions of Alexei Smirnov to our research field, extending over 35 years.

Further information will be sent to participants via email.

Schedules

WHAT IS ʋ?: From new experimental neutrino results to a deeper understanding of theoretical physics and cosmology

WHAT IS ʋ? INVISIBLES12 and Alexei Smirnov Fest

Invisibles Thematic Workshop

INVISIBLES12 Opening Meeting 24 June

Invisibles meeting June 24

For real time schedule updates, please go to Indico.

Presentations

Presentations are available in Indico.

Public Lecture

On Friday 29 June, Prof. Graciela Gelmini (UCLA, California) will give a public talk 'Di che cosa e fatto l'universo?/What makes up the universe?' at 19:00, Teatro del Rondo di Bacco-Palazzo Pitti (Florence)