Jun 5 – 6, 2014
UCLA Faculty Center
US/Pacific timezone

Scientific Program

In recent years the interest in cosmic ray antideuteron measurements has increased due to detection potential of signals from a variety of dark matter, primordial black hole, or gravitino models. At regular conferences on cosmic rays or dark matter identification only few people are actually working on antideuterons or related physics. Therefore, this dedicated cosmic ray antideuteron workshop tries to bring a critical mass of people together in the same room for productive and focused discussions.

Tentative program:

Sources of primary cosmic ray antimatter
  • antideuterons from dark matter
  • antiprotons from dark matter
  • antiprotons and antideuterons from PBH, gravitino
  • prospects for the detection of antihelium
Antiproton and antideuteron propagation
  • heliospheric effects
  • geomagnetic effects
  • atmospheric effects
Cosmic ray experiments:
  • BESS
  • PAMELA
  • AMS
  • GAPS
Collider experiments:
  • cross section measurements
  • ALICE
  • NA61
  • RHIC(?)
  • PANDA(?)
Path into the future:
  • how to reduce background uncertainties
  • interplay of direct, indirect, and collider experiments with antimatter input