Preliminary Program
 
Location: LASR 152 - unless otherwise noted

 
September 26, 2012 - Wednesday
8:30 AMCoffee & Welcome
LASR 152
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMRandall H. Landsberg
Course opening
9:15 AM - 10:00 AMMichael S. Turner
Lecture: Overview
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMCoffee Questions & Answer Session
10:30 AM - 12:00 PMMichael D. Gladders
Lecture: Observational Evidence for Dark Matter esp. Gravitational Lensing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PMAndrey V. Kravtsov
Lecture: Dark Matter & Structure Formation
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMCoffee Questions & Answer Session
 Lab Activity
3:00 PM - 6:00 PMCluster lab Google Sky & wine bottle - gravitational lensing
Michael D. Gladders, Abby Crites & Denis Erkal
KPTC 311
6:30 PMDinner & social
 
September 27, 2012 - Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:10 AMCoffee Questions & Answer Session
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMDan Hooper
Lecture: Particle Physics of Dark Matter & Constraining Dark Matter Candidates
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMBreak out Session/Coffee
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMPaolo Privitera
Lecture: Detectors Fundamentals
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMInformal Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PMJuan I. Collar
Lecture: Directly Detecting Dark Matter
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMCoffee Questions & Answer Session
 Lab Activity
3:30 PM - 6:30 PMDetectors
Paolo Privitera & Juan Collar
LASR sub-basement & 262
6:45 PMDinner & social
 
September 28, 2012 - Friday
7:00 AM - 8:30 AMBreakfast & Questions @ I-House
 transportation to Adler Planetarium
8:30 AMBus Boards
transportation to Adler Planetarium
8:45 AMBus Departs
for the Adler Planetarium
 Adler Planetarium
9:30 AM - 10:30 AMDEMOS
Mark SubbaRao + KICP researchers
Grainger Theater
10:30 AMWelcome to the Universe
Universe Theater (3D) and/or WWT the dome
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMCoffee Break @ Cafe
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMGallery tour
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMMichael S. Turner
Lecture: Wrap Up
12:30 PM - 2:30 PMLunch & Informal Q&A - Close out @ Cafe
Michael S. Turner
2:30 PMTravel or more time @ Adler