2nd RESCEU International Symposium
on
Dark Matter in the Universe
and
its Direct Detection

26-28 November 1996, Sanjo Conference Hall
University of Tokyo

Advisory Committee:                 Organizing Committee:

B. Sadoulet (Chairman, Berkeley)    Katsuhiko Sato (Chairman, Tokyo)
B. Cabrera (Stanford)               M. Minowa (Co-chairman, Tokyo)
D. Schramm (U. Chicago)             H. Ejiri (Osaka)
P. Sikivie (Florida)                A. Masaike (Kyoto)
K. van Bibber (LLNL)                S. Matsuki (Kyoto)
                                    H. Sato (Kyoto)
                                    K. Yamamoto (Kyoto)
                                    M. Yoshimura (Tohoku)

First Announcement

An International Symposium on Dark Matter in the Universe and its Direct Detection will be held at the University of Tokyo from 26 to 28 November 1996. The symposium will be held as the 2nd International Symposium sponsored by RESCEU, Research Center for the Early Universe founded last year at the School of Science, University of Tokyo.

The symposium will cover frontier topics in experimental as well as theoretical aspects of the direct search for non-baryonic dark matter. There has been a considerable progress in this research field recently. New techniques to search for SUSY dark matter particles using cryogenic instruments are being developed in several institutes around the world. Promising experiments aiming at dark matter axion search are on going in Japan and US. Theoretical studies on SUSY stimulated by recent accelerator experiments are also giving useful restrictions to the SUSY dark matter candidates. We, therefore, think it is a good time to have an occasion for the physicists working in this field to meet together and discuss these issues. Since two more workshops concerning dark matter are going to be held this year in Sheffield, UK and Heidelberg, Germany, we would like to concentrate ourselves on the direct search aspect of the dark matter in the Tokyo Symposium.

Subjects to be covered

new results on baryonic dark matter searches
overview of indirect searches
overview of direct searches
- theory and phenomenology of non baryonic dark matter in general
WIMP searches
- searches with conventional detectors
- searches with cryogenic detectors
- new techniques
- theory and phenomenology of SUSY dark matter
- implications and constraints from recent accelerator experiments
axion searches
- axion overview
- recent results on axion mass constraints
- cavity searches
- non-dark matter axion searches
- new techniques

Date and Place

The symposium session will start in the morning of 26 (Tuesday) November 1996 and close around the noon of 28 (Thursday). A welcome party is planned in the evening of 25 (Monday) November 1996.

Both at:: Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 JAPAN
Enquiries to:: M. Minowa
School of Science, University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 JAPAN
FAX: +81-3-5802-8691
e-mail: dmdd@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
URL: http://www.resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

Registration

Those who intend to participate in the symposium are requested to complete the registration form and to send it back to the above address no later than 20 September 1996. You may also return a full copy of the forms by E-mail. The registration fee is 15,000 yen.(100 yen ~ 1 US dollar) It covers attendance at the symposium, coffee/tea and snacks during the coffee breaks, one dinner, and a copy of the proceedings. The fee should be paid in Japanese Yen at the registration desk on arrival. Major credit cards will be accepted.

Contributions

Request to speak should be notified in the registration form with the suggested title and abstract.

Proceedings

The Proceedings will be published by Universal Academy Press, Inc. Each participant will receive a copy of the Proceedings.

Accommodation

We reserve rooms in hotels near the symposium site. The price usually ranges from 7,000 yen to 10,000 yen a night for single rooms. We are negotiating with the hotels about a special rate for the symposium. Those who wish to make a room reservation should notify in the registration form.

Travel

The Narita New Tokyo International Airport is the nearest to the symposium site. Trains and airport buses are running from the airport to Tokyo Station. A taxi or a subway plus 10 minutes walk will take you to the symposium site from the station.

More detailed information of the transportation will be given in the forthcoming announcements.

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2nd RESCEU International Symposium on Dark Matter in the Universe and its Direct Detection