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Detecting Dark Matter in the Milky Way March 12-14, 2009 The workshop will focus on the dark matter problem locally -- its spatial and kinematic distribution in the Milky Way, and observational and experimental efforts (current and future) to detect it. We are assembling a small group of observers, theorists, and experimentalists to meet and discuss the outstanding problems in the field. The structure of the workshop will be informal and geared towards interaction and collaboration rather than formal presentations. We are planning several half-day sessions focusing on different aspects of the dark matter problem which will consist of several short contributions of research highlights or outstanding problems to be solved, followed by open discussion of the issues involved. This workshop is sponsored by CWRU's Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (CERCA) and its Institute for the Science of Origins (ISO), as well as by the CWRU Departments of Astronomy and Physics.

Scientific Topics
(1) Distribution of dark matter on galactic scales (spatial & kinematic) -- The distribution of DM at the galactic center -- DM substructure -- The phase space properties of the DM near the solar circle McGaugh: The baryonic and dark matter distribution of the Milky Way Morrison: Measuring the Mass of the Milky Way with SEGUE data Helmi: Phase space structure of DM near the solar circle Johnson: Detection of Dark Matter with SDSS-III/APOGEE Kuhlen: Non-maxwellian velocity distribution of DM halo Frenk: The phase-space properties of DM at the solar circle Johnston: Constraining the Potential with Phase-Space Lumps (2) Constraints on dark matter from dwarf galaxies -- cusps vs cores -- dwarf galaxy masses -- dwarf galaxies as indirect emitters Strigari: Dark matter constraints Helmi: A common mass scale for MW satellites Simon: Stellar Kinematics of the Faintest Dwarfs McGaugh: The cusp-core problem (3) Indirect/astronomical detection methods: gamma rays, X-rays, etc -- GLAST searches -- keV X-rays from DM annihilation -- positrons (Pamela) -- the WMAP (and Planck) haze Siegal-Gaskins: Identifying a dark matter signal using the angular power spectrum of diffuse gamma-ray emission (quicktime version) Kuhlen: Indirect detection of DM annihilation in subhalos with Sommerfeld enhancement Bertone: New data on positrons Buckley: Gamma-ray searches for dark matter, experimental prospects Hooper: Indirect detection Cumberbatch: The WMAP haze (4) Direct detection methods: what new information is coming? -- brief report on current status of conventional searches -- new work on model-independent and low thresholds -- scope of measurables for the decade+ plus program Collar: Results using ultra-low noise germanium detectors Sciolla: Directional direct detection of Dark Matter Hall: Searching for Low Mass WIMPS with the CDMS Detectors Copi: Measurables Shutt: Decadal view of Liquid Nobles Akerib: Current status of conventional searches Strigari: Neutrino backgrounds for DM detectors (5) Physics "outside the box" -- guidelines for non-conventional searches -- new avenues for R&D -- Sommerfeld enhancements -- light dark matter: axions keV DM (sterile neutrinos) MeV DM Boyanovsky: Clustering properties of a sterile neutrino Weiner: (6) The LHC as a dark matter factory -- current view of possible candidates -- WIMPS: the LSP everything else -- KK dark matter, other exotic WIMPS non-WIMPS -- mid-course corrections/extensions to direct detection?

Preliminary Schedule
(All Sessions to be held in the Inamori Center in Crawford.) Thursday March 12 9:00 - 9:30: Overview (Dan Hooper) 9:30 - 10:15: Distribution of Dark Matter I 10:15 - 10:45: Coffee 10:45 - 12:00: Distrib of Dark Matter II 12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 1:30 - 2:30: Direct Detection I 2:30 - 3:00: Coffee 3:00 - 4:00: Indirect methods I 4:15 - 5:30: Frenk colloquium (Rock 301) Friday March 13 9:00 - 10:15: Physics outside the box / LHC as a dark matter factory 10:15 - 10:45: Coffee 10:45 - 12:00: Constraints from Dwarf Galaxies 12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 1:30 - 3:00: Indirect Methods II 3:00 - 3:30: Coffee 3:30 - 5:00: Open discussion Saturday March 14 9:00 - 10:15: Direct Detection II 10:15 - 10:45: Coffee 10:45 - 12:00: Final Discussion

Visiting Participants
Gianfranco Bertone (IAP) Dan Boyanovsky (Pittsburgh) James Buckley (Wash U) Juan Collar (Chicago) Carlos Frenk (Durham) Jeter Hall (Fermilab) Amina Helmi (Groningen) Dan Hooper (Fermilab) Jennifer Johnson (OSU) Kathryn Johnston (Columbia) Michael Kuhlen (IAS) Stacy McGaugh (Maryland) Harry Nelson (UCSB) Gabriella Sciolla (MIT) Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins (OSU) Josh Simon (OCIW) Louis Strigari (Stanford) Neil Weiner (NYU)