Published at DESY as DESY-PROC-2008-002

Conference web-page: http://axion-wimp2008.desy.de

1. The Physics Case for WIMPs, Axions and WISPs

The Physics Case for Axions, WIMPs, WISPs and Other Weird Stuff. Jaeckel, Joerg
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/jaeckel_joerg_case
WIMPs: A brief bestiary. Cerdeno, David G.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/cerdeno_david
Axion theory. Sikivie, Pierre
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/sikivie_pierre
From Axions to Other WISPs. Ringwald, Andreas
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/ringwald_andreas

2. Signals from Astrophysical sources I: Solar Axions and Axion Dark Matter

Bounds on Very Weakly Interacting Sub-eV Particles (WISPs) from Cosmology and Astrophysics. Redondo, Javier
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/redondo_javier
Axion hot dark matter bounds. Raffelt, G.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/raffelt_georg Hannestad, S.; Mirizzi, A.; Wong, Y.Y.Y.
Bounds on Light Dark Matter. Boyarsky, Alexey
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/ruchayskiy_oleg Ruchayskiy, Oleg
The upgraded performance of CAST. Ruz, Jaime
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/ruz_jaime
Tokyo Axion Helioscope. Minowa, M.
Inoue, Y.; Akimoto, Y.; Ohta, R.; Mizumoto, T.; Yamamoto, A.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/minowa_makoto
Search for low Energy solar Axions with CAST. Cantatore, Giovanni
Arik, E.; Aune, S.; Autiero, D.; Barth, K.; Belov, A.; Beltran, B.; Borghi, S.; Boydag, F.S.; Braeuninger, H.; Cantatore, G.; Carmona, J.M.; Cebrian, S.; Cetin, S.A.; Collar, J.I.; Dafni, T.; Davenport, M.; Di Lella, L.; Dogan, O.B.; Eleftheriadis, C.; Elias, N.; Fanourakis, G.; Ferrer-Ribas, E.; Fischer, H.; Franz, J.; Galan, J.; Gazis, E.; Geralis, T.; Giomataris, I.; Gninenko, S.; Gomez, H.; Hasinoff, M.; Heinsius, F.H.; Hikmet, I.; Hoffmann, D.H.H.; Irastorza, I.G.; Jacoby, J.; Jakovcic, K.; Kang, D.; Karageorgopoulou, T.; Karuza, M.; Koenigsmann, K.; Kotthaus, R.; Krcmar, M.; Kousouris, K.; Kuster, M.; Lakic, B.; Lasseur, C.; Liolios, A.; Ljubicic, A.; Lozza, V.; Lutz, G.; Luzon, G.; Miller, D.; Morales, A.; Morales, J.; Niinikoski, T.; Nordt, A.; Ortiz, A.; Papaevangelou, T.; Pivovaroff, M.; Placci, A.; Raiteri, G.; Raffelt, G.; Riege, H.; Rodriguez, A.; Ruz, J.; Savvidis, I.; Semertzidis, Y.; Serpico, P.; Solanki, S.K.; Soufli, R.; Stewart, L.; Tsagri, M.; van Bibber, K.; Villar, J.; Vogel, J.; Walckiers, L.; Zioutas, K.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/cantatore_giovanni_lea
Hunting axions in low earth orbit. Huber, Patrick
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/huber_patrick

3. Signals from Astrophysical Sources II: High Energy Photon Experiments

Detection of distant AGN by MAGIC: the transparency of the Universe to high-energy photons. Roncadelli, Marco
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/roncadelli_marco De Angelis, Alessandro; Mansutti, Oriana
Indirect Search for Dark Matter with H.E.S.S. Ripken, Joachim
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/ripken_joachim
X-ray constraints on late decaying dark matter Majorons (or othersoft X-ray emitting candidates). Riemer-Sorensen, Signe
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/riemer-sorensen_signe
Polarization mesurements of gamma ray bursts and axion like particles. Rubbia, Andre
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/sakharov_alexander Sakharov, Alexander
Spectroscopic Constraints on (pseudo-)Scalar Particles from Compact Astrophysical Objects. Chelouche, Doron
Rabadan, Raul; Pavlov, Sergey S.; Castejon, Francisco
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/chelouche_doron

4. Direct Searches for Dark Matter WIMPs

First results from DAMA/LIBRA. Bernabei, R.
Belli, P.; Cappella, F.; Cerulli, R.; Dai, C.J.; d'Angelo, A.; He, H.L.; Incicchitti, A.; Kuang, H.H.; Ma, J.M.; Montecchia, F.; Nozzoli, F.; Prosperi, D.; Sheng, X.D.; Ye, Z.P.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/incicchitti_antonella
Status of KIMS experiment. Kim, Seung Cheon
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/kim_seungcheon
The XENON100 dark matter experiment. Schumann, Marc
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/schumann_marc Tziaferi, Eirini
Recent results from the CDMS-II experiment. Bruch, Tobias
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/bruch_tobias
Results of the CRESST Commissioning Run 2007 . Angloher, G.
Bauer, M.; Bavykina, I.; Bento, A.; Brown, A.; Bucci, C.; Ciemniak, C.; Coppi, C.; Deuter, G.; Feilitzsch, F. von; Hauff, D.; Henry, S.; Huff, P.; Imber, J.; Ingleby, S.; Isaila, C.; Jochum, J.; Kiefer, M.; Kimmerle, M.; Kraus, H.; Lanfranchi, J.-C.; Lang, R. F.; Majorovits, B.; Malek, M.; McGowan, R.; Mikhailik, V. B.; Pantic, E.; Petricca, F.; Pfister, S.; Potzel, W.; Proebst, F.; Rau, W.; Roth, S.; Rottler, K.; Sailer, C.; Schaeffner, K.; Schmaler, J.; Scholl, S.; Seidel, W.; Stodolsky, L.; Tolhurst, A.J.B.; Usherov, I.; W. Westphal, W.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/lanfranchi_jc
The Argon Dark Matter Experiment (ArDM). Regenfus, Christian
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/regenfus_christian
Head-tail in the DRIFT-II dark matter detector. Spooner, N.J.C.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/spooner_neil

5. Laboratory Searches for Axions and WISPs

LIPSS Results for Photons Coupling to Light Neutral Scalar Bosons. Afanasev, Andrei
Baker, Oliver K.; Beard, Kevin; Boyce, George BiallasJames; Minarni, Minarni; Ramdon, Roopchan; Penny, Slocum; Shinn, Michelle
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/baker_keith
GammeV: Fermilab axion-like particle photon regeneration results. Wester, William
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/wester_william
Open Access in High Energy Physics: Overview and future challenges. Koehler, Martin
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/koehler_martin
Hunting for Chameleons in ALP searches. Weltman, Amanda
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/weltman_amanda
Search for chameleon particles via photon regeneration. Chou, Aaron S.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/chou_aaron
Status of the ALPS Experiment. Ehret, Klaus
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/ehret_klaus

6. New Theoretical Developments

Axions and Photons In Terms of 'Particles' and 'Anti-Particles'. Guendelman, Eduardo I.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/guendelman_eduardo Shilon, Idan
New Theoretical Ideas: Anomaly Induced Effects in Magnetic Field and at LHC. Boyarsky, Alexey
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/boyarsky_alexey Ruchayskiy, Oleg

7. New Ideas and Experimental Approaches

The enigmatic Sun: A crucible for new physics. Zioutas, Konstantin
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/zioutas_konstantin
Pulsed plasma generator as laboratory source of axions or ALPs. Jacoby, Joachim
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/jacobi_joachim Teske, Christian; Tsagri, Mary; Zioutas, Konstantin
Free-electron Lasers at DESY: Status, Challenges and Opportunities. Laarmann, Tim
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/laarmann_tim
Polarization measurements and their perspectives: PVLAS Phase II. Cantatore, G.
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/cantatore_giovanni_pvlasII Cimino, R.; Karuza, M.; Lozza, V.; Raiteri, G.
Lasers for the axion-like particle search. Hildebrandt, Matthias
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/matthias_hildebrandt Frede, Maik; Schulz, Bastian; Kracht, Dietmar
WISP hunting: Some new experimental ideas. Jaeckel, Joerg
DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2008-02/jaeckel_joerg_wisp