Fwd: Theory Meets Experiments 2025 - GGI School on Direct Detection of Dark Matter – Applications Open

[HECAP - Margherita Di Giovannantonio]

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Subject: Theory Meets Experiments 2025 - GGI School on Direct Detection 
of Dark Matter – Applications Open
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025, 4:37:37 PM CEST
From: GGI Secretariat <segreteriaggi at fi.infn.it>
To: ggi.participants at lists.fi.infn.it

Dear Colleague,

As part of the Theory Meets Experiments series , the Galileo Galilei 
Institute (GGI) is organizing a *two-week school focused on Direct 
Detection of Dark Matter across various mass ranges*.

📅 *Dates:* *November 10–21, 2025*
📍 *Location:* GGI, Florence, Italy
🔗 *Website & Application:* https://www.ggi.infn.it/showevent.pl?id=529
🗓️ *Application Deadline:* *October 5, 2025*

This school is aimed at both *PhD students in theory and experiment*, 
and will provide a comprehensive foundation in dark matter direct 
detection. It will cover:

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Experimental techniques across mass ranges

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Theoretical models and production mechanisms

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Tools to calculate dark matter scattering rates

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Strategies to connect theoretical predictions with experimental
observables

By bridging theory and experiment, the school seeks to define clear, 
actionable targets for the next generation of dark matter searches.


Confirmed Lecturers:

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Marco Selvi (INFN Bologna)

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Francesco D'Eramo (Università di Padova)

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Marco Gorghetto (DESY)

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Paolo Gorla (LNGS)

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Surjeet Rajendran (Johns Hopkins)

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Chiara Salemi (Berkeley)

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Caterina Braggio (Università di Padova)

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Belina von Krosigk (Heidelberg)

📄 The full program is available here (PDF) 
<https://www.ggi.infn.it/eventfiles/programs/prog529.pdf> and is also 
attached for your reference.

We warmly encourage applications from students in both theory and 
experiment to foster the interdisciplinary collaboration essential for 
advancing dark matter research.

Best regards,

Laura Baudis (University of Zurich),
Itay Bloch (Berkeley),
Diego Redigolo (INFN Florence),
Jure Zupan (University of Cincinnati)


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