Public tools (developed by the team members)
- Cluster mass reconstruction from weak lensing masses (CLMM)
- Cosmic-ray database (CRDB)
- Propagation of Galactic cosmic-ray nuclei (USINE)
- Flux calculation of γ and neutrinos from dark matter decay or annihilation (CLUMPY)
Collaborations (in which the team participate)
- AMS-02 experiment (https://ams02.space/)
- Dark Energy Science Collaboration DESC (https://lsstdesc.org/)
- LSST France (https://www.lsst.fr/)
- FINK broker to stream transient alerts (https://www.fink-broker.org/)
- DIRAC interware (https://dirac.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
Ongoing PhD
- Identification of orphan gamma-ray bursts in the optical domain with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the FINK alert broker
Marina Masson (dir. J. Bregeon), 2022-2025 - Cosmology with galaxy clusters in the Rubin-LSST era
Constantin Payerne (dir. C. Combet), 2020-2023 - Cosmological analysis of weak lensing data with Rubin-LSST: observational effects and non-gaussian statistics
Manon Ramel (dir. C. Doux et M. Kuna), 2022-2025
PhD defended
LSST & cosmology
- Contribution au projet LSST : développement d'un banc d'étalonnage optique et étude des oscillations acoustiques de baryons
Adeline Choyer (dir. C. Renault & J.S. Ricol), Oct. 2015 - Cosmologie observationnelle avec le télescope LSST : étalonnage de la caméra et phénoménologie
Alexia Gorecki (dir. A. Barrau), Oct. 2011
Cosmic rays and dark matter [no new thesis since 2016]
- Détection indirecte de matière noire : des galaxies naines sphéroides en photons gamma à la recherche d'anti-hélium avec l'expérience AMS-02
Vincent Bonnivard (dir. L. Derome & D. Maurin), Sept. 2016 - Analyse des données de l'expérience AMS-02 pour la propagation du rayonnement cosmique dans la cavité solaire et la Galaxie
Alexandre Ghelfi (dir. L. Derome & D. Maurin), Sept. 2016 - Mesure et phénoménologie du rayonnement cosmique avec l'expérience CREAM
Benoit Coste (dir. L. Derome & D. Maurin), Oct. 2012 - Phénoménologie et détection des ions du rayonnement cosmique
Antje Putze (dir. L. Derome & D. Maurin), Sept. 2009 - Développement d'un imageur Tcherenkov (CHERCAM) pour la mesure de charge des éléments du rayonnment cosmique nucléaire
Yoann Sallaz-Damaz (dir. M. Buénerd), Oct. 2008 - Contribution à l'Instrumentation de l'Imageur Tcherenkov de l'Experience Spatiale AMS
Marciano Vargas Trevino (dir. M. Buénerd), July 2005 - Simulation et détection du rayonnement cosmique : Production d'antimatière dans l'atmosphère et étude de l'imageur Cherenkov annulaire de l'expérience AMS
Bruny Baret (dir. M. Buénerd et L. Derome), Oct. 2004 - Production et propagation de noyaux légers d'antimatière dans la galaxie
Rémy Duperray (dir. K. Protassov), July 2004 - Trous noirs primordiaux, rayonnement cosmique et développements instrumentaux pour l'imageur Tcherenkov de l'expérience spatiale AMS
Gaëlle Boudoul (dir. A. Barrau), Sept. 2003 - Etude des antiprotons d'origine atmospherique au voisinage de la Terre
Ching-Yuan Huang (dir. M. Buénerd), May 2002 - Un imageur d'anneaux Tcherenkov pour l'expérience AMS, prototypie, simulation et perspectives physiques
Thomas Thuillier (dir. M. Buénerd), May 2000
Quantum Loop Gravity [topic moved to the theory team in 2018]
- Quelques aspects de physique des trous noirs, cosmologie et théorie quantique des champs
Flora Moulin (dir. A. Barrau), octobre 2020 - Quelques aspects de cosmologie et de physique des trous noirs en gravitation quantique à boucles
Killian Martineau (dir. A. barrau), octobre 2019 - Beyond Einstein's theory of gravitation: some aspects of Loop quantum cosmology, black holes and the dark universe
Boris Bolliet (dir. A. Barrau), July 2017 - Consistency and observational consequencies of Loop quantum cosmology
Linda Linsefors (dir. A. Barrau), June 2016 - Étude des perturbations cosmologiques et dérivation des observables en gravité quantique à boucle
Thomas Cailleteau (dir. A. Barrau), Oct. 2013 - Relativité Générale et champs quantiques: quelques aspects de physique des trous noirs et de cosmologie en gravité de Lovelock, espaces de Sitter et dimensions supplémentaires
Julien Grain (dir. A. Barrau), Oct. 2006
"Habilitation à diriger des recherches"
- Discovery of the Higgs boson and study of its properties using photons and leptons with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, Marine Kuna (July 2019)
- L’astronomie gamma au sol et dans l’espace, Johan Bregeon (June 2019)
- Dark matter indirect detection in gamma-rays, Céline Combet (June 2018)
- Rayonnement cosmique et détection indirecte de matière noire, David Maurin (Oct. 2013)
- Production et propagation de particules secondaires au voisinage de la Terre, Laurent Derome (Jan. 2008)
- Mesures des rayons cosmiques entre le GeV et le PeV par les expériences AMS et CREAM, Mariane Mangin-Brinet (Nov. 2007)
- A la lumière des trous noirs primordiaux, Aurélien Barrau (June 2004)
Main publications since 2019
LSST and cosmology
- Testing the accuracy of likelihoods for cluster abundance cosmology, MNRAS 520, 6223 (2023)
- Dark energy survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from the analysis of cosmic shear in harmonic space, MNRAS 515, 1942 (2022)
- Cosmology with the Roman Space Telescope - Synergies with CMB lensing, MNRAS 512, 5311 (2022)
- Measuring weak lensing masses on individual clusters, MNRAS 512, 4785 (2022)
- The effects of lensing by local structures on the dipole of radio source counts, MNRAS 510, 3098 (2022)
- Validating Synthetic Galaxy Catalogs for Dark Energy Science in the LSST Era, OJAp 5, 1 (2022)
- CLMM: a LSST-DESC cluster weak lensing mass modeling library for cosmology, MNRAS 508, 6092 (2021)
- FINK, a new generation of broker for the LSST community, MNRAS 501, 3272 (2021)
- The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey, ApJSS 253, 34 (2021)
- Laboratory measurements of instrumental signatures of the LSST camera focal plane, SPIE 11454, 1145439 (2020)
- Impact of photometric redshifts on the galaxy power spectrum and BAO scale in the LSST survey, A&A 623, 76 (2019)
Cosmic rays and dark matter
- The importance of Fe fragmentation for LiBeB analyses. Is a Li primary source needed to explain AMS-02 data?, A&A 668, A27 (2022)
- A simple determination of the halo size from 10Be/9Be data, A&A 667, A25 (2022)
- Classification of gamma-ray targets for velocity-dependent and subhalo-boosted dark-matter annihilation, JCAP 10, 021 (2022)
- AMS-02 antiprotons and dark matter: Trimmed hints and robust bounds, SciPost Physics 12, 163 (2022)
- The rigidity dependence of galactic cosmic-ray fluxes and its connection with the diffusion coefficient, Front. Phys. 24 (2022)
- New minimal, median, and maximal propagation models for dark matter searches with Galactic cosmic rays, PRD 104, 083005 (2021)
- Cosmic-Ray Isotopes with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, ICRC (2021)
- The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the international space station: Part II - Results from the first seven years, Physics Report 894, 1 (2021)
- CRDV v4.0: ultra-high energy, ultra-heavy, and antinuclei cosmic Rays, Universe, vol. 6, 102 (2020)
- USINE: Semi-analytical models for Galactic cosmic-ray propagation, CPC 247, 106942 (2020)
- Galactic halo size in the light of recent AMS-02 data, A&A 639, 131 (2020)
- Combined analysis of AMS-02 (Li,Be,B)/C, N/O, 3He, and 4He data, A&A 639, 131 (2020)
- AMS-02 antiprotons' consistency with a secondary astrophysical origin, PRR 2, 023022 (2020)
- Fitting B/C cosmic-ray data in the AMS-02 era: a cookbook, A&A 627, 158 (2019)
- CLUMPY v3: γ-ray and ν signals from dark matter at all scales, CPC 235, 336 (2019)
Others
- FINK, a new generation of broker for the LSST community, MNRAS 501, 3272 (2021)
- A DIRAC-based Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Data Management, Processing and Simulations, ASPC 527, 339 (2020)
- Optimizing Cherenkov photons generation and propagation in CORSIKA for CTA Monte-Carlo simulations, Computing and Software for Big Science 4, 9 (2020)
Permanent staff
- Johan Bregeon (since 2019) - CR (orphan gamma-ray burst, FINK broker for LSST)
- Céline Combet (since 2017) - DR (weak lensing with galaxy clusters, indirect dark matter detection)
- Laurent Derome (since 2000) - Professor (galactic cosmic rays)
- Cyrille Doux (since 2022) - CR (weak lensing, machine learning)
- Marine Kuna (since 2021) - Lecturer (blending)
- David Maurin (since 2011) [team leader] - CR (galactic cosmic rays, dark matter indirect detection)
PhD students and post-docs
- Eduardo José Barroso - Visiting PhD 10/22-08/23 (with C. Combet)
- Marina Masson - PhD 2022-2025 (dir. J. Bregeon)
- Constantin Payerne - PhD 2020-2023 (dir. C. Combet)
- Manon Ramel - PhD 2022-2025 (dir. C. Doux and M. Kuna)
Former team members
- 2015-2021 : Cécile Renault (cosmologie et BAO)
- 2000-2019 : Aurélien Barrau (AMS, LSST & quantum loop gravity)
- 2011-2017 : Jean-Stéphane Ricol (LSST & AMS)
- 1998-2013 : Michel Buénerd (AMS)
- 2004-2007 : Mariane Mangin-Brinet (AMS)
- 2002-2005 : Konstantin Protassov (AMS)
Postdoc
- 2020-2022 : Calum Murray (cosmology with galaxy clusters)
- 2013-2015 : Nicole Tomassetti (AMS & cosmic-ray phenomeology)
- 2010-2013 : William Gillard (AMS)
- 2008-2010 : Sylvain Baumont (LSST)
PhD
- 2017-2020 : Flora Moulin (quantum loop gravity)
- 2016-2019 : Killian Martineau (quantum loop gravity)
- 2015-2017 : Sandy Aupetit (cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2014-2017 : Boris Bolliet (quantum loop gravity)
- 2013:2016 : Vincent Bonnivard (dark matter direct dectection)
- 2013-2016 : Alexandre Ghelfi (AMS-02 & cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2012-2016 : Linda Linsefors (quantum loop gravity)
- 2012-2015 : Adeline Choyer (LSST)
- 2010-2013 : Thomas Cailleteau (quantum loop gravity)
- 2009-2012 : Benoit Coste (CREAM & cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2008-2011 : Alexia Gorecki (LSST)
- 2006-2009 : Antje Putze (cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2005-2008 : Yoann Sallaz-Damaz (CHERCAM detector for CREAM)
- 2003-2006 : Julien Grain (quantum loop gravity)
- 2002-2005 : Marciano Vargas Trevino (RICH detector for AMS)
- 2001-2004 : Bruny Baret (RICH detector for AMS& cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2001-2004 : Rémy Duperray (nuclear physics & cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2000-2003 : Gaëlle Boudoul (RICH detector for AMS & dark matter indirect detection)
- 1999-2002 : Ching-Yuan Huang (cosmic rays in the Earth neighbourhood)
- 1997-2000 : Thomas Thuillier (RICH detector for AMS)
Others
- 2019-2020 : Nathanael Weinrich (Masterarbeit, cosmic-ray phenomenology)
- 2015-2016 : Marion Moneuse (Diplomarbeit, LSST)
The scientific activities in the DARK team cover astrophysics (origin of the galactic cosmic rays), astroparticle physics (indirect detection of dark matter), and cosmology (nature of dark energy). The experiments in which the team is involved (AMS-02 and the Rubin observatory) try to caracterise the content of the Universe and understand its evolution.
The team, with the support of the technical services of the laboratory, is (or has been) involved in the development of serval detectors and instruments. It is also involved in the analysis of the data of these experiments and their interpretation, with an expertise on statistical methods and machine leaning. These various aspects gives a strong multidisciplinary flavour to the team, with expertises in instrumentation, data analysis, and phenomenology.