×
 Physics at Virginia

"Phases of Particle Dark Matter"


Josh Ruderman , NYU
[Host: Jan Heisig]
ABSTRACT:

Dark matter is believed to make up most of the matter in our Universe, but its particle origin remains a mystery.  A favorite candidate is the so-called Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), but a diverse set of experiments are rapidly closing the available parameter space for WIMPs.  I will show that small changes to the assumptions about how dark matter was produced in the early Universe lead to very different dark matter masses and interaction strengths.  I will chart ``phase diagrams” for the production of dark matter with a thermal or non-thermal origin.  I will explain how different phases of dark matter production map onto different experimental prospects.

Colloquium
Friday, March 3, 2023
3:30 PM
Clark Hall, Room 108
Note special room.

https://web.phys.virginia.edu/Private/Covid-19/colloquium.asp


 Add to your calendar

To add a speaker, send an email to phys-speakers@Virginia.EDU. Please include the seminar type (e.g. Colloquia), date, name of the speaker, title of talk, and an abstract (if available).