Searching for the Dark Matter with X-rays

by Dr Kenny Ng ( University of Amsterdam)

Thursday 11 Jun 2020, 16:00 → 17:00 Asia/Shanghai

Zoom: 624053160 (Online seminar)

Abstract: 

X-ray line searches are sensitive probes for many dark matter models, such as sterile neutrino dark matter in the nuMSM. I will discuss the current status of the experimental efforts, including that of the tentative signal at 3.5 keV.  Then I will discuss some recent progress with NuSTAR and its prospects in the near future.  Finally, I will talk about the idea of dark matter velocity spectroscopy, a powerful diagnostic tool for tentative dark matter line signals, which is achievable with high-resolution spectrometers, such as XRISM and Athena.

Brief biography:

I did my PhD at Ohio State University, and then a postdoc in the Weizmann Institute of Science. I am now a Marie Curie fellow at the GRAPPA Institute at the University of Amsterdam.  In 2020 I will start at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor.

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https://sites.google.com/site/astrokennyng/c-v

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