Hep 20181129 Dark matter within and beyond the WIMP paradigm

by Dr Jan Heisig (UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve)

Thursday 29 Nov 2018, 13:30 → 14:15 Asia/Shanghai

Meeting Room 410,TDLI（Tsung-Dao Lee Library）

Abstract

There is overwhelming evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe.
However, while its energy density today is measured with unprecedented precision,
its microscopic properties and possible non-gravitational interactions with the standard
model remain elusive. Accordingly, a plethora of particle dark matter models exist that
explain the observed abundance. In this talk we review some of the rules and exceptions in the calculation of the dark matter density for thermal relics and point out the phenomenological possibilities that arise. We discuss variants of dark matter freeze-out within and beyond the paradigm of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) as well as mechanisms for producing non-thermalized dark matter. We furthermore highlight the corresponding experimental probes that allow us to pinpoint the model realized in nature.

Biography

Since Oct 2018 Postdoc, UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
Sept 2013 – Sept 2018 Postdoc, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
June 2010 – August 2013 PhD Student (and Postdoc), University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany.
2004 – 2010 Physics studies, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Division

Particle and Nuclear