Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology) |
Events During the Week of December 7th through December 14th, 2014
Monday, December 8th, 2014
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
- Boosting Dark Matter Indirect Detection Signals with Black Holes
- Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Jessie Shelton
- Abstract: Super-massive black holes that grow at the center of dark matter halos distort the dark matter within their zone of influence into a steep density spike. Besides giving rise to strong enhancements of standard indirect detection signals, this spike can lead to qualitatively new windows into the physics of the early universe. I will talk about potential dark matter signals from the Milky Way's central black hole, some astrophysical caveats, and the possible use of black holes as dark matter accelerators.
- Host: Ran Lu
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
- No events scheduled
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
- No events scheduled
Friday, December 12th, 2014
- No events scheduled