Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology) |
Events During the Week of March 27th through April 3rd, 2016
Monday, March 28th, 2016
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
- Type Ia Supernovae and Heavy Metals From Dark Matter
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Joseph Bramante, University of Notre Dame
- Abstract: Recent studies of low-redshift type Ia supernovae indicate
that at least half explode from sub-Chandrasekhar mass progenitor
white dwarfs. This talk explains how asymmetric dark matter would
ignite white dwarfs, and form star-destroying black holes inside old
neutron stars inhabiting regions densely populated with dark matter.
Links between dark matter and the anomalously high heavy metal
abundance of Reticulum II will also be discussed. - Host: Yang Bai
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
- No events scheduled
Thursday, March 31st, 2016
- No events scheduled
Friday, April 1st, 2016
- No events scheduled