Light WIMPs

by Dr Dan Hooper (Fermilab)

Wednesday 25 May 2011, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

Observations from the direct detection experiments DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT, along with those from the Gamma Ray Space Telescope, have been interpreted as possible evidence of dark matter in the form of relatively light (5-10 GeV) WIMPs. I will discuss the implications of these observations for dark matter phenomenology and discuss how it will be possible with future measurements to either confirm or refute this interpretation. I will also discuss how recent results from the Tevatron could impact efforts to build models including a light WIMP.