Conveners
Invited talks VII
- Anders Kvellestad
- Anders Kvellestad (University of Oslo)
A selection of "theoretical frameworks'' that are currently used in the analysis of dark matter (DM) search experiments is presented. These frameworks are divided into two classes: those extending the Standard Model (SM) by a DM candidate only, and those extending the SM by a new particle mediator in addition to a DM candidate (``dark sectors''). For each framework, examples are provided for...
Dark matter makes up 80% of the total matter content in the universe, but has so far only been observed through its gravitational pull on ordinary matter. Direct detection experiments aim to discover dark matter interacting with their detector, and these detectors have provided rapidly improving sensitivity to the popular WIMP dark matter model. This talk gives an overview of the concepts and...