6–8 May 2013
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

CMB bounds on light dark matter.

7 May 2013, 17:00
15m
Benedum Hall G31 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G31

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Speaker

Aravind Natarajan (Carnegie Mellon University)

Description

I use the recent Planck data in combination with WMAP, ACT, and SPT to place bounds on dark matter properties. I show that light dark matter models favored by some direct detection experiments are strongly constrained by CMB observations. I will also discuss how future polarization data from Planck will improve these bounds.

Author

Aravind Natarajan (Carnegie Mellon University)

Presentation materials