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

Sommerfeld Enhancement of Self-Interacting Dark Matter

7 May 2013, 17:45
15m
Benedum Hall G31 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G31

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Speaker

Mathieu Cliche (C)

Description

We present new results for the Sommerfeld enhancement of self-interacting dark matter, focusing on results from singular potentials generated by the relevant quantum field theory operators. We show how these models are consistently renormalized and give bounds on the enhancement. These results constrain models through connections with astrophysics using halo shapes and substructure.

Authors

Brando Bellazzini (U) Flip Tanedo Mathieu Cliche (C)

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