Progress on Old and New Themes in cosmology (PONT) 2014

Session

4-Dark Matter

Apr 16, 2014, 9:00 AM

Chambre du Trésorier (Palais des Papes, Avignon)

52. Indirect detection of dark matter

Jan Conrad (Stockholm University)

4/16/14, 9:00 AM

I will present status and some perspectives on indirect detection of particle dark matter.

53. A Brief Overview of Direct Searches for Dark Matter

Jodi Cooley (SMU)

4/16/14, 9:45 AM

Direct detection experiments seek to detect dark matter though its scattering off nuclei in terrestrial detectors. In this talk, I will review the motivation for the direct detection of dark matter, discuss a variety of challenges faced by experimenters trying to directly detect dark matter and review recent results from leading direct detection experiments.

46. Clues to the identity of the dark matter from simulations and observations

Carlos Frenk

4/16/14, 11:00 AM

67. A WIMP dark matter particle around the corner?

Thomas Hambye

4/16/14, 11:45 AM

This is a new title for my talk to replace the previous title.