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12–16 Sept 2016
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone
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The Smith Cloud and its potential for indirect Dark Matter detection using radio waves

14 Sept 2016, 14:00
4h
500/1-201 - Mezzanine (CERN)

500/1-201 - Mezzanine

CERN

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Poster Contributions Dark matter (indirect detection) Poster Session (coffee at 15:00) & CERN Visit

Speaker

Dr Martin Vollmann (TU Munich)

Description

One of the key predictions of the “WIMP” paradigm for Dark Matter (DM) is that DM particles can annihilate into charged particles. These annihilations will proceed in e.g. Galactic subhalos such as dwarf Galaxies or, as recently pointed out, high velocity clouds such as the “Smith” cloud. In this talk I will argue that among the several messengers of the DM annihilations occurring in the Smith cloud, radio signals stand out. I will also discuss the applicability and the prospects of these ideas in big data radio surveys such as LOFAR.

Primary author

Dr Martin Vollmann (TU Munich)

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