9–11 May 2016
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Dark matter velocity spectroscopy: a speed test for dark matter

9 May 2016, 14:15
15m
G28 (Benedum Hall)

G28

Benedum Hall

parallel talk Dark Matter I

Speaker

Kenny Chun Yu Ng (Ohio State University)

Description

I will talk about the idea of dark matter velocity spectroscopy and its application for sterile neutrino dark matter searches: how high-resolution x-ray instruments can distinguish line emission from dark matter, hot gas, and instrumental artifacts. With a sufficiently precise instrument, this general technique can provide an additional and important handle in diagnosing tentative dark matter line signals.

Author

Kenny Chun Yu Ng (Ohio State University)

Co-authors

Eric Speckhard (Ohio State University) John Beacom (Ohio State University) Ranjan Laha (Stanford University)

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