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

Shared Asymmetry of the Dark Sector

10 May 2016, 14:30
15m
G28 (Benedum Hall)

G28

Benedum Hall

parallel talk Dark Matter II

Speaker

Lina Necib (MIT)

Description

In this talk, I will present a dark matter model in which both the dark sector and the visible sector share a common asymmetry. This asymmetry is mediated by an unstable dark particle of baryon number one through a semi-annihilation process. We realize a viable parameter space in which we find (1) the correct dark matter abundance, (2) the correct baryon asymmetry, and (3) a plausible dark matter interpretation for the Fermi GeV excess. This model provides a proof-of-concept that fully asymmetric dark matter can still lead to interesting indirect detection signals.

Author

Lina Necib (MIT)

Co-authors

Prof. Jesse Thaler (MIT) Nayara Fonseca (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

Presentation materials