Speaker
JoAnne Hewett
(SLAC)
Description
If the cosmic dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles, these
particles should be produced in reactions at the next generation of high energy
accelerators. Measurements at these accelerators can then be used to determine the
microscopic properties of the dark matter. From this, we can predict the cosmic
density, the annihilation cross sections, and the cross sections relevant to direct
detection. In this paper, we present studies in supersymmetry models with neutralino
dark matter that give quantitative estimates of the accuracy that can be expected. We
show that these are well matched to the requirements of anticipated astrophysical
observations of dark matter. The capabilities of the proposed International Linear
Collider (ILC) are expected to play a particularly important role in this study.
Primary author
JoAnne Hewett
(SLAC)
