18–22 Jun 2018
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Europe/Tallinn timezone

Bounds on Dark Matter annihilations from 21 cm data

19 Jun 2018, 09:55
25m
Conference Hall (Estonian Academy of Sciences)

Conference Hall

Estonian Academy of Sciences

Kohtu 6, Tallinn, Estonia

Speaker

Dr Guido D'Amico (CERN)

Description

The observation of an absorption feature in the 21 cm spectrum at redshift z≈17 implies bounds on Dark Matter annihilations for a broad range of masses, given that significant heating of the intergalactic medium would have erased such feature. The resulting bounds on the DM annihilation cross sections are comparable to the strongest ones from all other observables.

Author

Dr Guido D'Amico (CERN)

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