Neutron stars as laboratories for dark matter

by Sanjay Reddy (University of Washington)

Wednesday 27 Jan 2021, 16:30 → 18:30 Europe/Zurich

Zoom only (CERN)

The high density, temperature,  and extreme gravity encountered inside neutron stars can provide unique opportunities to either discover or constrain the particle nature of dark matter. I will discuss a few recent ideas and comment on how multi messenger observations of neutron stars in the coming decades might allow us to discover light (< GeV) hidden sectors. In some cases, neutron stars can probe sectors that couple much too weakly for direct detection. 

Zoom link:  https://cern.zoom.us/j/98399499159
Meeting ID: 983 994 99159
Passcode: 323288