Direct detection and the ultra-local dark matter distribution

by Dr Anne Green (University of Nottingham)

Tuesday 7 Apr 2009, 13:15 → 14:15 Europe/Stockholm

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Direct detection experiments have reached the sensitivity required to detect WIMPs and are beginning to probe the parameter space of supersymmetric models. The signals expected in these experiments, in particular the annual modulation, depend on the ultra-local (sub-milli-pc) dark matter distribution. I will overview recent results on the dark matter velocity and density distribution, before focusing on work in progress on the ultra-local dark matter distribution.