1–5 Aug 2011
AlbaNova University Center
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Light WIMPs!

3 Aug 2011, 14:25
25m
The Svedberg (AlbaNova University Center)

The Svedberg

AlbaNova University Center

Oral Direct dark-matter searches Direct searches for dark matter

Speaker

Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

Description

Observations from the direct detection experiments DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT, along with those from the Gamma Ray Space Telescope, have been interpreted as possible evidence of dark matter in the form of relatively light (5-10 GeV) WIMPs. I will discuss the implications of these observations for dark matter phenomenology and discuss how it will be possible with future measurements to either confirm or refute this interpretation. I will also discuss how recent results from the Tevatron could impact efforts to build models including a light WIMP.

Primary author

Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

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