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Dark Matter Theory II
Seminar for Master students - Masterpflichtseminar
Tuesdays, 14:15 - 16:00, online on zoom.
First meeting: Tuesday, November 3rd, online.
Welcome to the dark side of the universe
As of today, we have ample evidence for dark matter based on astrophysical and cosmological observations. But we know very little about the fundamental nature of dark matter. In this seminar, we will explore the hypothesis that dark matter is a new particle, or an entire sector of new particles, from a theory perspective. We will discuss what we think are good candidates for dark matter, how dark matter could have been produced in the early universe, and how we search for dark matter at experiments today.
Zoom connection
Meeting ID: 517-538-4272
Kenncode: 374880
Link: https://zoom.us/j/5175384272?pwd=RHVQckpRNjJ6T0JJd0M5SC9jSDRJQT09
Chat
https://uebungen.physik.uni-heidelberg.de/chat/group/ws20-chat-dark-matter
Seminar course
Each student will give a 3 x 12 minutes presentation on one of the topics, followed by a discussion with all of us. We will distribute the topics at our first meeting. In addition, you will write a summary of your presentation in 5-8 DIN A4 pages. This write-up is due 2 weeks after your presentation.
What you should know
To be equipped with background knowledge for this seminar, you should have attended at least one of the courses listed below (or equivalent courses).
- The Standard Model of Particle Physics
- Quantum Field Theory I/II
Vorträge
- Di 3.11.2020 14:15 Introduction
- Di 10.11.2020 14:15 Preparation - informal meeting
- Di 17.11.2020 14:15 Evidence for dark matter
join Monday seminar - Di 24.11.2020 14:15 Dark matter candidates
Yannick Noel Freitag - Di 1.12.2020 14:15 Thermal dark matter and relic abundance
join Monday seminar - Di 8.12.2020 14:15 Portals to a dark sector
join Monday seminar - Di 15.12.2020 14:15 Dark matter annihilation and indirect detection
join Monday seminar - Di 12.1.2021 14:15 Dark matter-nucleon scattering and direct detection
Prajwal Hassan Puttasiddappa - Di 19.1.2021 14:15 Dark matter production at colliders
Julian Bernhard Voits - Di 26.1.2021 14:15 Non-thermal feebly interacting dark matter
Pavel Popov - Di 2.2.2021 14:15 Dark matter searches with long-lived particles
Faiz Ahmed - Di 9.2.2021 14:15 Axion dark matter
Prisco Lo Chiatto - Di 16.2.2021 14:15 Sterile neutrinos as dark matter
Lennart Kai Röver - Di 23.2.2021 14:15 Exam week - no seminar
Literature
- G. Bertone, D. Hooper, A History of Dark Matter
- G. Bertone, D. Hooper, J. Silk, Particle Dark Matter: Evidence, Candidates and Constraints
- G. Gelmini, TASI 2014 Lectures: The Hunt For Dark Matter
- M. Lisanti, Lectures on Dark Matter Physics
- T. Slatyer, TASI Lectures on Indirect Detection of Dark Matter
- T. Lin, TASI lectures on dark matter models and direct detection
- Y. Mambrini, Histories of Particles in the Dark Universe
- M. Bauer, T. Plehn, Yet Another Introduction to Dark Matter
- G. Arcadi et al., The Waning of the WIMP? A Review of Models, Searches, and Constraints
- F. Kahlhoefer, Review of LHC Dark Matter Searches
- Bernal et al.: The dawn of FIMP dark matter: A review of models and constraints
- S. Dodelson, Modern Cosmology (textbook), Academic Press, 2003
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TeilnehmerInnen
- Gruppe 01
8 Teilnehmer/innen
