8 December 2014
Denys Wilkinson Building
Europe/London timezone

Closing in on the velocity distribution of Dark Matter with direct detection and neutrino telescopes

8 Dec 2014, 13:30
15m
Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre (Denys Wilkinson Building)

Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre

Denys Wilkinson Building

Keble Road Oxford OX1 3RH

Speaker

Dr Mattia Fornasa (University of Nottingham)

Description

The next generation of direct detection experiments not only will allow the reconstruction of the Particle Physics properties of Dark Matter (i.e. its mass and scattering cross section), but also the determination of its local velocity distribution. However, this measurement is hinder by the fact that direct detection experiments, being sensitive only above some energy threshold, do not probe down to very low velocities. I am going to show you how this problem can be solved by including the information provided by a (simulated) detection of neutrinos from the Sun. The complementary nature of such a signal will significantly improve the precision in the simultaneous reconstruction of the Dark Mass mass, cross section and velocity distribution.

Primary author

Dr Mattia Fornasa (University of Nottingham)

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