Xiaoyong Chu (HEPHY): Variants and parametrization of self‐interacting dark matter

Dienstag, 05. November 2019 16:15

Ort: Erwin‐Schrödinger‐Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock

Cosmological simulations suggest that there exists an unexpected mass deficit in dark matter inner halos. This has inspired the study of self‐scattering dark matter. In this talk, I will first discuss various dark matter models that can address such mass deficit while satisfying other observational bounds, such as self‐interactions enhanced by light mediators, or by a s‐wave resonance, at low velocities.
The second half of my talk will introduce the so‐called effective‐range approach, which describes the velocity dependence of the self‐interaction cross section in a modelindependent way, with only two parameters.

Location:

Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock