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Department of Physics presents a Physics Colloquium
Colloquium: Scanning teh Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Prof. Kerstin Perez MIT The particle nature of dark matter is a driving question of contemporary physics, with astrophysical experiments leading the search for dark matter annihilation or decay signatures. In an era of ever-tightening constraints on Weakly-interacting massive particles (WIMPs), there is increasing interest in light (<1 GeV) dark matter candidates. Sterile neutrinos, which could provide an elegant solution to…
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Department of Physics Presents a Physics Colloquium
Colloquium: Cosmology as a Probe of Physics Beyond the Standard Model Scott Watson Syracuse University Cosmological observations provide overwhelming evidence that our universe is almost entirely comprised of dark energy and dark matter, both of which have no theoretical explanation within the standard model of particle physics. The former is responsible for a current period of cosmic acceleration, much like that which occurred in the earliest moments of the universe.…