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SUMMARY:Probing the astrophysics and particle physics of WIMPs with direct
  detection experiments  - Anne Green (University of Nottingham)
DTSTART:20161019T131500Z
DTEND:20161019T141500Z
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CONTACT:Shahar Hadar
DESCRIPTION:Diverse astrophysical and cosmological observations indicate t
 hat most of the matter in the Universe is cold\, dark and non-baryonic.  W
 eakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) are generically a good dark ma
 tter candidate and particle physics provides us with a well-motivated WIMP
  candidate in the form of the lightest neutralino. WIMPs can be detected i
 ndirectly (via the products of their annihilation) or directly (via elasti
 c scattering in underground detectors). After an overview of WIMPs and the
  status of attempts to detect them\, I will focus on what we could learn f
 rom direct detection experiments about the astrophysics and particle physi
 cs of WIMPs.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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