PITT PACC Seminar: Annika Peter (OSU)

February 28, 2017 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Title: All Mergers Great and Small

 

Abstract: Of the many particle properties of dark matter that remain unknown, the self-collisional cross section is one that may be possible to measure using astronomical observations, and only astronomical observations.  In this talk, I will show that the hierarchical growth of structure in the Universe can be thought of as a series of massive dark matter collider experiments.  I will show what kinds of signatures collisional dark matter leaves in these merger events, and what scale of cross section each type of system may be sensitive to.   

 

 

Location and Address

321 Allen Hall