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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker: Piero Ullio (SISSA, Trieste)

Title: A multiwavelength approach to dark matter detection

Date: Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Time: 12:00
Venue: Villa Bazzoni

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Abstract:
The nature of the dark matter (DM) component of the Universe is still unknown. Among viable scenarios, thermal generation seems the most natural DM production mechanism, and weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are among the leading DM candidates. We will discuss the possibility to detect dark matter by identifying a contribution from dark matter WIMP pair annihilations to the galactic and extra-galatic radiation. The approach we propose involves exploiting multi-wavelength observations and the cross-correlation of signals at different wavelength. We also discuss the possibility to detect DM through the SZ-effect expected from WIMP annihilations.
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contact: Matteo Viel (OATS)