Particle Physics in Birmingham

Particle Physics Seminar

Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 13:30
Poynting Small Lecture Theatre

(tea, coffee and biscuits served at 13:15)

Dark Matter in the Solar System

Chris McCabe (King's College)


Abstract

The Gaia satellite is transforming our understanding of the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way. I will discuss the impact on experiments searching for the direct detection of dark matter of sub-structures that have recently been detected in the Milky Way's dark matter halo with Gaia data: the 'Gaia Sausage' and 'Dark Shards'. Based on arXiv:1807.09004, arXiv:1810.11468 and arXiv:1909.04684 in collaboration with Ciaran O'Hare, Wyn Evans, GyuChul Myeong and Vasily Berlokurov.