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Laboratory for Particle Physics (LTP)


LTP Colloquium

A Bouquet of Dark Matter Candidates

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 16:00
online only                                             (for the zoom link contact michael.spira@psi.ch, emanuele.bagnaschi@psi.ch or pulak.banerjee@psi.ch)

Joachim Kopp, CERN

Abstract:
We discuss the current status of WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) Dark Matter from both a theoretical and an experimental viewpoint. We comment in particular direct searches for WIMP-nucleus scattering, indirect searches for WIMP annihilation in the Universe, and collider searches. In the second part of the talk, we comment on several alternatives to WIMP dark matter, such as sterile neutrinos, or primordial black holes.