Particle Astrophysics 2011

Session

Dark Matter - Laura Baudis, U of Zurich

DM

29 Apr 2011, 09:00

2. Dark Matter

Laura Baudis (Physik Institut, U of Zurich)

29/04/2011, 09:00

Dark Matter - Laura Baudis

We have strong evidence that about 83% of matter in our Universe is dark, revealing its presence only by its gravitational attraction. If the dark matter is made up of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), it can be directly detected via elastic scattering from nuclei in ultra-low background, deep underground detectors. WIMPs arise naturally in many beyond-Standard-Model theories, a...