'Dark matter candidates' presentation slideshows

High energy cosmic rays

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James L. Pinfold University of Alberta

AstroCollider Physics. ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS AND THE LHC. James L. Pinfold University of Alberta. Menu. The LHC and its multi-purpose detectors, for high p t physics (and forward physics?) Forward physics at the LHC and Cosmic Ray physics The cosmic ray energy spectrum

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1446 Introductory Astronomy II

1446 Introductory Astronomy II. Chapter 18B Cosmology II R. S. Rubins Fall 2011. INTRODUCTION 1.

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Brown dwarfs: Not the missing mass

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DARK PARTICLES: WIMPS AND BEYOND

DARK PARTICLES: WIMPS AND BEYOND. Cornell Colloquium 7 November 2011. Jonathan Feng UC Irvine. EVIDENCE FOR DARK MATTER. We have learned a lot about the Universe in recent years There is now overwhelming evidence that normal (atomic) matter is not all the matter in the Universe:

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Visible and Invisible Universe: A short commentary

Visible and Invisible Universe: A short commentary. Carlo Rubbia CERN Geneva, Switzerland and INFN/LNGS, Assergi, Italy.

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Ionized Hydrogen (HII)

Ionized Hydrogen (HII). While ionized hydrogen (protons, electrons) forms the majority of the ionized phase of the ISM, it also contains ionized forms of other elements: e.g., OII, OIII, CIV, MgII.

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DARK MATTER AND ITS PARTICLE PROPERTIES Jonathan Feng , UC Irvine

DARK MATTER AND ITS PARTICLE PROPERTIES Jonathan Feng , UC Irvine Dark Matter in Southern California ( DaMaSC 2) Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech. DARK MATTER CANDIDATES. OUTLINE. WIMPs Symmetric and Asymmetric Direct Detection Indirect Detection Colliders Complementarity

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Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?

Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?. History: 1937: like many things in astronomy, dark matter was first postulated by Fritz Zwicky. Apply virial theorem to indiv. galaxies in the Virgo cluster ? M galaxy Apply virial theorem to cluster as a whole ? M cluster

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Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?

Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?. History: 1937: like many things in astronomy, dark matter was first postulated by Fritz Zwicky. Apply virial theorem to indiv. galaxies in the Virgo cluster ? M galaxy Apply virial theorem to cluster as a whole ? M cluster

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Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?

Dark Matter: What is it? Where is it? Do we need it? How much?. History: 1937: like many things in astronomy, dark matter was first postulated by Fritz Zwicky. Apply virial theorem to indiv. galaxies in the Virgo cluster ? M galaxy Apply virial theorem to cluster as a whole ? M cluster

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DARK MATTER AND SUPERGRAVITY

DARK MATTER AND SUPERGRAVITY. Jonathan Feng University of California, Irvine. 20 June 2006 Strings 2006, Beijing. COSMOLOGY ? NEW PHYSICS. Cosmology today provides much of the best evidence for new microphysics

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Our best fit for all our parameters: What is all that dark matter?

What is the Dark Matter?. Standard Model Particles and Hot Dark Matter. Could It Be Standard Model Particles?. Our best fit for all our parameters: What is all that dark matter? If it is standard model particles, it must be stable Only stable particles are:

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Underground Laboratories and Low Background Experiments

Underground Laboratories and Low Background Experiments. Pia Loaiza Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. Bordeaux, March 16 th , 2006. Outline. Introduction to dark matter, as an example of rare event searches 2) Background sources - Cosmic rays Underground Labs

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Dark Matter Annihilation in the Milky Way Halo

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<Dark Matter>

ASTROID. <Dark Matter>. Lesson Plan Guided Research Model Dr. Christian Reimers reimers@astro.univie.ac.at http://www.virtuelleschule.at/cosmos/. [1]. [2]. [1] Gravitational Lens, HST observation of Abell 2218 [2] Rotation curve (observed and theoretical), SuW 1/2005 S.32ff.

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Quantum to Cosmos Workshop Objectives

Quantum to Cosmos Workshop Objectives. Ulf Israelsson, JPL Airlie, May 21, 2006. Laboratory Physics at NASA Code U before 2004. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Three Space Shuttle flight experiments completed ~70 funded investigators Funded plans for ISS research facilities aimed at studying

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SPARK PURIFICATION SYSTEM

SPARK PURIFICATION SYSTEM. Kemar James Mechanical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University Case Western Reserve University REU Summer Program 2010 Cleveland , Ohio 44106-4901 Faculty Advisors: Dr. Thomas Shutt , Dr. Dan Akerib , Dr Carmen Carmona. Abstract.

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Measuring Our Rotation

Measuring Our Rotation. Measuring rotation in our galaxy is hard because we are inside it. One method for measuring circular rate of rotation at our radius: Study proper motion of Sagittarius A* over period of years Possible using radio telescopes and interferometry

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