| Speaker: | Carsten Rott (The Ohio State University) |
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| Title: | Closing in on Dark Matter |
| Date (JST): | Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Place: | Seminar Room at IPMU Kamioka Satellite |
| Related File: | 425.pdf |
| Abstract: |
Unraveling the mysterious nature of dark matter is one of the most exciting scientific goals of this decade. While there is overwhelming evidence for its existence, its properties remain literally in the dark. New approaches in the search for dark matter might finally allow us to shed light on its properties and distribution in our Galaxy. The newly completed giga-ton size IceCube neutrino telescope offers exciting opportunities for the detection of neutrinos produced by dark matter. Using early IceCube data, I performed a novel analysis for a neutrino signal from the Galactic dark matter halo. I will present the results of this analysis that allowed us to constrain the dark matter self-annihilation cross section. I will further discuss searches for annihilation signals from dark matter captured by the Sun; the principle sensitivity is to the scattering cross section, complementary to direct detection. I will conclude by providing an outlook on searches for dark matter. |
| Remarks: | On air at the Lecture Hall |
