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[HET seminar] More fun with light dark mediators

Name: [HET seminar] More fun with light dark mediators
Start: 2022-05-26T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-05-26T12:30:00-04:00
Location: https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1612154637?pwd=Z2E5RWhqRXBkMnExQzc3eVBTWTg3UT09

by Jessie Shelton

Thursday 26 May 2022, 11:00 → 12:30 US/Eastern

https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1612154637?pwd=Z2E5RWhqRXBkMnExQzc3eVBTWTg3UT09

Description

Dark matter that interacts with the Standard Model through a light dark force carrier can realize a range of interesting phenomena that are distinctly different from the predictions of WIMP-y dark matter models that interact via short-range scattering. I’ll talk about two new fun things that happen in DM models with light dark mediators: (1) enhanced gravitational capture rates in nondegenerate astrophysical bodies, and (2) a new kind of UV sensitivity to initial conditions in models of freeze in.

Organised by

Matt Sullivan