2–6 Dec 2019
Australia/Sydney timezone

Searching for Sterile Neutrino Dark matter with X-ray lines using NuSTAR

3 Dec 2019, 14:30
20m
SNH 4002 (Messel)

SNH 4002 (Messel)

Oral Dark matter Parallel

Speaker

Kenny Chun Yu Ng (GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam)

Description

X-ray line searches are sensitive probes for many dark matter models, such as sterile neutrino dark matter in the nuMSM. I will discuss the current status of the experimental efforts, including that of the tentative signal at 3.5 keV. Then I will discuss some recent progress with NuSTAR and its prospects in the near future. Finally, I will talk about the idea of dark matter velocity spectroscopy, a powerful diagnostic tool for tentative dark matter line signals, which is achievable with high-resolution spectrometers, such as XRISM and Athena.

Author

Kenny Chun Yu Ng (GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam)

Presentation materials