Speaker
Andrew Buchanan
(Queen's University)
Description
As the search for dark matter progresses, it is useful to refine past and future searches for heavy dark matter, including for dark matter masses well above a TeV. I demonstrate the importance of properly modelling the local dark matter velocity distribution, beyond the standard Maxwellian halo model, and in particular how accurate modeling of the Large Magellanic Cloud and Milky Way impact heavy dark matter searches. As a specific example, I examine the effect of the LMC on heavy dark matter bounds obtained from a 1991 experiment searching for supermassive magnetic monopoles using plastic etch detectors at the Ohya Mine.
Author
Andrew Buchanan
(Queen's University)
