7–11 Jul 2025
America/Toronto timezone

Dark Matter (mass) at the extremes: reigning in the mass range of range of dark matter

8 Jul 2025, 09:00
30m
A5502 (Complex des Sciences)

A5502

Complex des Sciences

Speaker

Evan McDonough

Description

The range of possible masses of particle dark matter spans over many orders of
magnitude. The extremes of the mass range -- so-called ''superheavy'' and ''ultralight'' dark
matter candidates -- are increasingly attracting attention due to their novel phenomenology and
new developments in production mechanisms. In this talk I will discuss the complementary nature
of superheavy and ultralight dark matter, illustrated with examples from a QCD-like dark sector
and from the string theory axiverse.

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