Speaker
Anupam Ray
Description
A sub-component of dark matter with a short collision length compared to a planetary size leads to efficient accumulation of dark matter in astrophysical bodies. Such particles represent an interesting physics target since they can evade existing bounds from direct detection due to their rapid thermalization in high-density environments. In this talk, I will demonstrate that terrestrial probes, such as, large-volume neutrino telescopes as well as commercial/research nuclear reactors, can provide novel ways to constrain or discover such particles.
