Seminar series
Date
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Time
12:00 -
13:00
Location
L3
Speaker
Malcolm Fairbairn (KCL)
We still don't know what dark matter is but a class of leading candidates
are weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs. These WIMP models are
falsifiable, which is why we like them. However, the epoch of their
falsifiability is upon us and a slew of data from different directions is
placing models for WIMPs under pressure. I will try and present an updated
overview of the different pieces of evidence, false (?) alarms and
controversies that are making this such an active area of research at the
moment.