[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Theory Seminar today at 13:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Tue 2014-01-14 at 13:00

Location:  Theory Room         

Speaker:   Douglas Spolyar (University of Amsterdam)

Title:     Dark Matter Changing the Structure of Stars

Abstract: Dark Matter (DM) plays a central role in the formation of large scale structure,
but DM may also alter the life of stars as well. 
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the best candidates for DM.
WIMP dark matter may in fact power the first stars-becoming a DarkStar (DS).  
In particular, DS may seed the formation of super massive black holes
found at the center of all known central galaxies.
In the near future, JWST has the potential to directly observe a  DS.



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