[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Theory Seminar today at 13:00
TRIUMF Seminars
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Thu Apr 25 05:00:00 PDT 2019
Date/Time: Thu 2019-04-25 at 13:00
Location: Theory Room
Speaker: Joshua Eby (Weizmann Institute)
Title: Axions, Relaxions, and Novel Dark Matter Substructure
Abstract: Light (m < eV) bosonic particles (notably axions and relaxions) make interesting dark matter (DM) candidates, not least because they modify substructure in halos. Due to high occupation numbers typical of such candidates, gravitationally bound clumps of scalar field known as boson stars can form. I will briefly review what recent work regarding the formation and stability of such configurations. For ultralight (or fuzzy) DM, I will describe how simulations make concrete predictions that can be falsified by observations of the DM distribution in the cores of galaxies. Finally, I will outline recent work to constrain (rel)axion DM using atomic physics, and how a boson star-like halo surrounding the Earth or Sun, consistent with existing constraints, can enhance local detection prospects.
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