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

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Tue 2021-03-02 at 13:00

Location:  Remote              

Speaker:   Lina Necib (Caltech/MIT)

Title:     Tracing Dark Matter with Stars

Abstract: In this talk, I explore the impact of stellar kinematics on understanding the particle nature of Dark Matter in three separate locations: the solar neighborhood, the Galactic center, and dwarf galaxies. I first discuss the implications of the different stellar components on direct detection experiments. I show how to use the velocity distribution of stars in the solar neighborhood to determine the empirical velocity distribution of Dark Matter, critical for direct detection. I present the first model of the largest kinematic component in the solar neighborhood, the Gaia Sausage, and introduce Nyx, a stellar stream that I discovered in the solar vicinity. I then use an example of a Dark Matter candidate annihilating to gamma rays in the Galactic Center to motivate the need for accurate measurements of the Dark Matter density profile, and show how to use current and future stellar measurements from Gaia to obtain such density profile. Finally, I motivate the need for better strategies to extract the density profiles of dwarf galaxies, by analyzing mock data and reconstructing the inner slope of the Dark Matter profile.

Meeting URL
https://bluejeans.com/693403774?src=join_info

Meeting ID
693 403 774



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