PIRSA:10030021

A Few Interesting Trees in the WIMP Forest

Tait, T. (2010). A Few Interesting Trees in the WIMP Forest. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/10030021

Tait, Tim. A Few Interesting Trees in the WIMP Forest. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 26, 2010, https://pirsa.org/10030021 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10030021,
            doi = {10.48660/10030021},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10030021},
            author = {Tait, Tim},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {A Few Interesting Trees in the WIMP Forest},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:10030021 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Tim Tait University of California System

Talk numberPIRSA:10030021
DOI10.48660/10030021
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

Gamma rays from WIMP annihilation are an important signal through which we search for non-gravitational interactions of dark matter. In particular, lines in the energy spectrum of gamma rays provide a signal which is difficult for conventional astrophysics to fake, and are thus promising despite the fact that such lines are generically expect to be suppressed, arising from one loop processes. I will discuss two theories which have an interesting family of gamma ray lines and discuss how such lines can reveal information about the WIMPs and the dark sector.