PIRSA:15050040

Accelerating our Understanding of Dark Matter

Schuster, P. (2015). Accelerating our Understanding of Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050040

Schuster, Philip. Accelerating our Understanding of Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute, May. 06, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050040 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15050040,
            doi = {10.48660/15050040},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15050040},
            author = {Schuster, Philip},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Accelerating our Understanding of Dark Matter},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:15050040 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Philip Schuster

Stanford University

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Most of the matter in the Universe is dark; determining the composition and interactions of this dark matter is among the defining challenges in particle physics today. I will briefly summarize the present status of dark matter searches and the case for exploration beyond the WIMP paradigm, particularly “light dark matter” close to but beneath the weak scale. I will define sharp milestones in sensitivity needed to decisively explore the best-motivated light dark matter scenarios, and describe experimental techniques to reach these milestones over the next several years.