Monday, January 23, 2012
4:00 pm
469 Lauritsen
High Energy Physics Seminar
Series:High Energy Physics Seminar
Constraints on dark matter models from a Fermi-LAT search for cosmic-ray electrons from the Sun
Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins, Caltech
No known astrophysical mechanisms are expected to generate a significant high-energy flux of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons (CREs) from the Sun. However, some recently considered classes of dark matter models predict such a signal. We analyzed the CRE events collected by the Fermi-LAT during its first year of operation to search for a flux excess correlated with the Sun's direction, and found no evidence of a significant signal. I will discuss the constraints these results place on secluded dark matter models and inelastic dark matter models.
Contact Carol Silberstein carol@theory.caltech.edu at 6685
For more information see http://theory.caltech.edu/people/carol/seminar.html
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