DESY Theory Seminar

Bounds on Dark Matter annihilations from 21 cm data

Name: Bounds on Dark Matter annihilations from 21 cm data
Start: 2018-05-15T15:30:00+02:00
End: 2018-05-15T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Building 2A

by Guido D'Amico (CERN)

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 15:30 → 16:30 Europe/Berlin

SR 2 (Building 2A)

SR 2

Building 2A

Description

The observation of an absorption feature in the 21 cm spectrum at redshift z ≈ 17 implies bounds on Dark Matter annihilations for a broad range of masses, given that significant heating of the intergalactic medium would have erased such feature. The resulting bounds on the DM annihilation cross sections are comparable to the strongest ones from all other observables.