keV Neutrino Dark Matter

22 May 2013, 14:00
25m
Small Lecture Hall Mathematics (Bonn)

Small Lecture Hall Mathematics

Bonn

Physikalisches Institut Nussallee 12 53115 Bonn

Speaker

Alexander Merle

Description

In this talk, an introduction to keV sterile neutrinos as Dark Matter particles is given. After reviewing the cosmological aspects of (Warm) Dark Matter, I will explain why the topic is interesting for particle physics model building and also point out the differences to ordinary neutrino model building. We will go through a couple of generic models, all of which yield interesting and fundamental connections between the neutrino and the Dark Matter sectors. We finally present some alternative ideas and generalizations.

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