Speaker
Kim Boddy
(University of Texas at Austin)
Description
Cosmological and astrophysical observations provide a unique opportunity to probe the fundamental properties of dark matter. Dark matter interactions with the Standard Model of particle physics, for example, can alter predictions from the standard cosmological model, permitting robust tests of new dark matter physics. In this talk, I will describe the effects of dark matter elastic scattering in the early Universe and show constraints using CMB anisotropies and the abundance of Milky Way satellites. I will also discuss the impact on BBN and 21-cm observables.
Author
Kim Boddy
(University of Texas at Austin)
