Speaker
Description
More than 80% of the matter in the Universe is made up of a substance whose nature remains one of the greatest mysteries in physics: dark matter. Although there is clear evidence of its existence and gravitational effects, no evidence has been found of dark matter interacting with Standard Model matter beyond gravity.
Astrophysical and cosmological observations serve as powerful tools to study a variety of dark matter scenarios and to constrain its interactions with conventional matter. In this talk, I will discuss the main signatures that different dark matter models would leave in astrophysical observations and comment on astrophysical anomalies that may be related to dark matter. Moreover, I will provide an overview of the current constraints and discuss the most suitable observations to probe dark matter.