28–30 Jan 2026
Europe/Rome timezone

Looking for new physics with CMB and 21 cm data

30 Jan 2026, 10:00
12m

Speaker

Daniele Gaggero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

Future cosmological data will improve the constraining power on new physics.
On the one hand, forthcoming CMB data from both ground-based and space-based experiments will allow to get closer to the cosmic variance limit. On the other hand, a completely new window will be opened by the forthcoming facilities that will explore the redshifted 21 cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn.
I will present recent analyses related to both channels and based on WIMP and primordial black hole dark matter as a case study.
Regarding the latter, I will demonstrate in particular the crucial role of the astrophysical uncertainties in assessing the expected constraining power of 21 cm data.
I will conclude emphasizing the complementarity between these two observables as far as new physics searches are concerned.

Author

Daniele Gaggero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

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