The Decade of the WIMP

by Prof. Edward Kolb (University of Chicago)

Tuesday 5 Feb 2013, 16:00 → 18:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G.Marconi)

I will review the current situation with respect to direct detection, indirect detection, and collider production of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). I will go into some detail on the description of WIMP interactions with standard-model particles in terms of an effective field theory.