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Gamma Rays at 130 GeV and How They Might Come from Dark Matter

Event Info

Event Type: 
Seminar
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Event Date: 
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 13:00 to 14:30
Location: 
Space Room (400)

Gamma Rays at 130 GeV and How They Might Come from Dark
Matter"

I'll discuss the exciting (but somewhat controversial)
new discovery of a sharp gamma ray feature at 130 GeV from near the galactic
center and review some other evidence that might link it to annihilation of
dark matter. I will then explain the challenges in understanding how dark
matter might produce this signal and explain a model or two that overcome these
difficulties.