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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 21: Astroteilchenphysik, Kosmologie / Neutrinophysik (Theorie)

T 21.2: Talk

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 17:00–17:15, VG 3.101

Alternatives to WIMP dark matter — •carlos yaguna — Institute for Theoretical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, 48149 Münster Germany

Currently, there is no evidence that dark matter is actually composed of WIMPs so it is important to consider viable alternatives to this scenario. In this talk, I will examine two alternative frameworks that have been recently proposed. They both allow to account for the dark matter but give rise to a very different phenomenology. The viable parameter space and the detection signatures of dark matter, in particular, are strongly modified. Some implications of these alternative frameworks will be discussed.