19–20 Dec 2018
Centre for Particle Theory, Durham
Europe/London timezone

Production and thermalisation of isolated sectors

19 Dec 2018, 15:05
20m
CM101 (Department of Mathematical Sciences)

CM101

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Speaker

Hannah Tillim (University of Oxford)

Description

An increasingly attractive alternative to the WIMP model is that of an `isolated' dark sector - i.e. one which interacts with the standard model only via gravity and which therefore is unbounded by direct detection. We present a possible production mechanism for this sector in the early Universe (Hawking emission from primordial black holes) as well as predictions for the subsequent evolution and ultimate fate of initially highly non-equilibrium populations.

Primary author

Hannah Tillim (University of Oxford)

Co-authors

Prof. John March-Russell (University of Oxford) Mr Olivier Lennon (University of Oxford) Mr Rudin Petrossian-Byrne (University of Oxford) Dr Stephen West (University of Oxford)

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