Prof.
Jules Gascon
(Universite de Lyon, Universite Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3)
11/03/2009 17:15
I will review the experimental status in the domain of direct searches
for Dark Matter and present future prospects.
Dr
Stephen Adler
(Institute for Advanced Study)
11/03/2009 17:40
I review constraints on solar system-bound dark matter, and discuss the
possibility that dark matter could be gravitationally bound to the earth and other planets. I briefly survey various empirical constraints on such planet-bound
dark matter, and discuss effects it could produce if present, including anomalous
planetary heating and flyby velocity changes.
Dr
Annika Peter
(California Institute of Technology)
11/03/2009 18:05
One method to search for particle dark matter is to hunt down its annihilation products. A goal of the next generation of neutrino telescopes is to find, or better constrain, dark matter by looking for a neutrino flux from dark matter annihilation in the Sun and the Earth. Signals from both sources depend not only on the details of the dark matter model, but on the dynamics of dark matter...
Dr
Riccardo Cerulli
(INFN-LNGS)
11/03/2009 18:45
The highly radiopure DAMA/LIBRA set-up (about 250 kg highly radiopure
NaI(Tl) sensitive mass) is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory
of the I.N.F.N..The presented results have been obtained - with an exposure
of 0.53 ton x yr - by exploiting the model independent annual modulation
signature for Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo. The DAMA/LIBRA data
confirm the evidence...
