Is the dark matter particle a WIMP?

by Prof. Manoj Kaplinghat (University of California, Irvine)

Tuesday 12 Mar 2013, 16:00 → 17:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG69 (Colaba Campus)

I will discuss evidence from astrophysics that could be indicating that the dark matter particle is not a WIMP. I will also discuss analysis of the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray data towards the Galactic Center and its implications for dark matter models including suggestions of signals consistent with a dark matter interpretation.