Fredagskollokvium: Jan Conrad: Searches for Dark matter with astrophysical gamma-rays -status and perspectives

Jan Conrad, Oskar Klein Centre, Physics Department, Stockholm University

Dark Matter is one of the outstanding problems in modern physics. The possibility of annihilation or decay of Dark matter particles to standard model particles, in particular gamma-rays,  in celestial bodies has given rise to the discipline of "Indirect detection of Dark matter". With the launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2008 the indirect search for traces of  dark matter in cosmological sources has entered a new exciting phase. In my talk I review the status of indirect detection of dark matter with gamma-rays, including results of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope as well as Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT), like H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS. I will also briefly address the perspectives for the next generation IACT, the Cherenkov Telescope Array

 

Publisert 27. sep. 2011 09:30