18–21 Nov 2024
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Europe/Berlin timezone

Gravitational sensing of ultralight dark matter

20 Nov 2024, 17:45
30m
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Virtual Workshop

Speaker

Hyungjin Kim

Description

Ultralight dark matter exhibits two types of density fluctuations: coherent and stochastic. Since those fluctuations appear in the different frequency range, the existence of two modes of fluctuations offer a way to probe a wide range of mass of ultralight dark matter, even within a single detector setup. In this talk, I will discuss a few ways to probe ultralight dark matter around the solar system with gravity wave detectors. I will show that current and future gravity wave detectors are capable of probing a few hundred to thousands times local dark matter density near the solar system, which provides one of the best ways to test dark matter at this small scale.

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