From axion dark matter to dark astronomy

by Joerg Jaeckel (Uni Heidelberg)

Thursday 6 Jun 2024, 16:15 → 18:15 Europe/Berlin

In this talk we start with the classical example of an oscillating cosmological field axion and axion-like particle dark matter. We will see that it is a suitable dark matter candidate, albeit one with interesting wave-like features that express themselves as coherent oscillations. We discuss existing and future probes of this type of dark matter. We also explore options for post-discovery physics, establishing the nature of dark matter and exploring a path to dark astronomy.