Annapolis, Maryland Joe Silk, "DM Annihilations as a Probe of CDM Substructure"

• Proposing to use the Sun as a WIMP detector above 4 GeV (less massive ones are evaporated).
• If WIMPs are low-mass (5-10 GeV) and trapped, they will lower the central temperature of the Sun.
• Energetic neutrinos from WIMPs trapped in the Sun?  Detectable by AMANDA or IceCube?
• Sommerfeld effect: boosting … Continue Reading ››