Conveners
PPC Presentations: Tuesday AM: Plenary
- Bhupal Dev
Author and Presenter: Neelima Sehgal
Abstract: I will discuss recent CMB results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and recent joint CMB lensing results from ACT, the South Pole Telescope, and Planck. I will also put these results in context with recent BAO results from DESI DR2, and discuss potential outstanding tensions. Finally, I will discuss the landscape of upcoming and future...
Author: Tereza Kroupova
Presenter: Tereza Kroupova
Abstract: SNO+ is a multi-purpose, low-background neutrino detector located at SNOLAB, Canada. Cur- rently filled with liquid scintillator, its physics programme includes measurements of solar, reac- tor, geo-, and potential supernova neutrinos. Preparations are underway to load natural tellurium into the scintillator to enable a search for...
Author: Nicole Bell
Presenter: Nicole Bell
Abstract: The capture of dark matter in stars provides a cosmic laboratory in which to study the nature of dark matter particles and their interactions under extreme conditions. We discuss the capture of dark matter in neutron stars and white dwarfs, and the heating caused by the subsequent thermalization and annihilation of that dark matter. We...
