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June 9, 2025 to July 12, 2025
Lead/Deadwood Middle School
US/Mountain timezone

TALK: Dark Matter Phase Space Distributions: Simulations, Observations and Calculations

Jun 13, 2025, 9:00 AM
45m
Lead-Deadwood Elementary

Lead-Deadwood Elementary

Speaker

Jason Kumar (University of Hawaii)

Description

Author and Presenter: Jason Kumar
Abstract: We consider three broad approaches to determining the phase space distribution of dark matter in a halo: numerical simulations, Jeans modeling using stellar kinematic data, and analytic analysis. We investigate the advantages and limitations of these approaches, and the extent to which they provide complementary information. We discuss the impact of these results on dark matter indirect detection searches.

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