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High Energy Physics Seminar - Valerio De Luca (University of Pennsylvania) - "Superfluid dark matter"

Speaker: Valerio De Luca (University of Pennsylvania)
Date: 6/18/2024
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Room 464
Event Contact: Brandy Koebbe
BKOEBBE@ILLINOIS.EDU
Sponsor: Department of Physics
Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
 

The model of superfluid dark matter tries to address the problems of cold dark matter on small scales, while reproducing its success on large scales. In this talk I will review the model, based on the existence of sub-eV particles with repulsive self-interactions, which are able to generate a superfluid core in galaxies. Then, I will discuss its various phenomenological implications, including the behavior around black holes and dynamical friction.