1 code implementation • 10 Nov 2020 • Bradley J. Kavanagh, Thomas D. P. Edwards, Luca Visinelli, Christoph Weniger
Although we present results for a particular initial halo mass function, our simulations can be easily recast to different models using the provided data and code.
Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
1 code implementation • 10 Nov 2020 • Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Luca Visinelli, Christoph Weniger
The QCD axion is expected to form dense structures known as axion miniclusters if the Peccei-Quinn symmetry is broken after inflation.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies
1 code implementation • 21 Jul 2020 • Anne M. Green, Bradley J. Kavanagh
The detection of gravitational waves from mergers of tens of Solar mass black hole binaries has led to a surge in interest in Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) as a dark matter candidate.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2 code implementations • 3 Apr 2020 • Bradley J. Kavanagh, Timon Emken, Riccardo Catena
Despite strong evidence for the existence of large amounts of dark matter (DM) in our Universe, there is no direct indication of its presence in our own solar system.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 28 Feb 2020 • Bradley J. Kavanagh, David A. Nichols, Gianfranco Bertone, Daniele Gaggero
A dark matter overdensity around a black hole may significantly alter the dynamics of the black hole's merger with another compact object.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
1 code implementation • 13 Jun 2019 • Sebastian Baum, Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Patrick Stengel, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Christoph Weniger
Natural minerals on Earth are as old as $\mathcal{O}(1)\,$Gyr and, in many minerals, the damage tracks left by recoiling nuclei are also preserved for timescales long compared to 1 Gyr once created.
Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
1 code implementation • 3 May 2019 • Gianfranco Bertone, Adam Coogan, Daniele Gaggero, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Christoph Weniger
Observational constraints on gamma rays produced by the annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles around primordial black holes (PBHs) imply that these two classes of Dark Matter candidates cannot coexist.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2 code implementations • 26 Nov 2018 • Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Christoph Weniger, Sebastian Baum, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese, Maciej Górski, Patrick Stengel
We find that in the most optimistic case of a %-level understanding of the background shape, we can achieve sensitivity to DM-nucleon scattering cross sections up to a factor of 100 smaller than current XENON1T bounds for DM masses above $100\,$GeV.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 10 May 2018 • Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Christoph Weniger
Forecasting the signal discrimination power of dark matter (DM) searches is commonly limited to a set of arbitrary benchmark points.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
1 code implementation • 4 May 2018 • Julien Billard, Joseph Johnston, Bradley J. Kavanagh
Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS) is a Standard Model process that, although predicted for decades, has only been detected recently by the COHERENT collaboration.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment
1 code implementation • 13 Dec 2017 • Bradley J. Kavanagh
Direct searches for Dark Matter (DM) are continuously improving, probing down to lower and lower DM-nucleon interaction cross sections.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 16 May 2016 • Francesco D'Eramo, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Paolo Panci
We compare bounds on the mediator mass from direct detection experiments with and without accounting for the running.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment
1 code implementation • 14 Feb 2015 • Bradley J. Kavanagh
Dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments which are directionally-sensitive may be the only method of probing the full velocity distribution function (VDF) of the Galactic DM halo.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
