Speaker
David McKeen
Description
Are WIMP (weakly interacting massive particles) dark matter models still viable? A years-long, concerted global search for such particles has so far failed to find conclusive evidence for their existence. Despite this, there are still regions of parameter space that still allow for WIMPS to be the dark matter of the Universe. At the same time, the lack of non-gravitational evidence for WIMPs has also motivated building simple models where the dark matter resides in a ``dark sector’’ with parametrically small couplings to standard model states. Such models can offer flexibility and novel experimental targets. This talk will review WIMP and dark sector models with a particular focus on experimental prospects.
