Dark matter revealed by the first stars?

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• Rennan Barkana
• Monday 29 October 2018, 13:00-14:00
• CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

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The cosmic radio spectrum is expected to show a strong absorption signal around redshift 20 that corresponds to the rise of the first stars; specifically, the stellar radiation turns on 21-cm absorption by atomic hydrogen. The EDGES global 21-cm experiment has detected the first such signal, finding a stronger absorption than the maximum expected. This absorption can be explained by invoking excess cooling of the cosmic gas induced by an interaction with dark matter. This would have far reaching consequences, including an upper limit on the mass of dark matter particles that conflicts with the expectations for WIM Ps. Specific particle physics models are highly constrained, but observations will decide. We will discuss possible tests and alternative explanations.

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