Speaker: |
Edoardo Vitagliano (UCLA) |
Title: |
Axion-like particle dark matter and gravitational waves from topological defects |
Date (JST): |
Wed, Oct 06, 2021, 10:00 - 11:00 |
Place: |
Zoom |
Related File: |
2728.pdf
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Abstract: |
Axion-like particles (ALPs) are a compelling candidate for dark matter (DM). Their production is associated with the formation of a string-wall network. This system must annihilate, producing gravitational waves and non-relativistic ALPs. In my talk I will show that these gravitational waves, if produced at temperatures below 100 eV, could be detected by future cosmological probes for ALPs with mass from 10−16 to 106 eV, opening a window on ALP DM with arbitrary small couplings to the Standard Model. |