APEC Seminar (Astronomy - Particle Physics - Experimental Physics - Cosmology)

Speaker: Giacomo Landini  (University of Valencia)
Title: Dark Matter from strongly coupled theories dark baryons and dark pions
Date (JST): Fri, Oct 04, 2024, 13:30 - 15:00
Place: Seminar Room A
Abstract: Understanding the nature of Dark Matter is one of the most
significant open problems in particle physics and cosmology. In this
talk, I will explore how Dark Matter candidates can naturally arise as
composite bound states in new strongly coupled gauge sectors. I will
focus on two specific realizations.
First, I will discuss baryonic Dark Matter in the context of a model for
neutrino mass generation. Then, I will examine a model of dark pions,
demonstrating how the inclusion of a topological theta term can induce
resonant processes, which allow to reproduce the correct Dark Matter
relic abundance and address the small-scale anomalies of the Lambda-CDM
model.