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DTSTART:20151110T203000Z
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SUMMARY:Dark Matter Signals or New High-Energy Astrophysics: How Can We Tel
	l?
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Tracy Slatyer\, MIT\n\nPart of the Physics Department
	 Colloquia Series.\n\nDark matter is believed to comprise five-sixths of th
	e matter in the universe\, and is one of the strongest pieces of evidence f
	or new fundamental physics. But dark matter does not interact directly with
	 light\, making it very difficult to detect except by its gravity. I will d
	escribe how dark matter collisions might create observable signals\, and ho
	w we attempt to tease out those signals from telescope observations. In the
	 last few years\, such attempts have unveiled fascinating new structures in
	 high-energy gamma rays: understanding these observations may either reveal
	 the new physics of dark matter\, or probe the deep history of our Milky Wa
	y Galaxy. I will present evidence for a surprising new population of as-yet
	-undetected gamma-ray point sources - possibly pulsars - in the heart of th
	e Milky Way.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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