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Dark Matter and The First Stars
November 17, 3:30pm - 5:00pmManoa Campus, Watanabe Hall 112
Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Dr. Douglas Spolyar, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, to speak on "Dark Matter and The First Stars."
Abstract:
The first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the Universe may be Dark Stars (DS), powered by dark matter heating rather than by nuclear fusion. The power source is annihilation of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) which are their own antiparticles. These WIMPs are the best motivated dark matter (DM) candidates and may be discovered by ongoing direct or indirect detection searches (e.g. FERMI /GLAST) or at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. A new stellar phase results, powered by DM annihilation as long as there is DM fuel, from millions to billions of years. These stars look dramatically different from typical pop. III stars and may dramatically alter the early history of the universe.
Ticket Information
Free
Event Sponsor
Physics and Astronomy, Manoa Campus
More Information
Dr. John G. Learned, 956-2964, jgl@phys.hawaii.edu
| Tuesday, November 17 | |
| 11:30am | International Education Week Talk Story Session Manoa Campus, Sinclair Library Heritage Room |
| 12:00pm | Global Roundtable-Pacific Islands Manoa Campus, Kuykendall 106 |
| 12:00pm | Transfer College Fair Maui Campus, Pilina Multipurpose Room |
| 1:30pm | Paper Citations with Zotero Honolulu Campus, 7-421 |
| 1:30pm | Matthew McPherson, guitar Manoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium |
| 2:30pm | MIX = Manoa International Exchange Manoa Campus, Sinclair Library Heritage Room |
| 3:30pm | Lecture: The Internet and Social Change in China Manoa Campus, Architecture Building, Room 205 |
| 3:30pm | Dark Matter and The First Stars Manoa Campus, Watanabe Hall 112 |
| 6:00pm | Blythe: Creative Direction Behind a Pop Cult Icon Manoa Campus, Art Auditorium, Art Building |
| 7:30pm | Jenny Quigley, mezzo-soprano Manoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium |
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