HEP@VUB meetings

Thursday 24 May 2018, 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Brussels

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003) (Universe)

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003)

Universe

Description

Speaker: Sebastien Clesse (UCL)

Participants

Alberto Mariotti
Barbara Clerbaux
Catherine De Clercq
Chris Blair
Daniel Thomspopn
Daniele Teresi
David Vannerom
Emil Bols
Gwenhaël de Wasseige
Ivan Marchesini
Jarne De Clercq
Jorgen D'Hondt
Juan Antonio Aguilar
Kévin Nguyen
Laura
matthias vereecken
Seth Moortgat
Steven Lowette
Tytgat

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  Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter
  
  After reviewing the interest of gravitational-wave astronomy for cosmology, I will focus on a model that has recently received a lot of attention: primordial black holes as dark matter. I will present the current status of this scenario, as well as some observations pointing towards the possible existence of primordial black holes, with abundances comparable to the one of dark matter. These include the gravitational waves from massive black hole mergers recently detected by LIGO/VIRGO. Finding an evidence of even a single primordial black hole could have groundbreaking consequences for our understanding of the early Universe, and of High Energy physics.
  
  Speaker: Sebastien Clesse (UCL)