Probing the Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Alex Drlica-Wagner; Yao-Yuan Mao; Susmita Adhikari; Robert Armstrong; Arka Banerjee; Nilanjan Banik; Keith Bechtol; Simeon Bird; Kimberly K. Boddy; Ana Bonaca; Jo Bovy; Matthew R. Buckley; Esra Bulbul; Chihway Chang; George Chapline; Johann Cohen-Tanugi; Alessandro Cuoco; Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine; William A. Dawson; Ana Díaz Rivero; Cora Dvorkin; Denis Erkal; Christopher D. Fassnacht; Juan García-Bellido; Maurizio Giannotti; Vera Gluscevic; Nathan Golovich; David Hendel; Yashar D. Hezaveh; Shunsaku Horiuchi; M. James Jee; Manoj Kaplinghat; Charles R. Keeton; Sergey E. Koposov; Ting S. Li; Rachel Mandelbaum; Samuel D. Mcdermott; Mitch Mcnanna; Michael Medford; Manuel Meyer; Marc Moniez; Simona Murgia; Ethan O. Nadler; Lina Necib; Eric Nuss; Andrew B. Pace; Annika H. G. Peter; Daniel A. Polin; Chanda Prescod-Weinstein; Justin I. Read; Rogerio Rosenfeld; Nora Shipp; Joshua D. Simon; Tracy R. Slatyer; Oscar Straniero; Louis E. Strigari; Erik Tollerud; J. Anthony Tyson; Mei-Yu Wang; Risa H. Wechsler; David Wittman; Hai-Bo Yu; Gabrijela Zaharijas; Yacine Ali-Haïmoud; James Annis; Simon Birrer; Rahul Biswas; Jonathan Blazek; Alyson M. Brooks; Elizabeth Buckley-Geer; Regina Caputo; Eric Charles; Seth W. Digel; Scott Dodelson; Brenna Flaugher; Joshua Frieman; Eric Gawiser; Andrew P. Hearin; Renee Hložek; Bhuvnesh Jain; Tesla E. Jeltema; Savvas M. Koushiappas; Mariangela Lisanti; Marilena Loverde; Siddharth Mishra-Sharma; Jeffrey A. Newman; Brian Nord; Erfan Nourbakhsh; Steven Ritz; Brant E. Robertson; Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde; Anže Slosar; Tim M. P. Tait; Aprajita Verma; Ricardo Vilalta; Christopher W. Walter; Brian Yanny; Andrew R. Zentner

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Probing the Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Alex Drlica-Wagner, Yao-Yuan Mao, Susmita Adhikari, Robert Armstrong, Arka Banerjee, Nilanjan Banik, Keith Bechtol, Simeon Bird, Kimberly K. Boddy, Ana Bonaca, …

2019

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Astrophysical and cosmological observations currently provide the only robust, empirical measurements of dark matter. Future observations with Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will provide necessary guidance for the experimental dark matter program. This white paper represents a community effort to summarize the science case for studying the fundamental physics of dark matter with LSST. We discuss how LSST will inform our understanding of the fundamental properties of dark matter, such as particle mass, self-interaction strength, non-gravitational couplings to the Standard Model, and compact object abundances. Additionally, we discuss the ways that LSST will complement other experiments to strengthen our understanding of the fundamental characteristics of dark matter. More information on the LSST dark matter effort can be found at https://lsstdarkmatter.github.io/ .

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Title: Probing the Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Creators - without role: Alex Drlica-Wagner
Yao-Yuan Mao
Susmita Adhikari
Robert Armstrong - Marine Sciences Research Center
Arka Banerjee
Nilanjan Banik
Keith Bechtol
Simeon Bird
Kimberly K. Boddy
Ana Bonaca
Jo Bovy
Matthew R. Buckley
Esra Bulbul
Chihway Chang
George Chapline
Johann Cohen-Tanugi - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Alessandro Cuoco - Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique
Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine
William A. Dawson
Ana Díaz Rivero
Cora Dvorkin
Denis Erkal
Christopher D. Fassnacht
Juan García-Bellido
Maurizio Giannotti
Vera Gluscevic
Nathan Golovich
David Hendel
Yashar D. Hezaveh
Shunsaku Horiuchi - The Ohio State University
M. James Jee
Manoj Kaplinghat
Charles R. Keeton
Sergey E. Koposov
Ting S. Li
Rachel Mandelbaum
Samuel D. Mcdermott
Mitch Mcnanna
Michael Medford
Manuel Meyer
Marc Moniez
Simona Murgia
Ethan O. Nadler
Lina Necib
Eric Nuss - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Andrew B. Pace
Annika H. G. Peter
Daniel A. Polin
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Justin I. Read
Rogerio Rosenfeld
Nora Shipp
Joshua D. Simon
Tracy R. Slatyer
Oscar Straniero
Louis E. Strigari
Erik Tollerud
J. Anthony Tyson
Mei-Yu Wang
Risa H. Wechsler
David Wittman
Hai-Bo Yu
Gabrijela Zaharijas - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Yacine Ali-Haïmoud
James Annis
Simon Birrer
Rahul Biswas
Jonathan Blazek
Alyson M. Brooks
Elizabeth Buckley-Geer
Regina Caputo
Eric Charles
Seth W. Digel - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Scott Dodelson
Brenna Flaugher
Joshua Frieman
Eric Gawiser
Andrew P. Hearin
Renee Hložek
Bhuvnesh Jain
Tesla E. Jeltema
Savvas M. Koushiappas
Mariangela Lisanti
Marilena Loverde
Siddharth Mishra-Sharma
Jeffrey A. Newman - Department of Physics and Astronomy [Pittsburgh]
Brian Nord
Erfan Nourbakhsh
Steven Ritz
Brant E. Robertson - California Institute of Technology
Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde
Anže Slosar
Tim M. P. Tait
Aprajita Verma
Ricardo Vilalta
Christopher W. Walter
Brian Yanny
Andrew R. Zentner
Identifiers: 9941724109311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Report
Local Fields: hal-02008686