18 février 2020Strong gravitational lensing as a clean observational probe of dark matter

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Le 8 mars 2019
De 10h30 à 12h00

Simona Vegetti (MPA)

 

The nature of dark matter is one of the most important unsolved problems of modern astrophysics, and strong gravitational lensing is a very promising tool to tackle this issue because the physics of dark matter strongly affects predictions for the abundance and inner structure of dark matter haloes. In this talk, I will demonstrate how strong gravitational lensing provides a definitive test on the properties of dark matter and its interplay with baryonic processes. I will review the current status of this field and provide an outlook on future prospects.