Dark Matter Science in the Era of LSST
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2019-03-12 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
Astrophysical observations currently provide the only robust, empirical measurements of dark matter. In the coming decade, astrophysical observations will guide other experimental efforts, while simultaneously probing unique regions of dark matter parameter space. This white paper summarizes astrophysical observations that can constrain the fundamental physics of dark matter in the era of LSST. We describe how astrophysical observations will inform our understanding of the fundamental properties of dark matter, such as particle mass, self-interaction strength, non-gravitational interactions with the Standard Model, and compact object abundances. Additionally, we highlight theoretical work and experimental/observational facilities that will complement LSST to strengthen our understanding of the fundamental characteristics of dark matter.
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@article{arxiv.1903.04425,
title = {Dark Matter Science in the Era of LSST},
author = {Keith Bechtol and Alex Drlica-Wagner and Kevork N. Abazajian and Muntazir Abidi and Susmita Adhikari and Yacine Ali-Haïmoud and James Annis and Behzad Ansarinejad and Robert Armstrong and Jacobo Asorey and Carlo Baccigalupi and Arka Banerjee and Nilanjan Banik and Charles Bennett and Florian Beutler and Simeon Bird and Simon Birrer and Rahul Biswas and Andrea Biviano and Jonathan Blazek and Kimberly K. Boddy and Ana Bonaca and Julian Borrill and Sownak Bose and Jo Bovy and Brenda Frye and Alyson M. Brooks and Matthew R. Buckley and Elizabeth Buckley-Geer and Esra Bulbul and Patricia R. Burchat and Cliff Burgess and Francesca Calore and Regina Caputo and Emanuele Castorina and Chihway Chang and George Chapline and Eric Charles and Xingang Chen and Douglas Clowe and Johann Cohen-Tanugi and Johan Comparat and Rupert A. C. Croft and Alessandro Cuoco and Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine and Guido D'Amico and Tamara M Davis and William A. Dawson and Axel de la Macorra and Eleonora Di Valentino and Ana Díaz Rivero and Seth Digel and Scott Dodelson and Olivier Doré and Cora Dvorkin and Christopher Eckner and John Ellison and Denis Erkal and Arya Farahi and Christopher D. Fassnacht and Pedro G. Ferreira and Brenna Flaugher and Simon Foreman and Oliver Friedrich and Joshua Frieman and Juan García-Bellido and Eric Gawiser and Martina Gerbino and Maurizio Giannotti and Mandeep S. S. Gill and Vera Gluscevic and Nathan Golovich and Satya Gontcho A Gontcho and Alma X. González-Morales and Daniel Grin and Daniel Gruen and Andrew P. Hearin and David Hendel and Yashar D. Hezaveh and Christopher M. Hirata and Renee Hložek and Shunsaku Horiuchi and Bhuvnesh Jain and M. James Jee and Tesla E. Jeltema and Marc Kamionkowski and Manoj Kaplinghat and Ryan E. Keeley and Charles R. Keeton and Rishi Khatri and Sergey E. Koposov and Savvas M. Koushiappas and Ely D. Kovetz and Ofer Lahav and Casey Lam and Chien-Hsiu Lee and Ting S. Li and Michele Liguori and Tongyan Lin and Mariangela Lisanti and Marilena LoVerde and Jessica R. Lu and Rachel Mandelbaum and Yao-Yuan Mao and Samuel D. McDermott and Mitch McNanna and Michael Medford and P. Daniel Meerburg and Manuel Meyer and Mehrdad Mirbabayi and Siddharth Mishra-Sharma and Moniez Marc and Surhud More and John Moustakas and Julian B. Muñoz and Simona Murgia and Adam D. Myers and Ethan O. Nadler and Lina Necib and Laura Newburgh and Jeffrey A. Newman and Brian Nord and Erfan Nourbakhsh and Eric Nuss and Paul O'Connor and Andrew B. Pace and Hamsa Padmanabhan and Antonella Palmese and Hiranya V. Peiris and Annika H. G. Peter and Francesco Piacentni and Francesco Piacentini and Andrés Plazas and Daniel A. Polin and Abhishek Prakash and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Justin I. Read and Steven Ritz and Brant E. Robertson and Benjamin Rose and Rogerio Rosenfeld and Graziano Rossi and Lado Samushia and Javier Sánchez and Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde and Emmanuel Schaan and Neelima Sehgal and Leonardo Senatore and Hee-Jong Seo and Arman Shafieloo and Huanyuan Shan and Nora Shipp and Joshua D. Simon and Sara Simon and Tracy R. Slatyer and Anže Slosar and Srivatsan Sridhar and Albert Stebbins and Oscar Straniero and Louis E. Strigari and Tim M. P. Tait and Erik Tollerud and M. A. Troxel and J. Anthony Tyson and Cora Uhlemann and L. Arturo Urenña-López and Aprajita Verma and Ricardo Vilalta and Christopher W. Walter and Mei-Yu Wang and Scott Watson and Risa H. Wechsler and David Wittman and Weishuang Xu and Brian Yanny and Sam Young and Hai-Bo Yu and Gabrijela Zaharijas and Andrew R. Zentner and Joe Zuntz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04425},
year = {2019}
}
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11 pages, 2 figures, Science Whitepaper for Astro 2020, more information at https://lsstdarkmatter.github.io