CAREER: Observation of Dark Matter Annihilation in the Local Group Galaxies and Simulation of Dark Matter Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei

该项目描述了一个职业发展计划，结合了天体粒子物理学领域的研究，在犹他州大学开发了一个名为宇宙学导论的新课程，并有可能扩大物理专业新课程轨道的开发工作。天体物理学。研究和教学都将利用目前正在建设的高能辐射成像望远镜阵列系统VERITAS的独特能力，观察来自天体物理学物体的高能光子。提出的具体计划将寻找在宇宙中观察到的冷暗物质的候选者之一，弱相互作用大质量粒子或WIMP。VERITAS有能力通过它们与重子物质的相互作用或通过它们自我湮灭的次级产物来观察这些假设的粒子。该研究的一部分将涉及模拟来预测本星系群星系或银河系中心的WIMP密度。宇宙学课程将利用VERITAS及其推广方案提供的信息和数据。

This project describes a career development program that combines research in the field of astroparticle physics with the development of a new course titled Introductory Cosmology at the University of Utah with the potential of expanding the work toward development of a new curriculum track for physics majors. Astrophysics. Both research and teaching will utilize the unique capabilities of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, VERITAS, currently under construction, to observe very high energy photons from astrophysicsl objects. The specific program proposed will search for one of the candidates for the Cold Dark Matter observed in the universe, Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, or WIMPs. VERITAS has the capability to observe these hypothetical particles through either their interactions with baryonic matter or through the secondary products of their self-annihilation. Part of the study will involve simulations to predict the WIMP densities in the Local Group Galaxies or in the center of our Galaxy. The Cosmology course will utilize the information and data from VERITAS, as well as its outreach program.