no code implementations • 21 Dec 2020 • Pablo F. de Salas, Axel Widmark
This report summarises progress made in estimating the local density of dark matter ($\rho_{\mathrm{DM,\odot}}$), a quantity that is especially important for dark matter direct detection experiments.
Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
no code implementations • 4 Dec 2020 • Jack J. Bennett, Gilles Buldgen, Pablo F. de Salas, Marco Drewes, Stefano Gariazzo, Sergio Pastor, Yvonne Y. Y. Wong
We provide furthermore a detailed assessment of the uncertainties in the benchmark $N_{\rm eff}^{\rm SM}$ value, through testing the value's dependence on (i)~optional approximate modelling of the weak collision integrals, (ii)~measurement errors in the physical parameters of the weak sector, and (iii)~numerical convergence, particularly in relation to momentum discretisation.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics