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SUMMARY:Gamma-ray searches for new physics - backgrounds and new tools
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Pearl Sandick (University of Utah)\n\nIndirect searc
 hes for dark matter using dwarf spheroidal galaxies are a promising techni
 que that complements other indirect and direct dark matter detection strat
 egies.  In this short talk\, I'll cover some interesting new tools develo
 ped as a Utah-Hawai'i collaboration that facilitate gamma-ray searches for
  new physics\, including MADHAT and TweedleDEE.  Searches for new physics
  are often limited by systematic uncertainties in modeling diffuse gamma-r
 ay backgrounds.  To this point I'll discuss a recent likelihood-based com
 parison of locally constructed empirical background models (such as those 
 used by TweedleDEE) and theoretically-motivated models that incorporate th
 e Fermi-LAT diffuse background.   \n\nhttps://indico.phys.hawaii.edu/eve
 nt/2660/
LOCATION:Room 114 (Watanabe Hall)
URL:https://indico.phys.hawaii.edu/event/2660/
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