Speaker
Gordan Krnjaic
(Fermilab)
Description
This talk analyzes the present status of sub-GeV thermal dark matter annihilating
through Standard Model mixing. In these scenarios, the requirement that dark matter
be a thermal relic sets a sharp sensitivity target for terrestrial experiments, and
that one of the simplest and best-motivated interactions between the SM and light
dark matter the vector portal remains viable. Moreover, it is demonstrated that a small
set of future experiments that can decisively test these models. The talk will emphasize
electron beam fixed target experiments but will also survey other techniques.
