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Macroscopic dark matter: black holes, balls, and nuggets
Speaker
Zachary Picker
Date
Fri March 7th 2025, 3:00 - 5:00pm
Affiliation
UCLA
Location
Varian 312
Event Topic
In this talk I will discuss macroscopic dark matter, including primordial black holes, quark nuggets, fermi balls, and other such fun things. I will review some formation scenarios for these objects, as well as the current state of observation and future detection prospects. I will then discuss some of my recent and ongoing work in this area, including the formation of fermi balls and PBHs, constraints on macroscopic dark matter, and the possibility of forming black holes from dark matter in late times.