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Course
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a brief presentation of the historical relevance of X-ray astrophysics
contributions to fundamental physics (window on the “extreme universe”,
e.g. black holes, evidence for dark matter in clusters), I will discuss
three current/forthcoming opportunities for X-ray astrophysics to shed
light on physics beyond the standard model of particle physics and
gravitation.
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Outline
- Introduction
- The identification of
dark matter (notable example of sterile
neutrino dark matter)
- The discovery of light
particles mixing with photons (notable example
of axions and axion-like particles)
- Probing matter in
extreme conditions (new states of matter, strong
gravity tests)
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