Abstract: In this talk I will discuss recent proposals to indirectly search for axion dark matter using radio telescopes. After reviewing the properties and expectations of axion dark matter, I will present a comparison between three distinct methods: non-resonant axion-photon conversion in large scale magnetic fields, resonant axion-photon conversion in the magnetospheres of neutron stars, and the simulated decay of … Read More

Abstract: Electroweak baryogenesis (EWB) is a minimal, testable framework for explaining why there is more matter than anti-matter. Recent limits on permanent electric dipole moments greatly constrain most realizations of the vanilla scenario. This motivates looking at extensions to the framework. Such extensions can be organized around the Sakharov conditions – one can modify the efficiency of B violation, modify … Read More