Physics of hypernuclei and weakly interacting massive particles (non-mesonic weak decay of hypernuclei and calculation of the scattering cross section of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP), important in the study of dark matter)

• Grant number: 11/01287-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 27, 2011
• End date: July 10, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Mahir Saleh Hussein
• Grantee: Mahir Saleh Hussein
• Visiting researcher: Carlos Augusto Bertulani
• Visiting researcher institution: Texas A&M University, United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/55423-0 - Dynamics of many-body systems II, AP.TEM

Abstract

During the visit to USP of professor Carlos Bertulani, next May-June, we shall finalize a work on the non-mesonic weak decay of hypernuclei and start a new project on the scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) of direct relevance to understand the nature of Dark Matter in the Universe. (AU)