Pierre Sikivie
Distinguished Professor
Education
PhD Yale University (1975)Research Group
High Energy Theory / Institute for Fundamental TheoryResearch Interests
Particle physics and cosmology, with particular emphasis on the properties of axion dark matter, the structure of galactic halos and dark matter detection.Selected Publications
"Cosmic axion thermalization", O. Erken, P. Sikivie, H. Tam and Q. Yang, Phys. Rev. D85 (2012) 063520."Axion dark matter and cosmological parameters", O. Erken, P. Sikivie, H. Tam and Q. Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) 061304.
"The emerging case for axion dark matter". P. Sikivie, Phys. Lett. B695 (2011) 22.
"A SQUID-based microwave cavity search for dark matter axions", S.J. Asztalos et al. (The ADMX Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010) 041301.
"Bose-Einstein condensation of dark matter axions", Q. Yang and P. Sikivie, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) 111301.
"The caustic ring model of the Milky Way halo", L. Duffy and P. Sikivie, Phys. Rev. D78 (2008) 063508.
"The inner caustics of cold dark matter halos". A. Natarajan and P. Sikivie, Phys. Rev. D73 (2006) 023510.