Joaquim Palacio studied Physics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona). He is approaching the end of his PhD, which he carried at the High Energy Physics (IFAE) Gamma-Ray Astronomy group since 2014. As part of the MAGIC collaboration, he focused his studies on indirect dark matter (DM) searches with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), the search of an extra-terrestrial gamma-ray signal that could hint the existence of a new particle beyond the current standard model of particle physics. Observational and theoretical arguments have been proposed for the existence of this DM particle, and the MAGIC telescopes are among the current leading experiments that could discover it. He has also been involved in the final construction phase of what will become the largest IACT built on Earth, the Large Size Telescope, that will also search for the DM particle.
Joaquim Palacio
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