Tuesday 15 December 2020 19:30 - 21:00
Didyou realize that 85% of the universe’s matter is completely unknown to us? Astronomersand particle physicists grope in the dark about so called ‘dark matter’. It’s invisibleand hardly interacts with ordinary matter. Still, observations confirm it mustexist. This lecture by particle physics phenomenologist Melissa van Beekveld PhD (Radboud University) unravels some of themysteries of dark matter. She also explains ways to detect it: by means of aparticle accelerator, by a super sensitive detector or by looking at theuniverse. Incooperation with Arago.
