Scientific Seminars

What you see is NOT what you get: looking for the hidden matter in the Universe

Marco Cirelli
LPTHE, Paris

2016-02-25    11:00    Merate - POE

Dark Matter constitutes more than 80% of the total amount of matter in the Universe: we know it exists, we can guess some of its properties, but we have no idea of what it actually is. This is humbling and it constitutes one of the most pressing issues in cosmology and particle physics today. And indeed, everyday a small army of researchers goes to work looking for clues to the solution of the problem. The search is not easy: they build ultra clean experiments within some of the deepest mines on Earth, they install giant detectors on board the International Space Station and they scrutinize the products of the most energetic particle collider ever built, the Large Hadron Collider of CERN, near Geneva. At the same time, theorists are working frantically to build a coherent theory capable of explaining all the observed properties. Will the Universe unveil its secrets soon?


Slides: Full presentation (205 pages)