PIRSA:12070004  ( Flash Presentation , MP4 Low Res , MP3 , PDF ) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Cliff Burgess

Abstract: For the first time in human thought it is now
possible to observationally determine how much matter is in the Universe as a
whole. These observations strongly support the “Concordance Model” of Hot Big
Bang Cosmology, and reinforce earlier indications that ordinary matter (atoms,
nuclei and electrons) make up at present at most 4% of the total of the
Universal energy density. The big surprise was that the rest consists of *two*
kinds of unknown forms of matter: the so-called Dark Matter and Dark Energy.
This talk summarizes for non-specialists the various lines of evidence for
their existence, and some of the theoretical ideas which have been proposed to
account for their properties

Date: 13/07/2012 - 7:30 pm

Collection: ISSYP 2012

Tech Note: Lights turned off during lecture so Picture in Picture was not possibe

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