PIRSA:16030084

Katherine Freese: The Dark Side of the Universe

Freese, K. (2016). Katherine Freese: The Dark Side of the Universe. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16030084

Freese, Katherine. Katherine Freese: The Dark Side of the Universe. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 03, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16030084 

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            url = {https://pirsa.org/16030084},
            author = {Freese, Katherine},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Katherine Freese: The Dark Side of the Universe},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:16030084 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Katherine Freese The University of Texas at Austin

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Talk Type Public Lectures
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Abstract

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe, from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars, constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95 percent is a recipe of 25 percent dark matter and 70 percent dark energy, both nonluminous components whose nature remains a mystery.

In her March 2 public lecture, Katherine Freese will recount the hunt for dark matter, from the discoveries of visionary scientists like Fritz Zwicky, the Swiss astronomer who coined the term "dark matter" in 1933, to the deluge of data today from underground laboratories, satellites in space, and the Large Hadron Collider.