2019 Meeting of the Division of Particles & Fields of the American Physical Society

Session

Social Program

30 Jul 2019, 18:30

Northeastern University

Description

During the Tuesday Banquet at the MFA, we will recognize the 2018 APS Fellowship recipients.

465. The Dark Matter at the Heart of Physics

Katherine Mack (North Carolina State University)

31/07/2019, 19:00

Oral Presentation

Dark matter is one of the most mysterious and essential components of the Universe. It enabled the formation of our own Galaxy and everything we see in the night sky, and yet, it appears to be completely invisible. I'll talk about how astronomy told us dark matter exists, how particle physics might answer the question of its true nature, and why discovering it might reshape our picture of the...