On Dark Matter Day, discover how scientists at CERN are using cutting-edge technology and computing to tackle one of the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Hear from host Steven Goldfarb and our guests Baptise Ravina from the ATLAS experiment and Annapaola de Cosa from the CMS experiment.
In this episode:
0:00 - 0:45 — Teaser
0:45 - 1:20 — Introduction
1:20 - 2:10 — Origins of Interest in Dark Matter
2:10 - 3:47 — Dark Matter Evidence
3:47 - 4:47 — Cosmic Background & Relativity
4:47 - 5:46 — Gravity and Dark Matter
5:46 - 9:15 — What Is Dark Matter?
9:15 - 11:00 — Detection Challenges
1:00 - 13:30 — Detection Strategy
13:30 - 16:18 — Differentiating Neutrinos
16:18 - 18:00 — Alternative Models
18:00 - 19:35 — Particle Jets
19:35 - 20:08 — Theory vs. Concept
21:53 — LHC & Higgs Discovery
22:12 — Higgs-Dark Matter Link?
22:27 — LHC Dark Matter Search
23:02 — Dark Higgs Theory
24:02 — Dark Leptons & Quarks
25:03 — Parallel Universe Hypothesis
25:54 — LHC Upgrades & Future
27:22 — AI and New Physics
28:43 — Planning a New Collider
29:49 — Other Dark Matter Experiments
30:48 — Complementary Approaches
31:30 — Dark Matter Quest
32:11 — Quantum Fields
33:00 — Team
Guests
Annapaola da Cosa, Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich (CMS)
Baptiste Ravina, Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (ATLAS)
Contributors:
Host & Script: Steven Goldfarb
Executive producer: Jacques Herve Fichet
Director & Producer: Chetna Krishna
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Production Assistant: Joni Pham
Sound designer: Piotr Traczyk
Original Music: Canettes Blues Band
Graphics and animation: Daniel Dominguez
Technical Lead: Ron Suykerbuyk
Studio Manager: Max Brice
Advisors: Matthew Chalmers, Paola Catapano, Arnaud Marsollier
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