2008 Herzberg Lecture - The Large Hadron Collider: Shedding light on the Dark Universe

The 2008 Herzberg Lecture took place November 4, 2008 at Carleton University.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer has been designated as the next Director General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. He has contributed to the study of electron positron interactions, the development of experimental techniques, and the construction of large detector systems.

Despite great success, many key questions in particle physics and cosmology are unanswered. In particular, some 95% of the Universe consists of unknown dark matter and dark energy. Particle physics is about to enter the Terascale, providing a deeper understanding of the Universe and possibly dramatically changing our view of the world. With the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN this year, we expect revolutionary results explaining the origin of matter, unraveling the nature of dark matter and providing glimpses of extra spatial dimensions or grand unification of forces and hints on dark energy.

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Science & Technology

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• Carleton University
• Faculty of Science
• LHC
• CERN
• Large Hadron Collider
• Rolf-Dieter Heuer
• Herzberg Lecture

[joris3p]

As to the question "can the expansion of space exceed the speed of light" the answer should be YES (in stead of the NO given)

[keggerous]

anyone know the technical name for the collision image u see all the time from the particle accelerator

[ViaNazTy]

Asian dude is mad nervous in the beginning!

[atlasdaddy]

@TaniTekoronga, are you a megalomaniac?  Is that your problem? Do you have illusions of greatness?

[TaniTekoronga]

Inflation was real. The laws concerning the speed of light were not present at the beginning of the universe. I was there

[TheEliteTrollClub]

The Large Hardon Collider is a freaking joke on the public!