Dublin - 'Dark Matter' lecture

13 July 2009

'Dark Matter'
Major Public Lecture
In the recent blockbuster 'Angels and Demons' scientists at CERN in France created anti-matter. In real life, the same scientists at CERN are looking for something much more mysterious - the 'God Particle'. Prof Gerry Gilmore of The Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, UK, is coming to Ireland on July 13 to talk about how recent work is probing nature to find this particle, and how it will finally explain how the Universe came to exist.
Prof Gilmore will delve into the murky depths of Dark Matter and how the 'God Particle' can help explain this mystical matter and the existence of the Universe. Scientists, using different methods to determine the mass of galaxies, have found a discrepancy that suggests just over eighty percent of the Universe is matter in a form that cannot be seen. Dark matter provides the glue which holds galaxies together, and built the structures we see in the Universe today. Most of the matter in the Universe is very different than the stuff of which we, planets, and stars are made.
Prof Gilmore will present the latest results of experiments at CERN and show how we continue to learn that everything we see is not really reality. Considering the phenomenal interest in Dan Brown's novel, this public lecture is set to excite the masses and answer any queries which people may have on what is really out there in deep space.
'There is incredible public interest in the nature of the Universe. Dark Matter is one huge piece of the jigsaw puzzle that will explain how our Universe works and maybe even why we are here.' said David Moore, Chairman of Astronomy Ireland. 'Many scientists think we will explain Dark Matter with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in the coming months so we cannot wait to hear Prof Gilmore explain the latest theory and what it may be.'
Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Fitzgerald Building.
Date & Time: Monday July 13 at 8pm.
Tickets: -7 (-5 concessions available)

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