Hi all, Had this mail from RAS, something to watch while you have a lunchtime sandwich ; ) Sue .
Both lectures next Tuesday are fully booked, however, we will be live streaming the 1 pm public lecture so if you haven't got a ticket you can log on to watch here https://geolsoc.adobeconnect.com/_a1019027062/ras180515/ (We will not be live streaming the evening lecture.)
Why Antimatter Matters
Professor Tara Shears
1 pm, Geological Society Lecture Theatre
6 pm, RAS Lecture Theatre
Antimatter, an identical, oppositely charged version of normal matter, is one of the most mysterious substances in the Universe. We think it formed half the universe at the time of the Big Bang, however, very little of it survives today. Understanding why so much antimatter disappeared so quickly, to allow our matter-dominated Universe to form, is one of the biggest challenges today in particle physics. In this talk Professor Tara Shears will explain what antimatter is, how it fits into our understanding of particle physics, and why we think it matters so much. She'll describe the experiments at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, and on the International Space Station, that we've built to study and understand it better. Finally she'll show you what they've found. You'll see their latest results, so you can judge how close they've come to understanding the nature of this elusive substance.
Annette Webb