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The Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics and the Bell Museum present

Dark Matter Detectives: Searching for Clues 
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018
7 p.m. — Public Lecture
John T. Tate Hall, Room B50
116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis

Presented by Professor Prisca Cushman, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

"By the 1990s there was clear evidence that the Universe was filled with a mysterious form of matter that affected the motion of stars and galaxies, bent light from distant galaxies, and influenced cosmic evolution. While the evidence for the existence of this "dark matter" is overwhelming, its nature is still unknown. Over the last several decades, scientists have been searching for clues, which might reveal how dark matter interacts with normal matter and why there is so much of it. Ever larger experiments have been built deep underground where cosmic rays can't interfere, in order to capture a glimpse of the elusive dark matter particles as they stream through our solar system. So far, there has not been a confirmed sighting in a terrestrial detector, but the dark matter detectives are not giving up. In this lecture, Professor Cushman will share what progress over the last decade in the search for dark matter and where we go from here."

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