3: Searching dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider

Can dark matter be produced at the Large Hadron Collider? 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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