{"id":2618,"date":"2024-05-09T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/?p=2618"},"modified":"2024-09-20T18:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:50:34","slug":"dark-matter-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/dark-matter-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Matter in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SO(Colloquium).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-e31fb33f\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-separators top\"><svg id=\"slant\" fill=\"var(--nv-primary-accent)\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"\"><path d=\"M0 0 L100 100 L100 0 Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-9394befc\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katherine Freese (University of Texas at Austin and the Oskar Klein Centre\/NORDITA).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Abstrac<\/strong>t:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The nature of the dark matter in the Universe is among the longest and most important outstanding problems in all of modern physics. The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe, from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars, constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is made up of a recipe of 25% dark matter and 70% dark energy, both nonluminous components whose nature remains a mystery. I\u2019ll begin by discussing the evidence that dark matter is the bulk of the mass in the Universe, and then turn to the hunt to understand its nature. Leading candidates are fundamental particles including Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), axions, sterile neutrinos, light dark matter, as well as primordial black holes. I will discuss multiple experimental searches: at CERN in Geneva; in underground laboratories; with space telescopes; with gravitational wave detectors; and with ancient rocks. I\u2019ll tell you about our novel idea of Dark Stars, early stars powered by dark matter heating, and the possibility that the James Webb Space Telescope has already discovered them. At the end of the talk, I&#8217;ll turn to dark energy and its effect on the future of the Universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: May 20, 2024, 3:00pm&nbsp;to&nbsp;4:30pm<br><strong>Location&amp;Place<\/strong>:&nbsp;IFT Seminar Room\/Red Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Katherine_Freese_colloquium-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Katherine_Freese_colloquium-1.png 600w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Katherine_Freese_colloquium-1-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-1f1b0f0e735d262df90dfd01bcdce4b8 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-background has-neve-link-color-background-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/category\/colloquium\/\" rel=\"tag\">Colloquium<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SO(Colloquium). Katherine Freese (University of Texas at Austin and the Oskar Klein Centre\/NORDITA). Abstract:&nbsp; The nature of the dark matter in the Universe is among the longest and most important outstanding problems in all of modern physics. The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe, from our bodies and the air we breathe to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/dark-matter-in-the-universe\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dark Matter in the Universe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"[\"content\",\"post-navigation\"]","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colloquium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}