2014 Maggie & Nick DeWolf FREE Physics Lectures Wednesday * January 22 * Wheeler Opera House 4:30 to 5:30 PM Physics Café - co-hosted with Aspen Science Center 5:30 to 6:30 Lecture “Higgs Boson: A Natural Disaster!” A lecture by Kyle Cranmer New York University The discovery of the Higgs boson was a triumph for humanity and was celebrated by physicists around the world. Its discovery settles a long-standing mystery about the origin of mass and completes a spectacularly successful theory called the Standard Model. However, we know that this theory is not the end of the story and great questions remain: What is dark matter? Why does matter dominate over anti-matter? The Higgs itself is at the heart of a profound question that may point to deep new principles and even has some scientists considering a radical change to our conception of the Universe. Free, fun, and for the general public.
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