Dark Matter and LHC The Dark Matter Awakens

Dark Matter and LHC --- The Dark Matter Awakens --“Fought well you have, my Padawan. May the Dark-Matter force be with you. ” Teruki Kamon William P. Clements HS, March 31, 2016 The Dark Matter Awakens Teruki Kamon http: //faculty. physics. tamu. edu/kamon/rese arch/talk/ Dark Matter! 1

Quick Quiz: Einstein and Hawking 1) He is the author of a book “A brief history of time”. Who is he? 2) He is famous for this simple equation E = m c 2. Who is he? 3) He failed his University Entrance Exam and had to reapply a year later, but received a Nobel prize for photoelectric effect. Who is he? 4) He predicted black-body radiation by black holes. Who is he? 5) On Feb. 11, 2016, scientists announced the detection of gravity waves (GWs) (Sep 14, 2015). GWs are ripples in space-time created by violent collision of two massive black hales in the universe. This was predicted by his theory in 1916. Who is he? 6) He is the first person to point out there is unseen matter (“dark matter”) in the universe. Who is he? © Premiere Props Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 2

Who Wanted “Dark Matter”? “No. I am not your father. ” Darth Vader Teruki Kamon DM “It’s me. ” Dark Matter and LHC Fritz Zwicky (1933) 3

This is what expect … Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 4

This is what we found … Vera Rubin (1970) Rotation curve of a typical spiral galaxy: predicted (A) and observed (B). The discrepancy between the curves is attributed to dark matter. Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 5

Dark Matter in the Universe splitting normal matter and dark matter apart time – Another Clear Evidence of Dark Matter – (8/21/06) Ordinary Matter (NASA’s Chandra X Observatory) 1 2 3 4 Dark Matter (Gravitational Lensing) Teruki Kamon Approximately the same size as the Milky Way Dark Matter and LHC 6

Dark Matter in the Universe splitting normal matter and dark matter apart – Another Clear Evidence of Dark Matter – (8/21/06) We relate phenomena at a gigantic scale in the universe to the pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 7

Dark Matter in Collisions 1) [E = mc 2] Energy in each collision the LHC is transformed to particles just like the first fraction of seconds after the Big Bang. 2) [Particle Telescope] Super-fast detector takes a snapshot of particles in each collision. 3) Study of particles allows us to answer some of big questions. Closer to understanding of the universe. http: //education. web. cern. ch/education/Chapter 2/Teaching/from-the-big. Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 8 bang-to-lhc. html

LHC: Proton-Proton Collider One of the fastest racetracks on Earth: CERN 27 km ring Geneva Airport 27 km-long ultra high vacuum tubes with about one thousand 14. 3 mlong dipole magnets and 8000 other types of magnets, accelerating protons to 99. 999999% of speed of light. You would have to connect 0. 6 trillion (600, 000, 000) 12 V batteries l

E = mc 2 … Mission Possible? New Particles My Wife’s Dream Electron Higgs Proton-proton collisions at the LHC can produce the Higgs boson (~130 times heavier than a proton!) along with the electrons and protons, and possibly dark matter particle. Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 10

Big&Heavy “Particle Telescope” Detector 21 m x 15 m, 12, 500 tons The CMS is one of two super-fast & super-sensitive detectors, consisting of 15 heavy elements, collecting debris from the collision and converting a visual image for us. Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 11

Image of “Particle” Telescope at CERN vs. Hubble Space Telescope in outer space Hubble Space Telescope Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 12

200+ x 1012 (2015) 12, 000 x 1012 (2018) We take many pictures of “debris” of proton collisions using a super-fast/supersensitive detector, followed by extensive “detective” analyses to find evidence of new and rare phenomena. Dark Matter and LHC 13

20** Discovery of Dark Matter? ? p DM Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 14

Epilogue Inventory of Universe Dark Matter (27%) What is the dark matter? An 26. 8% elementary particle? 4. 9% Ordinary Matter (5%) Explained by known particles. 68. 3% Dark Energy (68%) Dark Matter in the Universe – Interconnection between phenomena at a gigantic scale in the universe to the pp collisions at the LHC Teruki Kamon Dark Matter and LHC 15