The universe's earliest moments serve as a laboratory for subatomic secrets
In short: How do we understand the building blocks of reality? This lecture explores the elementary particles that compose our world and how the conditions of the early universe allow us to study the rarest of them.
Matter is composed of a complex mêlée of particles, ranging from the familiar protons and neutrons to the constituent quarks. While atoms are defined by protons, neutrons, and electron clouds, the universe also contains muons, neutrinos, and massless photons.
Because the early universe was a unique environment, it provides a laboratory to trace the particle content of the beginning of time. Scientists are currently using these clues to search for dark matter, a substance that has so far eluded detection despite intensive efforts.
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