Could we create dark matter? - Rolf Landua
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Eighty-five percent of the matter in our universe is dark matter. We don’t know what dark matter is made of, and we’ve yet to directly observe it, but scientists theorize that we may actually be able to create it in the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle collider in the world. So how would that work? CERN scientist Rolf Landua explains how to discover a new particle.
Imagine an unknown particle is produced in proton-proton collisions in the LHC. What are the main steps until the discovery of this particle can be claimed?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Rolf Landua
- Director Steve West
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Animator Steve West
- Sound Designer Steve West
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson