SAS Lecture(via Zoom): Dark matter – successes and struggles of a theory

 

There are several lines of evidence pointing to the existence of an as yet elusive dark matter which is more abundant in the Universe on average than the ordinary stuff of gas, stars and planets.
Despite the persistent lack of a plausible particle candidate, the LCDM cosmological theory has been remarkably successful in describing the large scale structure of the Universe. The biggest current challenges to this theory are manifest on the scale of dwarf galaxies.

• How can we measure a substance we cannot see?
• What can a handful of puny nearby galaxies tell us about the Universe as a whole?

These are the questions I’m tackling with the help the cutting-edge cosmological computer simulations and observations taken on radio telescopes such as the Very Large Array and the Australian Square Kilometre Array (SQM) Pathfinder.

When Who Where

• Date:  Sunday 21st November 2021. 
• Time: 7pm.
• Speaker: Dr Kyle Oman. Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Physics Durham University.
• Venue: Internet – using Zoom Pro with related Q&A afterwards (See Zoom video meeting request details below).

 

Talks using Zoom

Due to current Washington Wetlands Centre pandemic group restrictions this month’s talk will be taking place using Zoom Pro

Therefore if you interested in viewing and participating (i.e. Q&A) in this month’s talk,  please send an email request to zoom-meetings@sunderlandastro.com

Stating your:

• Name
• If you are a current/potential member (i.e. Single, Family, Concession, etc) 

And if  it’s agreeable you will be then sent details on How to join the Zoom video meeting for the SAS talk.

The requisites will be:

• Meeting ID – 375 091 0450
• Password Begins with “C*****”

 

Our speaker

Our speaker is Dr Kyle Oman a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Physics Durham University.