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Laboratory for Particle Physics (LTP)


LTP Colloquium

The Role of Accelerators in a 'Dark World'

Thursday, January 26, 2006, 16:00
OFLG/402

R. Heuer, DESY Hamburg

Abstract:
Many key questions in particle physics and cosmology are unanswered today. In particular, some 95% of the Universe consist of unknown dark matter and dark energy. Accelerator experiments together with astro(particle)physics observations can shed light on questions like what happened at the early Universe, what is dark matter and dark energy, and much more. Together with the proton collider LHC, the electron-positron collider ILC will play a crucial role. The LHC scheduled to start up in 2007 will take us into the discovery realm. The ILC will extend the discoveries and provide a wealth of measurements that are essential for giving deeper understanding of their meaning, and pointing the way to further evolution of particle physics in the future.