[AstroNet] The search for dark matter

[Thembela Mantungwa]

Public talk 

Dr. Andreas Faltenbacher a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Western Cape will be giving a free public talk at S.A. Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town this Saturday, May 26 at 20h00. The title of his talk is "The search for dark matter" . After the talk, there will be tours of the main building, the McClean Telescope and stargazing if the weather is good. 

Summary of the talk: 
The currently favoured cosmological standard model implies, more than 80% of all gravitational matter in the universe is invisible. However, up to today the basic properties of this 'dark matter' remain rather elusive. 
In his talk, Dr. Faltenbacher will address the following questions: 
1) Why do we need such a mysterious thing ? 
2) What dark matter candidates have been suggested ? 
3) Which dark matter candidates have already been excluded by current observations ? 



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Regards 

Thembela Mantungwa 
S.A. Astronomical Observatory 
Tel: 021 460 9319 
Fax: 086 612 7502 
Email: tm at saao.ac.za 
Website: www.saao.ac.za / www.salt.ac.za 


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