Big Picture Science - Beyond the Standard Model
Ever heard of a beauty
quark? How about a glueball? Physics is full of weird particles that leave many
of us scratching our heads. But these tiny particles make up everything in the
quantum world and in us and are the basis of the fundamental scientific theory
called The Standard Model. But it doesn’t explain everything. It can’t account
for dark matter or dark energy, for example. We find out whether new physics
experiments might force us to rewrite the Standard Model. Plus, we discuss a
NASA proposal to fly spacecraft close to the sun in search of new physics.
Guests:
- Phil Plait – Aka the Bad Astronomer, former astronomer on Hubble, teacher, lecturer and debunker of conspiracy theories. He is also the author of a new book “Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe.”
- Harry Cliff – Particle physicist at the University of Cambridge who works on the LHCb experiment at the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, CERN. He is the author of: “Space Oddities, The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe.”
- Slava Turyshev – Research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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