Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of New Mexico

Sigma Xi Public Talk

Why Are We Here? The Mystery of Matter

Presented by Wick Haxton,  University of California Berkley

One of the unsolved mysteries of our universe is why it contains matter: why the
universe, in the Big Bang, failed to create equal amounts of matter and antimatter,
which would then annihilate against each other, leaving only radiation. Instead, there
was a small primordial excess of matter over antimatter. I will discuss the consequences
of this excess as the universe evolved, leading ultimately to us.

5:30 pm, Thursday, November 16, 2017
Room C, UNM Conference Center
Northeast corner of Indian School and University

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