The 2012 Henry R. and Gladys V. Irons Lecture
in Physics and Astronomy

The Irons Lectures are free talks intended for the general public: high school students and teachers, college students and teachers, friends, neighbors, and anyone interested in science and science education.

Dr. Boris Kayser

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

"Antimatter, Matter, and How We Came to Be"

2:00 P.M., Saturday April 14, 2012
Physics Lecture Hall, Busch Campus, Rutgers University

This talk would focus on antimatter, explaining what matter and antimatter are, how we make antimatter in the laboratory, whether antimatter is a serious threat (as in Dan Brown's novel and movie "Angels and Demons"), whether one should worry about the antimatter in a PET scan, whether Dark Matter could be antimatter, and leptogenesis as a possible answer to the question of why the universe contains matter but no antimatter.

More information:

• Directions to the department. Please park in lot 53A if possible.
  * PARKING IS FREE * for this lecture.
• You may download a flyer (PDF format) for the Irons Lecture or a page of driving directions.
• For further information, contact Yuri Gershtein (gershtein [at] physics.rutgers.edu, phone 732-445-5500 x1794).

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