| Mysteries of the Extreme Universe October 7, 2005 Right now, high energy particles moving at nearly the speed of light are raining down on earth, and nobody knows where they come from. Their ultra-high speeds test the limits of Einstein's theory of special relativity. Such cosmic particles may hail all the way from the birth of the universe, or giant black holes at the center of distant galaxies. This lecture will look at these possible origins and describe scientists' effort to study such high-energy particles by building an observatory of more than 1000 square miles. |
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Angela V. Olinto is chair of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include theoretical and particle astrophysics, and cosmology. She has made important contributions to the physics of quark stars, inflationary theory, cosmic magnetic fields and particle astrophysics. She is a member of the Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and a Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics. | |
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