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== Initial Questions ==
 
== Initial Questions ==
  
* What leads us to believe that the Standard Model particles only account for 4% of the Universe?
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* What leads us to believe that the Standard Model particles only account for 5% of the Universe?
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** [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102121644.htm Science Daily article]
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** [http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/darkmatter-1.cfm PhysicsCentral - Dark Matter] ****
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang Wikipedia - Big Bang] ****
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** [http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/tapp/guides/galaxies/dkmatter.shtml Oxford Physics]
  
 
* What are the shortcomings of the Standard Model?
 
* What are the shortcomings of the Standard Model?
** [http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu/questions/q7.html/ New particles necessary to accomodate neutrino masses]
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** [http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu/questions/q7.html New particles necessary to accomodate neutrino masses] *****
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** [http://www.openquestions.com/oq-ph005.htm#openques Open Questions]
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** [http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=5719941848717510971 PhysicsCentral - (Anti)Neutrino Disappearance]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_beyond_the_Standard_Model#Problems_with_the_Standard_Model Wikipedia - Physics Beyond the SM - Problems with the Standard Model]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved_problems_in_physics Wikipedia - Unsolved Problems in Physics]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_%28physics%29 Wikipedia - Anomaly (physics)]
  
 
* How do we know that neutrinos are not dark?
 
* How do we know that neutrinos are not dark?
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** [http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/unit/text.html?unit=1&secNum=6/ Physics for the 21st Century]
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** [http://lappweb.in2p3.fr/neutrinos/aneut.html Neutrino History]
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** [http://www.openquestions.com/oq-ph009.htm#neutrinos Open Questions - Neutrinos]
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** [http://www.openquestions.com/oq-ph003.htm Open Questions - Neutrino Physics]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrinos#By_the_Big_Bang Wikipedia - Neutrino]
  
 
* Where do we think the antimatter is?
 
* Where do we think the antimatter is?
** [http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu/questions/q9.html/ Quantum Universe]
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** [http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu/questions/q9.html Quantum Universe]
 
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** [http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/science/Antimatter-en.html CERN Antimatter]
* What facts or theories are not supported by the Standard Model?
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** [http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/unit/text.html?unit=1&secNum=7/ Physics for the 21st Century]
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** [http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/chargeconjugation.html SLAC - CP Violation]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/antimatter2.html Fermilab - Antimatter and Virtual Photons]
  
 
* What facts and theories go beyond the Standard Model?
 
* What facts and theories go beyond the Standard Model?
 
** [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/72095/title/Remodeling_the_standard_model/ Tevatron finding - new elementary particle]
 
** [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/72095/title/Remodeling_the_standard_model/ Tevatron finding - new elementary particle]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/angelo.html Tachyons]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/superstrings.html Fermilab - Consequences of Superstring Theory]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/future_physics.html Fermilab - The Future of Physics]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/pulse/ Pulse - Accelerator Science in Medicine]
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** [http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1005/1005.1676v2.pdf Beyond the Standard Model]
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* What current research is occurring to support Standard Model theory?
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** [http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2011/03/16/lhc-set-to-gain-major-ground-in-higgs-search/ Higgs boson search]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/matter/future/index.html Fermilab - What to Expect in the Future]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/matter.html Fermilab - Particle Model]
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** [http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/pictures/boone.cfm PhysicsCentral - Mini-BooNE]
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** [http://axelmaas.blogspot.com/ Looking Inside the Standard Model]
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* How does the Standard Model accomodate gravity?
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** [http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/gravity.html Gravity at Microscopic Scales]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/graviton_1.html Fermilab - Gravitons]
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** [http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/gravity_higgs.html Fermilab - Higgs Particle/Graviton Connection]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_beyond_the_Standard_Model#String_theory Wikipedia - Physics Beyond the SM - String Theory]
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** [http://www.phys.columbia.edu/~kabat/colloquium.pdf Strings, Gauge Theory and Gravity]
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* What is quantum gravity?
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** [http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/unit/text.html?unit=3&secNum=8 Physics for the 21st Century]
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** [http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/gravity.html SLAC - Gravitational Interactions]
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** [http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/gr/public/qg_home.html Cambridge Relativity - Quantum Gravity]
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** [http://www.openquestions.com/oq-re005.htm Open Questions - Quantum Gravity]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_gravity Wikipedia - Quantum Gravity]
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* What is symmetry?
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** [http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu/questions/sb_symmetry.html Quantum Universe]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_%28physics%29 Wikipedia - Symmetry (physics)]
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** [http://www.pnas.org/content/93/25/14256.full PNAS - The role of symmetry in fundamental physics]
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** [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/symmetry-breaking/ Stanford - Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_gauge_theory Wikipedia - Intro to gauge theory]
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** [http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0688 Gauge Symmetry in Phase Space, Consequences for Physics and Spacetime]
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== Images ==
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* [http://www.learner.org/courses/physics/visual/visual.html?shortname=antileptons Matter/Antimatter]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmological_Composition_-_Pie_Chart.png Matter/Dark pie chart]
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* [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3o69_r8D9pc/TD7relIz78I/AAAAAAAAAOw/z9ovWHOyL_U/s1600/_41136526_standard_model2_416.gif Standard Model Chart]
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* [http://particleadventure.org/inter_summary.html Forces Summary]
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* [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_viputHRpZ2A/TBX6dgSWLKI/AAAAAAAADk8/mawRAVSsS-Q/s1600/060916_UniversePie150.jpg Dark/Atom pie chart]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elementary_particle_interactions.svg SM Interactions]
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* [http://trcs.wikispaces.com/AntiMatter Hadron]
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* [http://www.universeadventure.org/eras/era2-particles.htm Matter/Antimatter pic]
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* [http://www.physics.smu.edu/sdalley/1301/slides/particles/e-p0.jpg Bubble Chamber]
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* [http://www.universetoday.com/34740/standard-model/ Higgs]
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* [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/01/image/a/format/large_web/ Spiral Galaxy]
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== Presentation ==
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* [[media:nolz-7-2011.pptx|The Present State of the Standard Model]] - powerpoint presentation

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