Suche nach Supersymmetrischen Teilchen als Kandidaten für Dunkle Materie
Dr. Carsten Hensel (Universität Göttingen)

One of the most fascinating findings of astrophysics concerns the composition of the universe. Only 4% of the total energy density can be accounted for by "ordinary" matter.
Many observations indicate that a much larger fraction is made up by Dark Matter. We know today that the universe current energy density is comprised by about 22% of Dark Matter and 74% of Dark Energy.
So far we are not able to explain the nature of Dark Matter. However, it has been pointed out for some time that supersymmetric extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics could offer a very elegant answer to the question for the nature and origin of Dark Matter. It is therefore of significant importance to experimentally search for Supersymmetry. I will discuss how and why experiments like the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN offer a unique opportunity to carry out a wide variety of thorough searches for Supersymmetry and Dark Matter.