ATLAS Experiment CERN

The LHC recreates, on a small scale, the conditions of the Universe just after the Big Bang in order to learn why the Universe is like it is today.

ATLAS will investigate why the matter of the Universe is dominated by an unknown type of matter called dark matter.

If the constituents of dark matter are new particles, ATLAS should discover them and elucidate the mystery of dark matter.

 
   
 


(Photo courtesy of NASA)

Evidence for dark matter can be seen
in the collision of two clusters of galaxies.
The Unknown Dark Matter Mass Extra Dimensions Antimatter New Forces Standard Model