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[August 23rd Sun.] Online Special Lecture by Professor Hitoshi Murayama
Tue. August 4, 2026
We will be streaming a special lecture by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama online!
Dr. Hitoshi Murayama researches a wide range of topics, including dark matter and dark energy in the universe, as well as elementary particle physics beyond the Standard Model.
The lecture topic is "dark matter." It is an unidentified substance that cannot be observed with light, but it is thought to have given rise to stars and galaxies in the universe. Dark matter is thought to be a type of elementary particle, and much research is currently being conducted on it, both theoretically and observationally. This lecture will cover dark matter, including cutting-edge research.
◇Special online lecture by Professor Hitoshi Murayama
| Date and Time | Sun. August 23, 2026 14:00-15:30 |
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| Title | Has “Mother Dark Matter” been found? Alternative natural renderings: - Has the mother of dark matter been found? - Has dark matter’s mother been found? |
| Content | Everything around us is made of atoms, but more than 80% of the matter in the universe is an unknown substance called dark matter. Without this dark matter, stars, galaxies, and even ourselves would not have been born, so I think of it as my "long-lost mother." Researchers all over the world are competing to be the first to "meet" dark matter. Recently, there was an announcement that they "may have seen dark matter." Has dark matter been found? I will talk about the cutting edge of this research. |
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Hitoshi Murayama (Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo)
 Hitoshi Murayama |
| Admission | 2,000 yen |
| How to buy | Please purchase your tickets through the TOKYO DOME CITY e-Ticket Store website. Purchase tickets here
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"Online Special Lecture"
In conjunction with this special lecture, we will be rebroadcasting all six online special lectures by Professor Murayama. You can learn about the results of modern astronomy, including the solar system, galaxies, and the beginning of the universe, in an easy-to-understand way, even if you are a beginner. There will also be a discussion about dark matter, so please take this opportunity to watch them as preparation!
