The University of Colorado at Boulder's physics department will continue its Saturday Physics Series with a March 19 presentation about the makeup of the universe 14 billion years ago.
Physics Assistant Professor Jamie Nagle will present his talk on "Quark Gluon Plasmas," at 2 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Nagle will discuss how in the very early universe, just after the big bang, everything was made of freely roaming particles called quarks and gluons. This plasma of quarks and gluons cooled off and disappeared more than 14 billion years ago and left the particles we see today.
He also will talk about an effort to re-create this plasma in the laboratory using giant particle accelerators.
The Saturday Physics Series is intended for Colorado high school students, teachers and adults. For more information call (303) 492-4318.