Science Behind "Angels and Demons"

This past weekend I went to see "Angels and Demons", which is concerned with a plot to destroy the Vatican with antimatter created by CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The movie and the book on which it was based examines the relationship between science and religion and gives one view of what you would expect from a matter-antimatter reaction. Part of the movie was filmed at CERN. If you've read the book or seen the movie and are interested in learning about the real science behind them, you might enjoy the live teleconference the National Science Foundation is hosting tomorrow. Here are the details for you:

What: Live Video Teleconference

When: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 1 p.m. EDT (12 noon CST; 7 p.m. CET)

Featuring:
Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director-general, CERN; former research director for particle and astroparticle physics, Germany's DESY Laboratory

Leon Lederman, Pritzker Professor of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology; resident scholar, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; director emeritus, Fermilab; Nobel, Physics (1988); and author, "The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?"

Boris Kayser, distinguished scientist, Fermilab; chair, American Physical Society's Division on Particle Physics; former program director, NSF Theoretical Physics

How: To watch and ask questions during the webcast, visit the Science360 website.

I have submitted some questions for the panel. If you have questions you would like answered, post them here and I'll pass them along or you can attend the videoconference and ask them yourself.