Category: Newsletter
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An ambitious p-Pb data taking campaign just came to an end
An ambitious p-Pb data taking campaign just came to an end These asymmetric collisions were originally meant as a benchmark to control for background effects unrelated to the production of a quark-gluon plasma, expected in Pb-Pb collisions simply due to the use of Pb nuclei instead of protons in the collisions. Distinguishing the two classes
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CERN Summer Student Programme 2016
CERN Summer Student Programme 2016 BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/cern-summer-student-programme-2016) During the summer the EP department welcomed 230 summer students. They have participated in lectures covering a wide range of topics, and had the chance to visit different sites around CERN and learn more about the diversity of CERN's research programme. Additionally
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Can ‘useless’ knowledge be useful?
Can ‘useless’ knowledge be useful? BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/can-useless-knowledge-be-useful) As far back as 1939, Abraham Flexner penned a stirring paean to basic research in Harpers magazine under the title: ‘The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge’. Flexner, perhaps being intentionally provocative, pointed out that Marconi’s contribution to the radio and wireless had been
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A word from the Head of the EP department – September 2016
A word from the Head of the EP department – September 2016 Dear Colleagues, Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, Welcome to the 3rd edition of the EP Newsletter this year. Many of you have certainly followed the ICHEP 2016 conference, either in Chicago directly or from remote. An amazing wealth of results
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Playing with Protons: Engaging Teachers to Engage K-6 Students with Science, Technology and Innovation
Playing with Protons: Engaging Teachers to Engage K-6 Students with Science, Technology and Innovation BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/playing-protons-engaging-teachers-engage-k-6-students-science-technology-and-innovation) There is widespread consensus among science education researchers that learning science should begin early in every child’s schooling. Among many good reasons, one stands out clearly: “Children naturally enjoy observing and thinking about
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Physics Beyond Colliders kickoff workshop
Physics Beyond Colliders kickoff workshop Recent results from the LHC shows that that the Standard Model works with a remarkable accuracy within the presently accessible energy range. However there is now overwhelming evidence for the existence of Dark Matter; a component of our Universe not described by the Standard Model. On the other hand, the
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LHC experiments present latest results in ICHEP16
LHC experiments present latest results in ICHEP16 BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/lhc-experiments-present-latest-results-ichep16) New results from the LHC experiments were presented during the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2016) that took place in Chicago, USA. The collaborations of the LHC experiments can now dive in and explore at the new
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Interview with Guido Tonelli
Interview with Guido Tonelli Guido Tonelli, former spokesperson of the CMS experiment and one of the protagonists of the Higgs boson discovery, discusses the meaning of one of the major breakthroughs of the century, as well as the importance of pushing beyond the current limits of knowledge. He reflects on the present situation in particle
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EP department announces new neutrino group
EP department announces new neutrino group To meet the challenges of the neutrino programme at CERN, the EP department recently announced the establishment of a neutrino group in the department. The group will act as a focal point for the activities of the accelerator-based experimental neutrino community in Europe and world-wide, and will work in
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Physics at 100 TeV
Physics at 100 TeV A report discussing the opportunities for physics discoveries with a future 100 TeV hadron circular collider was presented earlier this summer during the 2016 FCC Week. A future hadron-hadron collider machine will be able to cover previously unexplored territory at energies never before reached in a laboratory environment. Standard Model calculations
