Category: Newsletter
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New Book: “60 Years of CERN Experiments and Discoveries”
New Book: "60 Years of CERN Experiments and Discoveries" The upcoming book 60 Years of CERN Experiments and Discoveries, edited by Herwig Schopper and Luigi Di Lella traces CERN’s exciting journey from its creation in the 1950s to the discovery of the Higgs particle in 2012. It presents the results that led to scientific breakthroughs
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Interview with Sergio Bertolucci
Interview with Sergio Bertolucci BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/interview-sergio-bertolucci) P.C. What does your role as CERN’s Director of Research and Scientific Computing entail? S.B. My two main duties are to act as the interface between CERN as host laboratory and the experimental collaborations and to supervise the Physics and Computing Departments of
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PH Department’s Plenary Meeting
PH Department's Plenary Meeting In the PH Plenary Meeting that took place on 22 January Livio Mapelli, Head of the PH Department, presented the activities of the PH in 2014, and gave an overview of its plans for the future. Fabiola Gianotti, the incoming DG, attended the Meeting and was notified of the current developments
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Editorial – February 2015
Editorial – February 2015 Dear Colleagues, This year is going to be an important one for CERN, with the excitement of the restart of the LHC after its long shutdown, and a change of management at the end of the year . I had the pleasure to present the status and plans of the various
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Director General of UNOG presents the UN world and the relations with CERN
Director General of UNOG presents the UN world and the relations with CERN BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/director-general-unog-presents-un-world-and-relations-cern) To strengthen even more its links with the United Nations and the world of multilateral diplomacy, CERN is launching a new series of seminars aiming to introduce other international organisations to CERN’s internal audience.
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An interview with Dr. Georg Bednorz
An interview with Dr. Georg Bednorz In this interview, Dr Georg Bednorz, Nobel Prize in physics and research scientist at the IBM Zürich research center recalls the early days of this discovery and discusses future applications and challenges in the field. Earlier in autumn he was invited by the University of Geneva to give a
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A successful year for the PH-DT group
A successful year for the PH-DT group In 2014 DT has been engaged in an extensive programme, supporting and finalizing the consolidation and maintenance work for various experiments at CERN, as well as for the users community. This year was equally difficult and successful. LS1 activities for the LHC experiments have been varied and intense
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CMS: LS1 – A Short Summary and an Outlook to the Endgame
CMS: LS1 – A Short Summary and an Outlook to the Endgame After almost two years of shutdown, all planned upgrades of CMS have been performed. The endcap muon system now has a complete forth layer with additional Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC) and Restive Plate Chambers (RPC), enclosed by two new 120t shielding disks made
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TH group looks forward to 2015
TH group looks forward to 2015 In 2014, the CERN Theory Unit has continued to play a leading role as a reference center in all areas of theoretical particle physics. Its research covers a wide spectrum ranging from Standard Model physics directly related to the LHC, to formal aspects of quantum field and string theory.
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Editorial – December 2014
Editorial – December 2014 Dear Colleagues, Just a couple of days from the Christmas break, it is with pride and satisfaction that I look back on 2014, marked by your intense work in all areas of the department. As the LS1 is coming to an end after an almost two-year stoppage of LHC data taking