Category: Newsletter
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Understanding the Early Universe TH Institute: 6-16 January 2015
Understanding the Early Universe TH Institute: 6-16 January 2015 Our understanding of the early Universe has greatly increased in the past few years due to the high-quality observational data on the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure. The unprecedented precision of the Planck results enabled to significantly restrict the range of allowed inflationary models.
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Upcoming TH institutes
Upcoming TH institutes In the following months, two TH Institutes will be organized: the CERN-CKC TH Institute on Numerical Holography, from 8 to 18 December, and Understanding the Early Universe, from 6 to 16 January. The CERN-CKC TH Institute on Numerical Holography aims at an in-depth exchange on the class of challenging problems that are
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Editorial – November 2014
Editorial – November 2014 Dear Colleagues, As mentioned in the last newsletter, NA62 has just started to take data for the first time after years of hard work preparing the experiment. They will learn a lot from the data taken this year, ready to start the hunt for the extremely rare K+ → π+ν ̅ν
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Public Lecture on Thursday 20 November: “Past, present future: LHC and future possibilities”
Public Lecture on Thursday 20 November: "Past, present future: LHC and future possibilities" Prof. Günther Dissertori, Prof. Michelangelo Mangano and Dr Lucie Linssen will explore "Past, present future: LHC and future possibilities" in a public event that will take place in the Globe of Science and Innovation on 20 November 2014 Open problems in particle
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First beams for the new East Area Irradiation Facility
First beams for the new East Area Irradiation Facility On Friday October 10th 2014 at 21:13, for the first time, the primary 24 GeV/c proton beam slow-extracted from the PS went trough the new East Area Irradiation Facility (EA-IRRAD) reaching the beam dump located downstream the T8 beam line. This milestone signed the beginning of
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Final tests for the LHCf detector
Final tests for the LHCf detector LHCf is the LHC experiment dedicated to measuring neutral particles such as gamma-rays or neutrons at the very forward region of LHC IP1, in order to verify hadronic interactions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. The experiment consists of two compact detectors, Arm1 and Arm2, having a pair of small
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CLOUD restarts experiments
CLOUD restarts experiments On 21 September this year, CLOUD restarted experiments following the end of LS1 for the PS. Many thanks to Lau Gatignon and the PS team for their efficient re-commissioning of the beam. During LS1, in October-November 2013, CLOUD had carried out a series of experiments using cosmic rays. This run was highly
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SPS complex delivers first beams
SPS complex delivers first beams It has been a busy summer for the teams preparing the restart of the SPS complex. During LS1 a vast program of repair, consolidation and improvements was completed, and surprises came up too, leading for instance for a last minute replacement of the high energy beam dump, just weeks before
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The Big Bang and the interfaces of knowledge: towards a common understanding of truth?
The Big Bang and the interfaces of knowledge: towards a common understanding of truth? Scientists from CERN were among those attending a Wilton Park meeting, held in Divonne on 23-25 June, where experts were invited to examine the different world-views of science, philosophy, and theology, and consider what they share in terms of understanding. Wilton
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NA62 joins the search for new physics at CERN
NA62 joins the search for new physics at CERN After the long-shut down the SPS accelerator restarted in the beginning of October along with a new experiment, NA62. In contrast to the LHC, where new physics is studied at the highest possible energy, NA62 challenges the Standard Model by looking at tiny quantum fluctuations in