Category: Newsletter
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ISOLDE PhD student wins 2013 IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career award
ISOLDE PhD student wins 2013 IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career award Kara Marie Lynch has received the 2013 Institute of Physics-Nuclear Physics Group’s Early Career Prize, which is awarded to young scientists with less than five years of research. Candidates are nominated by their supervisor or another academic with whom they have closely worked
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Towards radiation tolerant silicon sensors – News from RD50
Towards radiation tolerant silicon sensors – News from RD50 The RD50 collaboration “Radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders” is working on the development of radiation tolerant silicon sensors for the detectors of the HL-LHC (High Luminosity-LHC) experiments. An introduction to the RD50 collaboration which comprises 49 institutes with 270 members and its wide
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MoEDAL – the LHC’s Magnificent 7th Experiment
MoEDAL – the LHC’s Magnificent 7th Experiment MoEDAL, the 7th and newest experiment is dedicated to the detection of the highly ionizing particle avatars of new physics such as the magnetic monopole and massive stable or metastable charged particles. Such particles originate from a number of beyond the Standard Model scenarios that, for example, incorporate:
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TH retreat
TH retreat BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/th-retreat) The meeting offered the chance to those working within the group to get an overview of the ongoing research activities, find out more about the recent results and exchange ideas in a stimulating environment. Moreover, it helped the members of the group learn more about
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Chemical Hazards – Safety campaign in PH Department
Chemical Hazards – Safety campaign in PH Department This is a reminder of the ongoing safety campaign in PH Department concerning the chemical hazards. The 4th of November has now passed so if you do have chemical products, and intend to keep them, then you should have made contact with Jonathan Gulley of HSE to
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Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: From global mean temperature change to climate extremes and high impact weather.
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: From global mean temperature change to climate extremes and high impact weather. When one writes by a pencil, thin flakes of graphite are left on a surface. Some of them are only one atom thick and can be viewed as individual atomic planes cleaved away from the bulk. Such
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Geant4: A powerful tool for Medical Applications
Geant4: A powerful tool for Medical Applications There have been rapid developments in recent years in using tools based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulation for medical physics applications. The challenges of more accurate estimations have led to the need for customised simulation tools and the use of larger computers. MC simulations are essential for characterizing
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CERN iOS application now available on the CERN App Store
CERN iOS application now available on the CERN App Store Download the CERN iOS application from iTunes and the Apple store and enter to the world's largest laboratory. The new CERN application, developed by the SFT group in collaboration with the Educational Group, is now available online. The application aims to bring information on news
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Interview with Steve Myers
Interview with Steve Myers Medical applications play an important role at CERN and recently the DG has decided to structure them under a common umbrella. Steve Myers, CERN’s Director of Accelerators and Technology has been appointed as the first Head of CERN’s Office for Medical Applications. We have decided to dedicate October’s issue of the
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New nomination
New nomination Sophie Baron has replaced Tiziano Camporesi as the PH representative for Applied Fellows and Technical Associates.