Category: Newsletter
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ICNFP2013: Reaching out while discussing science
ICNFP2013: Reaching out while discussing science The second International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, ICNFP 2013 was held in Kolybari, Crete from 28 August to 5th September and it attracted a large number of CERN physicists, experimentalists and theorists alike. The following lines do not aim at offering a detailed report on a conference;
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2013 Google Summer of Code students present their projects
2013 Google Summer of Code students present their projects On the 19th and 20th of September, Google Summer of Code students of the SFT group, presented their projects to their mentors and colleagues. The students connected through Vidyo to present their results and discuss the challenges that they faced along with some novel ideas for
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The CERN-MEDICIS project
The CERN-MEDICIS project Secondary radioactive ion beams have been delivered to ISOLDE at CERN for over 40 years, for fundamental studies in nuclear structure and for applications, for instance in semi-conductors. The idea of using these beams as sources for innovative medical isotopes was put forward fifteen years ago by G. Beyer and collaborators. However
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Designing pixel readout chips at CERN: From dream to reality.
Designing pixel readout chips at CERN: From dream to reality. Back in the 1980s, Erik Heijne at CERN envisioned that the then fledgling integrated circuit technologies could be employed to create a novel radiation detector. His vision was that all the electronics needed for processing signals from a radiation sensor could fit into 1 mm
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Editorial – October 2013
Editorial – October 2013 Dear Colleagues, The award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to F.Englert and P.Higgs “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and
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Winners of the “2013 CERN OpenDays” photo contest
Winners of the "2013 CERN OpenDays" photo contest CERN’s Photo Club, worked closely with the organizing team of the CERN Open Days, to organize a photo competition with “CERN Open Days 2013” as the main theme. The competition lasted from 28 of September to 11 of October and the winners were announced earlier last week.
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Concrete Quarks: The Beginning of the End
Concrete Quarks: The Beginning of the End In his talk, George Zweig, reviewed the events that lead to the discovery, and eventual acceptance, of concrete quarks. You can watch his talk here.
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New Committee for Summer Student’s Lectures Programme
New Committee for Summer Student's Lectures Programme The composition of the committee of the Summer Student's Lecture Programme committee has been modified: new members are: Emmanuelle Perez (CMS) who becomes also the chairman of the committee, Richard Hawkings (ATLAS) and Andreas Weiler (TH). They will join Peter Skands (TH), Roger Bailey (Accelerators), Markus Schulz (IT)
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HEFT2013 Workshop
HEFT2013 Workshop A workshop on Higgs Field Effective Theories (HEFT2013) was held earlier this month in the Theory Division. The aim of the workshop was to gather experts, working in different institutes around the world, to discuss the current state of the art in Effective Field Theory approaches to the Higgs sectors. The workshop was
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4 pillars of wisdom: CERN technologies find medical applications
4 pillars of wisdom: CERN technologies find medical applications State-of-the-art techniques borrowed from particle accelerators, detectors, and physics computing are increasingly used in the medical field for the early diagnosis and treatment of tumours and other diseases. But an essential ingredient to catalyse successful multidisciplinary ventures is the collaborative spirit that is a core value