Category: Newsletter
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Safety Issues
Safety Issues You all received a mail on 18th March from the PH Secretariat concerning Safety Training at CERN, please take note of the new e-learning course “safety during LS1” that can be found on the SIR system (https://sir.cern.ch/), and the reminder on Radiation Protection courses.
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New Nominations – March 2013
New Nominations – March 2013 New Departmental Safety Office (DSO) – Mark Hatch, since 1st February. Changes in the PH Secretariats: Tania Pardo moves to CMS Ulla Tihinen moves to SFT Biliana Dimitrova moves to PH Secretariat Audrey Deidda moves to ALICE
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Creative Collisions at CERN TH
Creative Collisions at CERN TH Creative collisions continue at CERN this summer when the internationally renowned sound artist, Bill Fontana, takes up his Collide@CERN residence for two months from June 2013. The 65 year old america artist, who studied with John Cage and is well known for turning iconic structures into sound sculptures – such
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Editorial – June 2013
Editorial – June 2013 All four LHC experiments are consolidating their infrastructure: electrical and cooling systems, magnets, shielding, DAQ systems and networks are being maintained and often improved. In ATLAS, the pixel detector has been removed and will be re-inserted next year including a new 4th layer (IBL) and better service panels. Muon chambers will
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Interview with René BRUN
Interview with René BRUN Rene joined CERN in 1973. While working with C. Rubbia at the ISR he developped the HBOOK package still in use today. In 1975 he was in charge of the simulation and reconstruction software for NA44 where GEANT1 and GEANT2 were created. In 1981, he joined OPAL at LEP, creating the
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TH institute on black hole horizons and quantum information
TH institute on black hole horizons and quantum information In classical General Relativity, black holes are the generic endpoint of gravitational collapse. They are characterized by an event horizon separating two causally disconnected regions, one visible to an asymptotic observer, the other accessible to an infalling observer. Semi-classical reasoning suggests that black holes decay by
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The SESAME project
The SESAME project Great scientific ideas have been born, shaped and cultivated in the CERN corridors and cafeteria. But CERN was founded not only as a place where knowledge could be accumulated and advanced but also as a place where European healing was attempted after the horrors of World War II as well as during
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TH Winter School 2013
TH Winter School 2013 The 2013 CERN Winter School on Supergravity, strings and gauge theory took place from 4th to 8th of February following a tradition that dates back to 2005. The School was originally organized by the European Thematic Network on “Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe”. Since 2009, the school is
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The “white paper” projects in ESE
The “white paper” projects in ESE In the course of 2007, at the time the ESE group was formed1, several “white paper projects” -an initiative of the Council towards projects for future research- were defined and approved for a start in 2008. ESE was involved in four of them and this paper gives the status
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A new iOS application for CERN
A new iOS application for CERN The SFT and the Education Group at CERN are joining forces and present a new iOS application for CERN. The application gives to the users real time information on the status of the LHC and live displays of LHC events from the four experiments: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb.