Tag: TH
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Where is Supersymmetry?
Where is Supersymmetry? The original ideas The original ideas for introducing supersymmetry dates back in the 1960s when, in the context of hadron physics that was found to be approximately spin-flavour independent, a symmetry between mesons and baryons was proposed. These ideas, largely ignored at the time, found their way through mathematical investigations related to
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Can ‘useless’ knowledge be useful?
Can ‘useless’ knowledge be useful? BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/can-useless-knowledge-be-useful) As far back as 1939, Abraham Flexner penned a stirring paean to basic research in Harpers magazine under the title: ‘The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge’. Flexner, perhaps being intentionally provocative, pointed out that Marconi’s contribution to the radio and wireless had been
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Charting the Unknown: interpreting LHC data from the energy frontier
Charting the Unknown: interpreting LHC data from the energy frontier The LHC has started its Run2, exploring for the first time the high-energy frontier at 13 TeV. Collected data will give decisive information on the dynamics behind electroweak symmetry breaking and allow testing the weak-scale naturalness. A TH Institute “Charting the Unknown: Interpreting LHC data
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Hagedorn’s Legacy
Hagedorn’s Legacy A half-day workshop took place last week at CERN on Hagedorn’s Legacy. It provided the forum for discussing the past, present and future of Hagedorn’s contributions to physics, 50 year’s after the publication of his seminal Nuovo Cimento paper on the “Statistical thermodynamics of strong interactions at high energies”. Fifty years have passed
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Guido Altarelli
Guido Altarelli Guido Altarelli passed away on September 30th, the TH group bid farewell him: “Many memories rush to mind, as tears to our eyes. His ironic humour, his warmth, his kindness, his integrity, his magnificent smile. A pillar of our group is gone. His great contributions to physics will be a lasting tribute to
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Measuring the strong coupling constant: from the LHC to FCC-ee
Measuring the strong coupling constant: from the LHC to FCC-ee The latest advances in the measurement of the coupling of the strong interaction were discussed in a recent workshop on “High precision measurements of αs: from LHC to FCC-ee” held at CERN, 12-13 October 2015. The meeting brought together the leading experts in the field
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Interview with Nima Arkani Hamed
Interview with Nima Arkani Hamed P.C. What were your biggest influences in deciding to do physics? Α.Η. As I grew up in a family of physicists, I have been fascinated by science, and especially the connection between mathematics and physics, since my childhood. For instance, I recall coming to the striking realization that Newton’s equations
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First public release of the Virtual Atom Smasher
First public release of the Virtual Atom Smasher In May 2015, the first public release was made of Virtual Atom Smasher, an educational game platform that was developed by a partnership between CERN and Citizen Cyberlab. During the Challenge, more than 19 billion particle collisions in the LHC and other CERN accelerators were simulated by
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EPS announces the 2015 prizes in the field of high energy physics.
EPS announces the 2015 prizes in the field of high energy physics. Last month, the High Energy and Particle Physics division of the European Physical Society announced the 2015 prizes for outstanding contributions in the field of high energy physics. The 2015 Young Experimental Physicist Prize was awarded to Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus and Giovanni Petrucciani,
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In memory of Bruno Zumino: an arcitect of supersymmetry
In memory of Bruno Zumino: an arcitect of supersymmetry BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/memory-bruno-zumino-arcitect-supersymmetry) April 28th would have marked the 92nd birthday of Bruno Zumino, who died last year. The Theory Group organized a meeting around this date to honour his memory and to discuss his legacy. The presentations with slides and
