1. CERN Students Summer School 2003
The committee of the Summer School:
Ricarda Betzing
José Fernandez-Barbon
Claire Gili
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard
Juergen Knobloch
Monica Pepe-Altarelli
Francesco Ruggiero
Ingrid Schmid
Andreas Schopper
Welcome to the 2003 Summer Students!!
You are ~150 people from 27 different countries
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

2. CERN : World’s largest Particle Physics lab
Founded in 1954 to consolidate and develop the european science
Today CERN includes 20 permanent countries-members and as observers, Japan, Russian federation, USA, Turkey, Israel, EU and UNESCO.
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

3. The advantages of being CERN’s user
Put in common facilities and tools => increase
efficiency.
Profit from the large community of theorists, experimentalists, accelerator experts working in same place.
Work in a scientific environment dedicated to
fundamental science, also giving birth to very important applications.
It allows to go beyond nations, enhancing the
human brotherhood.
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

4. Science highlights at CERN
Discovery of Neutral Currents 1972
Discovery of W and Z bosons 1983 (anniversary!!!)
Search and measurement ( ) of the Direct component of CP Violation.
Measurement of the number of particle families (LEP, 1991)
Prediction of the top-quark mass (LEP)
Evidence for the quark-gluon plasma (Heavy Ions)
Creation of anti-Hydrogen in the Lab (2002)
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

5. Famous faces at CERN Georges Charpak Nobel Price 1992 Nobel Price 1984
Carlo Rubbia and Simon Van Der Meer
John Bell
Quantum Physics
Georges Charpak
Nobel Price 1992
Nobel Price 1984
Tim Berners-Lee
The WWW
Andre Lagarrigue
Neutral Currents
Samuel Ting
Nobel Price 1976
Jack Steinberger
Nobel Price 1988
Luciano Maiani
The c-quark
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

6. The CERN Students Summer School
It is meant to allow you discover the world of research on elementary forces
Through
A series of lectures on theoretical and experimental physics
An individual work within a CERN group
Key point:
Get an idea about the
main fields and today’s questions on particle Physics
and especially
Discuss directly with the people doing it
to understand their motivations and way of thinking
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

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Topics and professors
Topics : all current items of research in Particle Physics and astrophysics at CERN
and around the world
The lecturers are chosen among the main
actors of each field at CERN and around the
World. Also on their pedagogical skills
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Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

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The 2003 School program
Introduction to modern Physics 4h
Theory
Fundamental concepts in particle physics h
Standard Model h
Beyond the Standard Model h
Necessary tools
Detectors h
Accelerators h
Introduction to electronics h
DAQ+ Computing h
From raw data to Physics h
Introduction to statistics h
Experimental results
LEP results h
Physics at the TEVATRON 3h
Physics at LHC h
Heavy Ions h
Astro-particles h
Antimatter in the lab 2h
Neutrino Physics h
CP-Violation h
Cosmology h
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Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

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..and also..
Discussion sessions:
Twice a week, you meet
the lecturers to ask questions and converse.
Two sessions in parallel
for 45mn.
Seminars: once per week,
every Wednesday afternoon.
Workshops : See next
presentation from Olav Ullaland
Informal drinks with
CERN personalities.
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard

10. Suggestions for your summer at CERN
Follow lectures, seminars
workshops (try at least…) and discussions.
ASK QUESTIONS and
try to record as much as possible
Produce a concrete experimental work
Discuss with physicists
Meet your colleagues
Enjoy the region
for admin. problems
Claire, Ingrid, Ricarda
for problems on lecture(r)s
Lydia
July 2nd 2003
Lydia Iconomidou-Fayard