1. CERN Students Summer School 2008
Welcome to the 2008 Summer Students:
You are ~216 students from 52 different countries !
Summer Students Team
Ingrid Schmid
Catherine Nederman
James Purvis
Virginie Blondeau (Student)
Andreas Schopper
Dirk Duellmann
Werner Herr
Christophe Grojean
James Wells
Fabio Cerutti (Chairman)
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

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, India, Turkey, Israel, EU and UNESCO
About 8000 User Physicists working for some time here (1/2 of HEP community)
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

3. The advantages of working at CERN
Put in common facilities, tools and resources: Possibility to realize very challenging experiments at the frontier of science
Profit from the large community of theorists, experimentalists, accelerator, computing experts
Work in a scientific environment dedicated to
fundamental science
Example of an international organization where people from all over the word work well together with the same objectives
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

4. Science highlights at CERN
Discovery of Neutral Currents 1972
Discovery of W and Z bosons (SPS) 1983
Search and measurement of the Direct component of CP Violation ( )
Measurement of the number of light neutrino families (LEP) 1991
Precision test of SM theory and constraints on the Higgs boson mass (LEP)
Evidence for the quark-gluon plasma (Heavy Ions)
Creation of anti-Hydrogen in the Lab (2002)
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

5. Being @ CERN in Summer 2008: Very exciting period !!!!
LHC Accelerator and detectors getting into operation:
first beam injections Summer 2008 !
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

6. The CERN Students Summer School
Old tradition: Fist school held in 1969
It is meant give you a first flavor of the world of research on HEP
Through
Series of lectures on theoretical and experimental physics
Individual work within a CERN group
Key point:
Get involved in HEP research and the fundamental questions related to it
and in addition
Discuss directly with the people working at CERN to understand their motivations and way of thinking and of working
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

7. Lectures: Topics and professors
Topics : Relevant subjects in High Energy Physics at CERN and around the world
The lecturers are chosen among the main actors of each field also on the basis of their pedagogical skills
In order to accommodate with the heterogeneous students composition: several courses start with ‘basic introduction’ followed by more ‘Advanced’ lectures
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

8. The 2008 program overview Introductory lectures:
Today: Introduction to CERN and SS school: 2h
Introduction to Particle Physics: 4h
Introduction to Nuclear Physics: 4h
Introduction to Cosmology: 5h
Experimental Particle Physics:
Accelerator physics: 5h
Detectors: 5h
Physics at Hadron Colliders: 4h
Neutrino Physics: 4h
CP violation: 4h
LHC, ATLAS and CMS commissioning and start up ! : 3h
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

9. Experimental Physics:
The 2008 program overview
Experimental Physics:
Astroparticle Physics: 3h
Antimatter in the LAB: 2h
Heavy Ions – Quark matter Physics: 3h
Theory:
Fundamental concepts in particle physics: 6h
The Standard Model of Particle Physics: 8h
Beyond the Standard Model: 4h
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

10. Other relevant topics related to particle physics research:
The 2008 program overview
Other relevant topics related to particle physics research:
Introduction to Statistics: 4h
Introduction to electronics: 3h
Data Acquisition systems: 2h
From raw data to physics results: 2h
Special Seminars:
Isolde Facility The GRID
Medical Physics Future Linear Colliders
Root
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

11. …. And a Welcome drink today ~16:30
The 2008 program overview
Discussion session: every day ~1/2h at the end of the session on the lectures of the day
Workshops: See next presentation by C. D’ambrosio
Student Poster Session: 6th of August 16:30
+ Some very interesting guided visits
…. And a Welcome drink today ~16:30
The Summer Student Program is considered a crucial activity by CERN: your feedback is important to constantly improve the quality/content of the lectures !
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti

12. Suggestions for your summer at CERN
Profit from lectures, seminars, workshops and discussions
ASK QUESTIONS and be INTERACTIVE: right place to ask question is the discussion session
Get involved into “real” experimental work
Meet your colleagues
Enjoy the region
for admin. Problems/questions
Ingrid and Virginie
for info on lecture(r)s
Fabio:
July 2th 2008
Fabio Cerutti