1. Nordic research and training network ”Discovery Physics at the LHC” Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001

2. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 2 Introduction This particle physics network explores the physics discovery potential at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC. The aim is to pull together Nordic particle physicists, theorists and experimentalists, to seek new physics ideas, and to study the experimental signatures of new physics.

3. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 3 LHC Physics LHC is the main particle physics commitment in the Nordic countries for the next decade The high energy and luminosity of LHC offers unprecedented physics opportunities: exploration of the high energy frontier, and precise measurements of heavy quarks, W/Z etc.

4. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 4 New physics is bound to appear in the 1 TeV energy scale: New Physics One or several Higgs bosons, observable at LHC below about 1 TeV. Supersymmetry: supersymmetric particles Extra dimensions

5. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 5 The Nordic Context  Particle physics research groups are typically small  use network to create centers-of- excellence with both experimental and theoretical competence  Concentrate resources for supervision and training of research students and young researchers  Exploitation of LHC data: improve readiness for LHC data analysis in the highly competitive world-wide physics community

6. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 6 The Network Programme  SUSY scenarios: investigation of new decays  Extra dimensions and other new models  Higgs sector  CP violation in B decays, rare B decays, top decays,... NorFA supports the network for 2001-2003. Work proceeds in the working groups: Network workshops twice a year, training courses for students

7. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 7 Network Participation Lund U (exp+th) SE Stockholm U, KTH SE Uppsala U SE Niels Bohr Institute DK NORDITA DK Bergen U NO Oslo U NO Helsinki Institute of Physics FI Network coordinator Paula Eerola, Lund U

8. Paula Eerola Science Today – Women Talking Physics Uppsala 23.3.2001 8 More Information  Network home page www.nordita.dk/~kainulai/nordic- network/  Next Network Workshop in Lund 17-18 Sep 2001