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Features

CERN Courier

September 2010

IPAC '10: accelerating to an international level
Europe charts future for radioactive beams
Canada's bright future in subatomic physics
The subtle side of superconductivity

ILC Newsline

26 August 2010

From KEK Highlights: Deepen the bonds: collaboration between Vietnam and KEK
From Fermilab Today: Fine-tuning the instruments of acceleration
Discussing change at the Baseline Assessment Workshops

CERN Bulletin

23 August 2010

The rainbow school of physics
Nurturing talent in Africa
Latest news from the LHC
Beam-time for biology

Global Particle Physics Photo Walk

7 August 2010

More than 200 people had the rare opportunity to photograph state-of-the-art accelerators and detectors in all their beauty and complexity. Photographers had special behind-the-scenes access to laboratories in Asia, Europe and North America, with tours tailored to the creative eye.

ASPERA This Month

July/August 2010

Edelweiss: deeper into the darkness
ASPERA in the Web2.0 era
ASPERA visited Croatia for its 15th "National Day"
To see or not to see - New hints on dark matter

DESY inForm

July/August 2010

TULA drills Herlind tunnel
Perfect restart at FLASH
Fine tuning for professionals
PETRA tops up

symmetry magazine

June 2010

The Muon Guys: On the Hunt for New Physics
The LHC Decoded
Science Road Trip

IN2P3

27 juillet 2010

La lettre électronique de l'IN2P3

Fifth International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders

25 October - 5 November 2010
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Organised by the ILC GDE, CLIC and ICFA Beam Dynamics Panel

A Week of Interactions

22-28 August 2010

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Quantum Diaries

Summer – Is that it?

September 5, 2010

It already feels like fall. Munich has been quite cold and rainy lately, and even on days with sunshine, the thermometer never made it above 20 degrees C. Last weekend I had to get out my long cycling pants when I took my bike for a spin. Passing by a local lake that is usually [...]

No going back: diary of a thesis

September 3, 2010

Around 8 months ago, I returned to the UK from CERN with a fresh enthusiasm and readiness to write up, and declared that I was beginning the challenge of the thesis. Of course, nothing is that simple. A PhD is an organic and unusual creature, constantly evolving, and many of us face the danger of [...]

Getting ready for Beam

September 1, 2010

The excitement is growing: After I saw the first pieces for the absorber structure for our test beam in the fall during my last trip to CERN, photographic proof is now circulating that the mechanics are completely assembled: Several tons of Tungsten, all arranged in 30 vertical plates. Behind it all will go a special [...]

Hamburg or Munich?

August 19, 2010

Did I get on the wrong flight? Not really possible nowadays, I know… That’s why they don’t do the “destination check” announcement anymore. But, if this is Munich, what is a Lighthouse doing next to my place? Apparently, a Hamburg Fishmarket will be here for the next couple of days… Lets see, it might be more [...]

2010 Hadron Collider Physics Summer School (Live and Streaming)

August 17, 2010

The fifth annual CERN / Fermilab Hadron Physics summer school is currently going on right now at Fermilab in the Wilson Hall High Rise. This annual summer school is a great opportunity for young physicists to listen to lectures about the field of high energy physics both experimental and theory. Furthermore, these lectures [...]

What is exactly a doctorate?

August 16, 2010

I usually don’t just post links, but this one really deserves it: check out Matt Might’s take on what is exactly a doctorate? It definitely rings true to me.

Views of Fuji

August 5, 2010

Summer season is often synonymous to conference season. And in Japan, conference organizers know how to escape the summer heat for a few days. That’s why we find ourselves this week at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The seminar house where the Summer Institute 2010 on String Theory and Cosmology takes place, is called Fuji [...]

Adapting to a changing world

August 2, 2010

I contributed to an interesting project yesterday – the3six5 is a diary of 2010 written worldwide by a new person each day who also submits a photo that encompasses the feeling. My day was relatively relaxing after a busy week on Birmingham’s Entrepreneurship and Enterprise summer school. The spirit of what I wrote can be [...]

Visiting Nagoya

July 29, 2010

Two weeks after returning from our big European trip, we did a very short trip within Japan: we visited the string theorists at Nagoya University, or short, Meidai. (You may wonder how this abbreviation comes about. The Japanese name of Nagoya University is Nagoya Daigaku, ?????. The first kanji of the two words are ??. [...]

Every child deserves high quality education

July 22, 2010

It has been a long time since my last blog. It has been, and will continue to be, a very busy time for me, with thesis progress, job searches and relocation plans. As is often true of summer, there are many weddings and other celebrations going on too. However, in the middle of this busy [...]

Strange Email

July 16, 2010

An interesting side effect of having an email that is associated with a University physics department is that occasionally you will be sent messages (along with the rest of your department) from some “Independent researcher” with grand claims of having solved ALL the “problems” and “inconsistencies” that abound in modern physics using just simple straightforward [...]

SOP

July 14, 2010

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ESHEP 2010 – Raseborg, Finland

July 7, 2010

“Ah…. Tu vas voir, c’est une expérience superbe” m’ont dit tant de personnes quand je leur ai dit que j’allais participer à l’école européenne de physique des hautes énergies. Je peux maintenant le confirmer c’est avant tout une aventure humaine inoubliable, c’est incroyable de voir a quel point on peux se sentir proche des autres [...]

Marine Life in Hamburg

July 7, 2010

Since late Sunday night, I’m at DESY in Hamburg for a series of meetings, first on the CALICE Analog HCAL, then on plans for a new EU Project, and finally for the ILD workshop. Lots of things to discuss, ranging from test beam plans, financial matters, detector engineering to physics simulations and general physics issues [...]

Back in Amsterdam

July 1, 2010

This week, I am back in Amsterdam, attending the Amsterdam Summer Workshop. The attendance is of a very high caliber, and as for the lectures, there is one highlight chasing the next. Apart from that, it’s great to see my old colleagues again. On Monday, my former boss Robbert Dijkgraaf, the most dynamic and surely [...]

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