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Introduction to CERN Welcome! Introduction to CERN CERN: Accelerating Science and Innovation The Mission of CERN • Push back the frontiers of knowledge E.g. the secrets of the Big Bang …what was matter like within the first moments of the Universe’s existence? • Develop new technologies for accelerators and detectors Information technology - the Web and the GRID Medicine - diagnosis and therapy • Train scientists and engineers of tomorrow • Unite people from different countries and cultures Evolution of the Universe Big Bang 13.7 Billion Years Today 1028 cm /Users/johne/Desktop/YoungEinsteins.png Big Bang Proton Atom Radius of Earth Earth to Sun Radius of Galaxies Universe LHC Super-Microscope ALMA Hubble Study physics laws of first moments after Big Bang increasing Symbiosis between Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology AMS VLT “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?” The aim of particle physics, CERN & the LHC: What is the Universe made of? Gauguin’s Questions in the Language of Particle Physics • What is matter made of? • Why do things weigh? • What is the dark matter that fills the Universe? • How does the Universe evolve? • What is the origin of matter? • Why is the Universe so big and old? • Are there additional dimensions of space? Our job is to ask - and answer - these questions Inside Matter All matter is made of What are they? the same constituents What forces between them? From Cosmic Rays to Accelerators Discovered a century ago … … cosmic - ray showers were found to contain many different types of particles … Accelerators study these particles in detail The ‘Standard Model’ of Particle Physics Proposed byAbdus Salam, Glashow and Weinberg Tested by experiments at CERN Perfect agreement between theory and experiments in all laboratories The ‘Standard Model’ = Cosmic DNA The matter particles The fundamental interactions Gravitation electromagnetism weak nuclear force strong nuclear force Open Questions beyond the Standard Model • What is the origin of particle masses? LHC due to a Higgs boson? • Why so many types of matter particles? LHC • What is the dark matter in the Universe? LHC • Unification of fundamental forces? LHC • Quantum theory of gravity? LHC Why do Things Weigh? Newton: Weight proportional to Mass Einstein: Energy related to Mass Neither explained0 origin of Mass Where do the masses come from ? Are masses due to Higgs boson? (the physicists’ Holy Grail) Think of a Snowfield Skier moves fast: Like particle without mass e.g., photon = particle of light Snowshoer sinks into snow, moves slower: Like particle with mass e.g., electron The LHC will look for Hiker sinks deep, the snowflake: moves very slowly: The Higgs Boson Particle with large mass A Simulated Higgs Event @ LHC Strange Recipe for a Universe The ‘Standard Model’ of the Universe indicated by astrophysics and cosmology Evidence for Dark Matter Galaxies rotate more rapidly X-ray emitting gas held Even a than allowed by centripetal in place by extra ‘dark galaxy’ force due to visible matter dark matter without stars DarkDark MMatteratter i nin th thee U nUniverseiverse Astronomers say thatAstr omostnome ofrs ttheell matterus that mino thest o f the Universematter in tishe invisibleuniverse i s Darkinvisib Matterle ‘Supersymmetric’ particles ? We will look for it We shall look for themwith twithhe LH theC LHC Classic Dark Matter Signature Missing transverse energy carried away by dark matter particles General Interest in Antimatter Physics Physicists cannot make enough for Star Trek or Dan Brown! How do Matter and Antimatter Differ? Dirac predicted the existence of antimatter: same mass opposite internal properties: electric charge, … Discovered in cosmic rays Studied using accelerators Matter and antimatter not quite equal and opposite: WHY? Why does the Universe mainly contain matter, not antimatter? Experiments at LHC and elsewhere looking for answers How to Create the Matter in the Universe? Sakharov • Need a difference between matter and antimatter observed in the laboratory • Need interactions able to create matter present in unified theories not yet seen by experiment • Must break thermal equilibrium Possible in the decays of heavy particles Will we be able to calculate using laboratory data? Unify the Fundamental Interactions: Einstein’s Dream … … but he never succeeded Unification via extra dimensions of space? Will LHC experiments create black holes? Eat up Would the vanish entire instantly Earth? To answer these questions: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Several thousand billion protons Each with the energy of a fly Primary targets: •Origin of mass 99.9999991% of light speed •Nature of Dark Matter Orbit 27km ring 11 000 times/second •Primordial Plasma A billion collisions a second •Matter vs Antimatter The Emptiest Space in the Solar System Vacuum similar to interplanetary space: the pressure in the beam-pipes will be ten times lower than on the Moon. Cooler than Outer Space LHC 1.9 degrees above absolute zero = - 271 C Outer space 2.7 degrees above zero = - 270 C ALICE: Primordial cosmic plasma ATLAS: Higgs and supersymmetry CMS: Higgs and supersymmetry LHCb: Matter-antimatter difference Some 3000 scientists and engineers A thousand PhD students 38 countries More components than a moon rocket Assembling ATLAS The Hottest Place in the Galaxy Particle collisions create (within a tiny volume) temperatures a billion times higher than in the heart of the Sun Start-up of the LHC: Sept. 10th, 2008 A billion people watched on TV Nov. 20th 2009: Jubilation 31 Interesting Events Interesting Events viXra Blogger’s Combination of March 7th Data What is this? No Higgs here! Unofficial Combination of Higgs Search Data from March 7th Is this the Higgs Boson? No Higgs here! No Higgs here! Science is ever more global Science is ever more global CERN’s Education Activities Latin American School of HEP Viña del Mar, Chile, 2007 Scientists at CERN Academic Training Programme Young Researchers CERN School of High Energy Physics CERN School of Computing CERN Accelerator School CERN School of Computing Uxbridge, UK, 2010 Physics Students Summer Students CERN Teacher Schools Programme International and National Programmes CERN Teacher Programme: 1998 – 2011 You are the basis for all we do . Build up scientific literacy of society . Enable evidence-based decision-making . Inspire some students to undertake further studies in science & engineering . Some may continue into research . Not only in physics . Not necessarily in particle physics . Many/most will not stay in research . All will contribute to advancing society The LHC will be the world’s most powerful microscope … … and also a telescope Thank you! April 2009 42 .
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