Bulgarian Teacher Programme

20 Jul 2025, 17:00 → 25 Jul 2025, 14:15 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN), Roumyana Mileva Hadjiiska (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)), Svejina Dimitrova, Jeff Wiener (CERN)

The Bulgarian Teacher Programme 2025 will take place from 20-25 July 2025. Lectures, on-site visits, exhibitions, and hands-on workshops will introduce its participants to cutting-edge particle physics. We hope our participants will go back to Bulgaria as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

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Bulgarian Teacher Programme 2025: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/BGTP25

Teacher Programmes Manager:
Jeff Wiener: 0041 75 411 9010

In case of emergency:
CERN fire brigade: 0041 22 76 74444

Sunday 20 July

17:00 → 21:00 Welcome to CERN!

Monday 21 July

08:30 → 12:25 Lectures

08:30 Welcome to CERN/ Добре дошли в ЦЕРН

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

08:40 Introduction to the programme / Въведение в програмaта

Speaker: Svejina Dimitrova

08:45 Introduction to CERN / Въведение в ЦЕРН

Speaker: Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)

09:55 Introduction to Particle Physics, Higgs boson and experimental observations – part 1 / Въведение във физиката на елементарните частици Хигс бозонът и експериментални наблюдения – част 1/

Speaker: Roumyana Mileva Hadjiiska (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG))

intro_particlePhysics_teachers_july2025.pdf

10:45 Introduction to Particle Physics, Higgs boson and experimental observations - part 2 / Въведение във физиката на елементарните частици Хигс бозонът и експериментални наблюдения - част 2/

Speaker: Roumyana Mileva Hadjiiska (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG))

11:35 Introduction to Neutrino Physics / Въведение във физика на неутриното

Speaker: Ivaylo Dionisov (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))

Neutrino_CERN-Teachers_21.07.2025__2.pdf

12:25 → 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 → 18:00 Visits

13:15 Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & ALICE exhibition

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 13:15!

13:15-13:45 Transport to ALICE exhibition
13:45-14:30 ALICE
14:30-14:50 Transport from the ALICE to SM18
14:50-15:40 SM18
15:40-16:00 Transport from SM18 to Science Gateway

16:00 Coffee break

16:15 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room

16:15-17:00 ATLAS
17:00-17:15 Walk from ATLAS to SC
17:15-17:45 SC
17:45-18:00 Walk from the SC to the Main Building

18:00 → 19:30 Social Events

18:00 Welcome Reception

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

Tuesday 22 July

08:20 → 12:50 Lectures

08:20 Introduction to accelerators and their future / Въведение в ускорителите и тяхното бъдеще

Speaker: Ivan Glushkov (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

Accelerators - Ivan.pdf

Accelerators - Ivan.pptx

09:15 Introduction to CERN’s аccelerator complex and its control / Въведение в комплекса ускорители на ЦЕРН и тяхното управление

Speaker: Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)

10:25 Dark matter – exploration beyond the Standard Model / Тъмна материя - изследвания извън границите на Стандартния Модел

Speaker: Kalina Dimitrova (University of Sofia - St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))

250722_DarkMatter_KDimitrova.pdf

11:25 Medical Physics / Медицинска физика

Speaker: Katia Sergieva

12:50 → 13:45 Lunch break

13:45 → 17:30 Visits

13:45 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions

The whole group meets in the Main Building at 13:45!

13:45-14:00 Walk to Science Gateway
14:00-15:30 Cloud Chamber Workshop
15:30-17:00 Science Gateway Exhibitions

Speaker: Ivan Glushkov (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

Cloud Chamber BG - Ivan.pdf

Cloud Chamber BG - Ivan.pptx

Wednesday 23 July

08:15 → 11:40 Visits

08:15 Low Energy Ion Ring & LINAC2

The group meets in front of the CERN hotel (Building 39) at 08:15!

08:15-08:30 Walk from the CERN hotel to LEIR/LINAC2
08:30-09:30 Low Energy Ion Ring & LINAC2
09:30-09:45 Walk to ISOLDE

09:45 ISOLDE

11:40 → 12:30 Lectures

11:40 Machine learning for data analysis / Машинно обучение (ML) при анализ на данни

Speaker: Kalina Dimitrova (University of Sofia - St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))

250723_MachineLearning_KDimitrova.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 21:30 Social Events

14:00 Discover Geneva / Открий Женева

We will provide you with your personal treasure hunt brochure. Please prepare 8 CHF to buy the "Tout Genève 9h" ticket. Once you successfully finish the treasure hunt there will be a delicious cheese fondue waiting for you!

19:30 Official Dinner / Официална вечеря

Although it's the formal dinner of the programme, please wear clothes you feel comfortable in.
The treasure hunt will lead you directly to the

Hotel Edelweiss
Place de la Navigation 2
1201 Genève
www.hoteledelweissgeneva.com

Thursday 24 July

08:15 → 10:00 Visits

08:15 CERN Control Centre & CMS Muon Chambers Labs

The bus leaves in front of The CERN hotel Building 39 at 8:15!

Group 1
8:15-8:30 Transport to the CCC
8:30-9:00 CERN Control Centre
9:00-9:15 Transport from the CCC to the CMS Muon Chambers Labs
9:15-9:45 CMS Muon Chambers Labs
9:45-10:00 Transport from CMS Muon Chambers Labs to the CERN hotel

Group 2
8:15-8:30 Transport to the CMS Muon Chambers Labs
8:30-9:00 CMS Muon Chambers Labs
9:00-9:15 Transport from the CMS Muon Chambers Labs to the CCC
9:15-9:45 CERN Control Centre
9:45-10:00 Transport from CCC to the CERN hotel

10:00 → 12:30 Lectures

10:00 ATLAS Distributed Computing. Part 1: GRID / Разпределени изчисления в експеримента АТЛАС. Част 1: ГРИД

Speaker: Ivan Glushkov (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

GRID - Ivan.pdf

GRID - Ivan.pptx

10:50 ATLAS Distributed Computing. Part 2: HPC, Cloud and Volunteer Computing / Разпределени изчисления в експеримента АТЛАС. Част 2: Суперкомпютри, облаци и доброволни изчисления

Speaker: Ivan Glushkov (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

NotGRID - Ivan.pptx

11:30 Introduction to Particle Physics Detectors / Въведение в детектори на елементарни частици

Speaker: Anton Dimitrov (University of Sofia - St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:30 Visits

13:30 CMS & LHCb

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 13:30!

13:30-14:00 Transport from the CERN hotel to CMS
14:00-15:30 CMS
15:30-16:15 Transport from CMS to LHCb
16:15-17:15 LHCb
17:15-17:30 Transport from LHCb to the CERN hotel

Friday 25 July

08:15 → 10:00 Visits

08:15 Antimatter Factory & Data Centre

The whole group meets in front of the CERN hotel (Building 39) at 08:15!

Group 1
08:15-08:30 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the AD
08:30-09:00 Antimatter Factory
09:00-09:15 Walk from the AD to the Data Centre
09:15-09:45 Data Centre
09:45-10:00 Walk from the Data Centre to Building 40

Group 2
08:15-08:30 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the Data Centre
08:30-09:00 Data Centre
09:00-09:15 Walk from the Data Centre to the AD
09:15-09:45 AD
09:45-10:00 Walk from the AD to Building 40

10:10 → 12:30 Lectures

10:10 Accelerator RF systems – future developments (crab cavities) / Радиочестотни системи за ускорители – бъдещо развитие

Speaker: Dimitar Hristov Marinov (CERN)

10:45 Bulgarian Teachers Programme - lessons, achievements and prospects / Българската учителска програма – уроци, постижения и перспективи

Speaker: Svejina Dimitrova

11:45 CERN Education / Образованието в ЦЕРН

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

12:00 Certificates & Goodie Bags

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

12:10 Evaluation of the programme / Оценка на програмата

Speakers: Svejina Dimitrova, Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)