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4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
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500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)
Description
Dedicated to the memory of Herwig Schopper 1924-2025
Following in the mould established by precursors at Fermilab and SLAC, the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics will bring together leading physicists who have worked in the field with historians, philosophers and other scholars of science who study the discipline. The focus of this symposium will be upon the important discoveries and intellectual currents of the 1980s and 1990s — a period in which Europe and especially CERN became the acknowledged center of gravity in particle physics. Theoretical, experimental and accelerator physics developments will be examined, as well as the marriage of particle physics with cosmology and astrophysics. This symposium will occur at CERN on 10-13 November 2025.
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Speaker: Fabiola Gianotti (CERN)
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Introductory remarks 10m 500/1-001 - Main AuditoriumSpeakers: Chris Llewellyn Smith, Michael Riordan
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Opening Keynote 25m 500/1-001 - Main AuditoriumSpeaker: John Krige
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Opening Keynote 25m 500/1-001 - Main AuditoriumSpeaker: Chris Quigg (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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Establishing the standard model as a quantum field theory 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Ugo Amaldi and Kent Staley
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Electroweak Gauge Bosons and the observations of jets at the SPS collider 25mSpeaker: Peter Jenni (University of Freiburg and CERN)
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Electroweak Gauge Bosons and the observations of jets at CDF and D0 20mSpeaker: Mel Shochet (University of Chicago (US))
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Coffee beak 25m
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Physics at LEP1 and LEP2 30mSpeaker: Monica Pepe-Altarelli (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))
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Electroweak physics at the SLD 15mSpeaker: Morris Swartz (Johns Hopkins University (JHU))
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QCD at LEP 25mSpeaker: Siegfried Bethke (Max-Planck-Institute of Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute), Garching)
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Comments from moderators and discussion 20mSpeakers: Kent Staley, Ugo Amaldi (TERA Foundation (IT))
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Lunch 1h 15m
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The rise of perturbative QCD: deep inelastic scattering at HERA 20mSpeaker: Elisabetta Gallo (DESY)
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Theoretical Tools: perturbative QCD as a quantitative tool 25mSpeaker: Richard Keith Ellis (University of Durham (GB))
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Parton shower Monte Carlo Simulations 25mSpeaker: Bryan Webber (University of Cambridge (GB))
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Coffee break 25m
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Third generation of quarks and leptons: Upsilon spectroscopy and B-meson mixing 20mSpeaker: David Cassel (Cornell University)
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Discovery of the top quark 20mSpeaker: Paul Grannis (Stony Brook University (US))
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Comments from moderators and discussion 20mSpeakers: Kent Staley, Ugo Amaldi (TERA Foundation (IT))
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Evening Discussion: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Science citizenship: roles and duties in society 1h
Moderator: Kostas Gavroglu
James Gillies: communicating through adversity
Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill: diversity and inclusion
Ugo Amaldi: the professionalisation of knowledge transfer
Neil Calder: towards strategic communicationsSpeaker: Kostas Gavroglu
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Accelerator developments 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Lyn Evans and Catherine Westfall
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The development of superconducting cable 30mSpeaker: Martin Wilson
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Cryogenics and the use of superfluid helium 30mSpeaker: Philippe Lebrun (European Scientific Institute (FR))
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Superconducting magnet development from the ISR to the LHC 30mSpeaker: Lucio Rossi (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))
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Coffee break 25m
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Superconducting cavity development 30mSpeaker: Hasan Padamsee
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Contributions from Novosibirsk 30mSpeaker: Alexander Skrinsky (BINP)
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Superconducting magnets for detectors 20mSpeaker: Prof. Akira Yamamoto (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
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Comments from moderators and discussion 20mSpeakers: Catherine Westfall, Lyn Evans (Imperial College (GB))
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Lunch 1h 20m
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Detector developments 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Michel Spiro and Kostas Gavroglu
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Silicon vertex detectors 25mSpeaker: Robert Klanner (Hamburg University (DE))
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Central trackers 25mSpeaker: Dave Nygren
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Calorimetry in particle physics in the 80s and 90s 25mSpeaker: Dr Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Particle identification 25mSpeaker: Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE))
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Coffee break 25m
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Neutrino Detectors 25mSpeaker: Lucie Linssen (CERN)
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Trigger and DAQ 20mSpeaker: Hans Von Der Schmitt (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut))
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Comments from moderators followed by questions and discussion 20mSpeakers: Kostas Gavroglu, Dr Michel Spiro (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Conference dinner at Restaurant 1 2h 30m Restaurant 1
Restaurant 1
Memories of Herwig Schopper
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Collision course
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Kurt Hubner and Will Thomas
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The CERN proton-antiproton collider 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Lyn Evans (Imperial College (GB))
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ISABELLE and RHIC 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Robert Crease
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The SLAC B factory 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Jonathan Dorfan
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Coffee break 20m
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Fermilab and the Tevatron 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Stephen Holmes (Fermilab)
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The SLAC Linear Collider and R&D 25m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Tor Raubenheimer (SLAC)
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Particle physics in the Soviet Union and Russia 25m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Viktor Matveev (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (RU))
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Lunch 1h 15m
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Speaker: Ferdinand Willeke
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TRISTAN and KEK B 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Taka Kondo (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
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Comments from moderators followed by questions and discussion 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speakers: Kurt Hubner (CERN), Will Thomas
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Quests for new physics
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Luciano Maiani and Richard Dawid
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The search for the Higgs and the BEH mechanism 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)
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Speaker: Savas Dimopoulos
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Strings 25m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Wolfgang Lerche
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Coffee break 20m
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Speaker: Riccardo Barbieri (Scuola Normale Superiore)
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SUSY searches at LEP 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speaker: Christoph Rembser (CERN)
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Speaker: Helen Quinn (SLAC)
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Comments from moderators followed by questions and discussion 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)Speakers: Luciano Maiani (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)), Richard Dawid
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End of session 5m
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Evening Discussion: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Reaching out and making a difference – the growth of formal and informal engagement 1h
Moderator: Roger Highfield
Marge Bardeen: educational initiatives
Paola Catapano: visits and exhibitions
Lucy Hawking: the role of popular writing
Michael Riordan: the role of in-house magazinesSpeaker: Roger Highfield
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Particle astrophysics and cosmology 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Moderators and Discussion Leaders: Barry Barish and Antonis Antoniou
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Particle dark matter 25mSpeaker: Michael Turner
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Cosmological particle physics 25mSpeaker: Rocky Kolb (University of Chicago)
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Observations on the emergence of the new field of particle cosmology 15mSpeaker: Jaco de Swart (University of Cambridge)
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Coffee break 15m
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Kamiokande and SuperK 30mSpeaker: Takaaki Kajita
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Solving the solar neutrino problem 25mSpeaker: Alexei Smirnov (International Centre for Theoretical Physics (IT))
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Neutrino telescopes and high energy cosmic rays 20mSpeaker: Alan Watson (University of Leeds)
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Panel discussion: Rare searches 35mSpeakers: Lawrence R Sulak, Alessandro Bettini (INFN), Frank Avignone (UNiversity of South Carolina), Leo Stodolsky
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Observations on the evolution of cosmic ray research and astroparticle physics 15mSpeaker: Luisa Bonolis
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Comments from moderators followed by questions and discussion 20mSpeakers: Antonis Antoniou (Kapodistrian University of Athens), Barry Barish
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Lunch 1h
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Going International 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Moderator and Discussion Leader: Barry Barish
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The HERA model 25mSpeaker: Albrecht Wagner
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Gran Sasso experiments 15mSpeaker: Enzo Iarocci (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF))
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Second thoughts on the Supercollider 30mSpeaker: Dr Edward Michael Riordan
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The political history of the LHC 30mSpeaker: Chris Llewellyn Smith
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Coffee break 15m
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Impact of the Web: CERN 15mSpeaker: Walter Hoogland
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Demographic shifts in particle physics 10mSpeaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)
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The Experience of Poland in the Transition to CERN Membership 15mSpeaker: Agnieszka Zalewska (H.Niewodniczanski Inst. of Nuclear Physics in Cracow)
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Post 1980s Diaspora of Russian Particle Physicists 15mSpeaker: Vladimir Shiltsev
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The rise and internationalization of particle physics in China 15mSpeaker: Jinyan Liu
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Comments from moderators followed by questions, discussion and contributions from the floor 20mSpeaker: Barry Barish
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Closing session 40mSpeakers: Barry Barish (Caltech), Fabiola Gianotti (CERN)
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History of Particle Physics 1980-2000: Some Personal Reflections 20mSpeaker: Barry Barish
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Thanks and closing remarks 10mSpeaker: Chris Llewellyn Smith
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