International particle physics masterclasses: Collège de Saussure au CERN

Tuesday Mar 10, 2026, 9:00 AM → 9:45 PM Europe/Zurich

CERN

9:00 AM → 9:10 AM Acceuil

Accueil devant le Globe de la science et de l’innovation.
- Distribution des badges visiteurs

Speaker: Adelina Lintuluoto (CERN)

9:10 AM → 10:20 AM Introduction à la physique des particules

Speaker: Andrea Ferrero (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

masterclass-french.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:15 AM Introduction to the hands-on part : Looking for strange particles

What the measurements are about
Demonstration of the analysis software

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

intro2026.pdf

intro2026.ppt

link to results site

link to the analysis site

11:30 AM → 1:00 PM Visite de l'exposition ALICE

11:30 meet at the Science Gateway reception
11:30 - 11:45 navette to LHC-Point 2 (ALICE)
11:45 - 12:45 visit ALICE exhibition and Control Room
12:45 - 13:00 navette to R1

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Pause déjeuner

2:15 PM → 3:45 PM Masterclass - Analyse des donnés

Introduction à l'exercice :A la recherche de particules étranges"

Analyse visuel des collisions proton-proton

Analyse statistiique de collisions plomb-plomb

Discussion des résultats

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

4:00 PM → 5:00 PM Video conference (en anglais)

les autres participants : Katowice, Pologne et Cape Town, iThemba Labs, Afrique du Sud

Speakers: Sara Pucillo (Universita e INFN, Salerno (IT)), Tom Reichert