Conveners
Plenary 5: Near-Future Prospects
- Session chair: Prof. Antonella De Santo
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Prof. Geoff Hall (Imperial College London)09/04/2014, 08:30Detectors and Accelerators, Near and Far FutureOver the next decade a series of upgrades to both the LHC machine and the experiments which operate at the LHC will be carried out. Some of them are already under way. A brief summary will be given of the motivations for detector upgrades, with the accelerator schedule as it is currently foreseen, and a short review of the major elements of the upgrade plans for the four LHC experiments,...Go to contribution page
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Dr Frank Zimmermann (CERN)09/04/2014, 08:55Detectors and Accelerators, Near and Far FutureOptions for the next high-energy electron-positron collider are reviewed, by comparing a linear-collider design - the ILC - with proposed circular collider Higgs factories such as FCC-ee/TLEP. This presentation sketches relative construction costs, some key intrinsic features of circular and linear colliders, issues related to electrical power consumption, interaction-point spot sizes,...Go to contribution page
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Dr Morgan Wascko09/04/2014, 09:25The Neutrino SectorThe next generation of accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments will have significant discovery potential for CP violation in the lepton sector. I will review the physics prospects of these experiments, with emphasis on the UK's role in them.Go to contribution page
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Prof. Sheila Rowan09/04/2014, 09:55Particle Astrophysics, Current and FutureThis talk will cover the status of activities for the construction and commissioning of the imminent generation of the gravitational GW detectors due to start first science runs next year. It will focus on the status of and plans for the Advanced LIGO observatories (in Hanford Washington, and Livingston Louisiana, USA) and Advanced Virgo (near Cascina, Italy), and their operation in the...Go to contribution page