Georgian Teachers Programme 2014

5 Oct 2014, 09:45 → 11 Oct 2014, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Irakli Minashvili (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU)), Mick Storr (University of Birmingham (GB))

Programme organised in collaboration with the Georgian National Centre for Teacher Professional Development

Sunday 5 October

1 Arrival at airport

2 Welcome + Information Meeting30' ( Restaurant 1 )

Speakers: Irakli Minashvili (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU)), Mick Storr (CERN)

Monday 6 October

3 Welcome

4 Programme objectives

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Slides TP_Objectives2014.pdf TP_Objectives2014.ppt

10:00 Coffee

5 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Irakli Minashvili (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

Slides Intro_CERN_GeoTeach_2014_Oct.pdf

6 Introduction to Accelerators

Speaker: Dr Sophio Pataraia (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))

Slides AcceleratorPhysics.pdf

12:30 Lunch

7 Visit Superconducting magnet test facility

8 Visit PS complex

9 Review of the day

Tuesday 7 October

10 Particle physics - general introduction

Speaker: Vato Kartvelishvili (Lancaster University (GB))

Slides geo-teachers.oct.2014.pdf

10:00 Coffee

11 Introduction to Particle Detectors

Speaker: Givi Sekhniaidze (Universita e INFN (IT))

Slides Detectors.pdf Detectors.pptx

12 Q/A

12:30 Lunch

13 Visit ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Lab.

Speaker: Irakli Minashvili (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

14 Review of the day

Wednesday 8 October

15 Visit ATLAS underground

16 LHC physics

Speaker: Aliko Mestvirishvili (University of Iowa (US))

Slides LHC_Physics_HiggsSearch.pdf LHC_Physics_HiggsSearch.ppt

11:00 Coffee

17 Non-Higgs LHC physics

Speaker: Vato Kartvelishvili (Lancaster University (GB))

Slides geo-teachers.oct.2014.pdf

12:45 Lunch

18 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

19 Programme Dinner

Thursday 9 October

20 Particle Physics and Cosmology

Speaker: Vato Kartvelishvili (Lancaster University (GB))

Slides geo-teachers.oct.2014.pdf

10:00 Coffee

21 Introduction to Detector CMS

Speaker: Aliko Mestvirishvili (University of Iowa (US))

Slides LECTURE_Intro_to_CMS.pdf LECTURE_Intro_to_CMS.ppt

12:00 Lunch

22 Visit CMS

23 Visit AMS and CCC

Friday 10 October

24 Medical Application of Particle Physics

Speaker: Keti Kaadze (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

Slides CERN-Summer_Students-UA-3.8.0.09.pdf

10:00 Coffee

25 Q/A

12:30 Lunch

26 Social event and presentation of certificates

Saturday 11 October

27 Free time