Greek Teachers Programme 06/2008

23 Jun 2008, 15:00 → 28 Jun 2008, 19:00 Europe/Zurich

40-S2-C01 (CERN)

Mick Storr

Monday 23 June

15:00 → 16:00 Welcome

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

16:00 → 17:00 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

Slides cern_intro.pdf cern_intro.ppt

17:00 → 17:45 Greece at CERN

Speaker: Evangelos Gazis (National Technical University of Athens)

Slides ENGazis_HEP-Greece_08.pdf ENGazis_HEP-Greece_08.ppt

Tuesday 24 June

09:00 → 09:45 Introduction to Particle Physics (1/3)

Speaker: Evangelos Gazis (National Technical University of Athens)

Slides ENGazis_CERN_08_PP1_b.pdf ENGazis_CERN_08_PP1_b.ppt

10:30 → 11:15 Introduction to Accelerators (1/2)

Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

Slides Lecture1(OverviewI)v2.pdf Lecture1(OverviewI)v2.ppt

11:30 → 12:15 Introduction to Detectors (1/2)

Speaker: Evangelos Gazis (National Technical University of Athens)

Slides ENGazis_Detectors1_08.ppt

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:45 Introduction to the ATLAS Experiment

Speaker: Irene Vichou (Department of Physics)

Slides teachers_IVichou.pdf

15:30 → 17:30 Visit Atlas

Speaker: Irene Vichou (Department of Physics)

18:00 → 18:45 Review

Speaker: Mick Storr (CERN)

Wednesday 25 June

08:30 → 09:15 Introduction to Particle Physics (2/3)

Speaker: Nick Tracas (National Technical University of Athens)

10:00 → 10:45 Introduction to accelerators (2/2)

Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

Slides Lecture2(OverviewII)v2.pdf Lecture2(OverviewII)v2.ppt

11:00 → 11:45 Anti-matter and the Antiproton Decelerator

Speaker: Mike Koratzinos

short films AD_Movie_Part1.mov HbarProduction.mov

Slides antimatter_250608.pdf antimatter_250608.pptx

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 16:00 Parallel activity : Build Cloud Chamber, Visit Microcosm, Teachers Lab

Speakers: Charilaos Tsarouchas (National Technical University of Athens), Fanouria Antoniou, Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (University of Athens), Mick Storr (CERN), Mike Koratzinos, Theodoros Argyropoulos (National Technical Univ. of Athens)

18:00 → 20:00 Reception at Greek Ambassador's residence

Thursday 26 June

09:00 → 09:45 Introduction to Particle Physics (3/3)

Speaker: Nick Tracas (National Technical University of Athens)

Slides 1ST_LECTURE.zip 2ND_LECTURE.zip

10:30 → 11:15 Cosmology and Neutrinos

Speaker: Athanasios Lahanas (University of Athens)

Slides CERN08_Lahanas.zip

11:30 → 12:15 Introduction to Detectors (2/2)

Speaker: Venetios Polychronakos (Department of Physics)

Slides ENGazis_Detectors2_08.pdf ENGazis_Detectors2_08.ppt

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Q/A

15:00 → 19:30 Visit Geneva

19:30 → 22:00 Programme Dinner

Friday 27 June

09:00 → 09:45 Applications of Particle Physics

Speaker: Mrs EVANGELIA DIMOVASILI (TS-LEA)

10:30 → 11:15 Computing for Particle Physics

Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides HEP-Computing.pdf HEP-Computing.ppt

11:30 → 12:15 Introduction to CMS

Speaker: Andromachi Tsirou (CERN)

Slides CMSin_Greek.pdf CMSin_Greek.ppt

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:00 The CAST experiment

Speaker: Prof. Konstantin Zioutas (University of Patras)

Slides CAST_Experiment.pdf CAST_Experiment.ppt

14:00 → 15:00 Q/A

15:00 → 17:30 Visit CCC and CMS

Speakers: Andromachi Tsirou (CERN), Georgia Karapostoli (University of Athens), Michail Bachtis (University of Wisconsin)

17:30 → 18:00 Programme Evaluation and Close

Saturday 28 June

09:00 → 09:15 Depart for airport