Particle Physics: from the bubble chamber to the LHC, and beyond

Thursday 16 Apr 2015, 10:30 → 21:00 GB

R22 Lecture Theatre (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Norman Alexander Mccubbin (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Professor George Kalmus, FRS, this meeting will pick out some highlights from the last half-century of experimental particle physics and consider future prospects.

List of registrants (15 Apr) registrants_15Apr.pdf

10:31 FINAL PROGRAMME

10:35 SLIDES+VIDEO: left click on the little material symbol to access both slides and video. Video plays well in Firefox, Mozilla etc, but not in IE.

1 Welcome

Speaker: Norman Alexander Mccubbin (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

2 Birthday Greetings from Japan

Speaker: Ken Peach (University of Oxford (GB))

notes 01a_KJPFor_George.pdf

Video 001_Wel__GreJap_1200Kbps_480p_001.mp4

3 Early days at LBNL

Speaker: Prof. Bob Ely

Slides 02_Ely_GeorgeFest2015.pdf 02_Ely_GeorgeFest2015.pptx

Video LBNL_B_Ely.mp4

4 Bubble chambers at RAL and SLAC

Speaker: Dr Trevor Bacon

Slides 03_TrevorBacon_George_fest.pdf 03_TrevorBacon_George_fest.pptx

Video 003_Bubble_TBacon_1200Kbps_480p.mp4

5 From BEBC to DELPHI

Speaker: Dr Wilbur VENUS

04_From BEBC to DELPHI 7_sl29tweak_pluserratumslide.pdf

04_From BEBC to DELPHI 7_sl29tweak_pluserratumslide.ppt

Video BEBC_Del_W_Venus_1200Kbps_480p_001.mp4

6 Bubble Chamber Holography and the DELPHI solenoid

Speaker: Dr Robert Sekulin

Slides 05_Sekulin_Kalmusfest_corrected.pdf 05_Sekulin_Kalmusfest_corrected.pptx

Video 005_Bubble&DELPHI_RSekulin_1200Kbps_480p.mp4

7 Good and bad times at DELPHI

Speaker: Prof. Ugo AMALDI

recording 06_presentation_Prof._Amaldi.mp4

13:00 Lunch (+ group photograph)

8 Rare decays

Speaker: Prof. Augusto Ceccucci (CERN)

Slides 07_Ceccucci_George_Kalmus.pdf

Video 008_Decays_ACeccucci_1200Kbps_480p.mp4 009_CLazzeroni_1200Kbps_480p.mp4

9 Dark Matter and non-accelerator physics

Speaker: Prof. Nigel Smith (SNOLab)

Slides 08_150416_GEK80_NJTS_-_revised.pdf 08_150416_GEK80_NJTS_-_revised.ppt

Video 010_DkMatter_NSmith_1200Kbps_480p.mp4

10 From LEP to LHC and the Higgs

Speaker: Prof. Bill Murray (University of Warwick (GB))

Slides 09_kalmus-murray-higgs.pdf

Video 011_LEP_LHC_BMurray_1200Kbps_480p_002.mp4

15:45 Tea

11 From Regge poles to the Higgs, and beyond

Speaker: Prof. Graham ROSS

Slides 10_GrahamRoss_George@80_2.pdf

Video 012_Regge_Higgs_GRoss_1200Kbps_480p_003.mp4

12 Contributions from the audience

Speakers: Bob Brown (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB)), Brian Foster (University of Oxford (GB)), Chris Llewellyn Smith (Oxford University), David Miller (UCL), Horst Wenninger (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)), Jim Brau (University of Oregon (US))

Slides 11_01_Brau_Happy_Birthday_George.pdf

Video

• 013_AudCon_JBrau_1200Kbps_480p_002.mp4
• 014_Miller_Foster_Brown_LS_1700_1200Kbps_480p.mp4
• 015_Horst_1200Kbps_480p.mp4

13 Closing remarks

Speaker: George Kalmus (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Video 016_GKalmus_closing_1200Kbps_480p_001.mp4

18:00 Reception

19:00 DINNER