1–21 Aug 2010
NITheP at Stellenbosch, South Africa
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Session

Public Lectures 2: Dr Ketevi Assamagan and Dr Anne Dabrowski

13 Aug 2010, 19:00
Auditorium (NITheP at Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Auditorium

NITheP at Stellenbosch, South Africa

Stellenbosch U. NITheP Stellenbosch Inst. of Adv. Study Private Bag X1 Matieland 7602 South Africa

Description

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has now being running for more than half a year. This is the world’s largest experiment, located near Geneva. It’s a 27km long underground nuclear accelerator and the world’s current most exciting opportunity for new discoveries.

This machine is searching for the elusive Higgs Boson. It is also looking for dark matter, higher dimensions and studying extreme states of matter, that give insight into the origins of the Universe. The LHC can indeed change the face of science. South Africans have a unique once- off opportunity to hear first-hand about the LHC from visiting CERN scientists. Dr Assamagan leads the ATLAS search for the Higgs boson and Dr Dabrowski is a leading Applied Physicist preparing for a future even higher energy accelerator to take us to physics way beyond the LHC.

Please join us as they talk about the LHC and beyond, and the astounding experiments that are and will be possible.

The MTN Sciencentre address is 407 Canal Walk (Upper level, Entrance 5),
Century City near Cape Town
There is no cost to attend the event but seating is limited and booking is advised.
Secure parking is available.
Contact Jani on 021 529 8100 or jani@mtnsciencentre.org.za to book your seat.
Visit http://www.mtnsciencentre.org.za for more details

Presentation materials

Anne Dabrowski (CERN), Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Department of Physics)
13/08/2010, 19:00
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