Minute Particulars & Hidden Symmetries: <br/>Chris Quigg Symposium

14 Dec 2009, 08:00 → 15 Dec 2009, 21:00 US/Central

One West (Fermilab)

On the occasion of Chris Quigg's sixty-fifth birthday, the Fermilab Theory Group will host a symposium on Minute Particulars & Hidden Symmetries, on Monday and Tuesday, December 14 - 15, 2009. The scientific program features a broad range of topics reflecting Chris's varied interests in particle physics and a wider sphere. Speakers will include

Robert Cahn (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Alex Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Arnaud Devred (ITER, Cadarache) Sam Dyson (Chicago Public Schools) Pierre Fayet (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) Richard Field (University of Florida) Fabiola Gianotti (CERN / ATLAS) Paul Grannis (Stony Brook)

Deborah Harris (Fermilab) John David Jackson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Vera Lüth (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Kate Metropolis (Goleta, California) Mary Hall Reno (University of Iowa) Jonathan Rosner (University of Chicago) Elizabeth Simmons (Michigan State University) Sławek Tkaczyk (Fermilab / CMS) Scott Willenbrock (University of Illinois)

Monday, 14 December

08:00 → 09:00 Registration

poster http://theory.fnal.gov/mphs/img/QUIGGsymPosterB.pdf

09:00 → 09:15 Opening Session

09:00 Welcome

Speakers: Piermaria Oddone (Fermilab), Young-Kee Kim (Fermilab / University of Chicago)

09:15 → 10:30 Session 1

09:15 ATLAS through "First Light"

Speaker: Fabiola Gianotti (CERN / ATLAS)

Slides MPHS_Gianotti.pdf MPHS_Gianotti.ppt

09:55 CMS Growing Up

Speaker: Sławek Tkaczyk (Fermilab / CMS)

Slides MPHS_Tkaczyk.pdf MPHS_Tkaczyk.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 13:00 Session 2

11:00 Archimedes, Higgs, and Falling Honey

Speaker: John David Jackson (University of California, Berkeley / LBNL)

Slides MPHS_Jackson.pdf MPHS_Jackson.ppt

11:40 A Playful Approach to Physics (The Serious Business of Educational Outreach)

Speaker: Elizabeth Simmons (Michigan State University)

Slides MPHS_Simmons.key MPHS_Simmons.pdf

12:20 Echoes in Accelerators

Speaker: Alexander W. Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides MPHS_Chao.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:15 Session 3

14:00 Exploring Electroweak Symmetry Breaking

Speaker: Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides MPHS_Dawson.ppt

14:40 Supersymmetry, Dark Matter, and New Particles

Speaker: Pierre Fayet (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)

Slides MPHS_Fayet.pdf

15:15 → 15:45 Break

15:45 → 17:00 Session 4

15:45 The Tevatron Legacy

Speaker: Paul Grannis (Stony Brook University)

Slides MPHS_Grannis.pdf

16:25 Scientists and the Public: A Question of Communication

Speaker: Kate Metropolis (Santa Barbara)

Slides MPHS_Metropolis.key MPHS_Metropolis.pdf

17:30 → 19:00 Reception

All participants invited!

Tuesday, 15 December

09:00 → 10:15 Session 5

09:00 Physics from the Top

Speaker: Scott Willenbrock (University of Illinois)

Slides MPHS_Willenbrock.pdf MPHS_Willenbrock.ppt

09:40 Hard and Important: The Challenges of Teaching Physics and What We Should Do to Improve It

Speaker: Samuel Dyson (Chicago Public Schools)

Slides MPHS_Dyson.pdf MPHS_Dyson.pptx

10:15 → 10:45 Break

10:45 → 12:40 Session 6

10:45 Ultrahigh-Energy Neutrinos

Speaker: Mary Hall Reno (University of Iowa)

Slides MPHS_Reno.pdf

11:25 Predicting “Min-Bias” and the “Underlying Event” at the LHC

Speaker: Richard Field (University of Florida)

Slides MPHS_Field.pdf MPHS_Field.ppt

12:05 The Art of Superconducting Magnets

Speaker: Arnaud Devred (ITER)

Slides MPHS_Devred.pdf MPHS_Devred.ppt

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:15 Session 7

14:00 Minutiæ over Short and Long Distances: Neutrino Physics Today and Tomorrow

Speaker: Deborah Harris (Fermilab)

Slides MPHS_Harris.pdf

14:40 Particles with Beauty and Charm

Speaker: Jonathan Rosner (University of Chicago)

Slides MPHS_Rosner.pdf

15:15 → 15:30 Photo

15:30 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 17:30 Session 8

16:00 100 Years of Beta Decays—Why Do We Continue?

Speaker: Vera Lüth (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides MPHS_Luth.pdf

16:40 Best of All Possible Worlds

Speaker: Robert Cahn (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides MPHS_Cahn.pdf MPHS_Cahn.ppt

17:15 Closing Remarks

17:30 → 19:00 Free Time

19:00 → 21:00 Banquet

Tickets required.