Benvenuto

Dr Gian Mario Spacca

Presidente Regione Marche

Italia

to Accelerating Science and Innovation

The Mission of CERN

Push forward the frontiers of knowledge

E.g. the secrets of the Big Bang …what was the matter like

within the first moments of the Universe’s existence?

Develop new technologies for accelerators and detectors

Information technology - the Web and the GRID

Medicine - diagnosis and therapy

Train scientists and engineers of tomorrow

Unite people from different countries and cultures

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CERN was founded 1954: 12 European States

“Science for Peace”

Today: 20 Member States

~ 2300 staff

~ 790 other paid personnel

> 10000 users

Budget (2011) ~1000 MCHF

Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

Candidate for Accession: Romania

Associate Member in the Pre-Stage to Membership: Israel

Applicant States: Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey

Observers to Council: India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO

Science is getting more and more global

Big Bang

Next Scientific Challenge: to understand the very first moments of our Universe

after the Big Bang

Today 13.7 Billion Years

1028 cm

Atom Proton

Big Bang

Radius of Earth

Radius of Galaxies

Earth to Sun

Universe

Hubble ALMA

VLT AMS

Study physics laws of first moments after Big Bang

increasing Symbiosis between Particle Physics,

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Super-Microscope

LHC

A New Era in Fundamental Science

Exploration of a new energy frontier in p-p and Pb-Pb collisions

LHC ring: 27 km circumference

CMS

ALICE

LHCb

ATLAS

LHC + Experiments: spectacular start-up in 2010

Brilliant performances of LHC, experiments and GRID

computing

First p-p collisions at √s = 7 TeV on 30 March 2010, restart 13 March 2011

First Pb-Pb collisions at √s = 2.76TeV/N on 7 Nov 2010

Impressive detector performances

CMS

ALICE: Pb-Pb

Goal for 2011!

CERN: Particle Physics and Innovation

Interfacing between fundamental science and key

technological developments

CERN Technologies and Innovation

Detecting particles Accelerating particle

beams

Large-scale

computing (Grid)

CERN Technologies and Innovation

Cutting edge Research Infrastructures play a key role in a

knowledge driven society

Knowledge is − and will be more and more − the most precious

resource for a sustainable development

CERN Technologies and Innovation Example: Medical applications

Combining Physics, ICT, Biology and Medicine to fight cancer

Detecting particles

Imaging PET Scanner

Clinical trial in Portugal

for new breast imaging

system (ClearPEM)

Accelerating particle beams ~30’000 accelerators worldwide

~17’000 used for medicine

Hadron Therapy Leadership in Ion

Beam Therapy now

in Europe and

Japan

Tumour

Target

Protons

light ions

>70’000 patients treated worldwide (30 facilities)

>21’000 patients treated in Europe (9 facilities)

X-ray protons

Grid Computing and CERN

285 sites in 48 countries

~250k CPU cores

~100 PB disk

Large number of users

1M jobs/day Astronomy & Astrophysics Civil Protection Computational Chemistry Comp. Fluid Dynamics Computer Science/Tools Condensed Matter Physics Earth Sciences Finance Fusion High Energy Physics (WLCG) Humanities Life Sciences Material Sciences Social Sciences

EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667

CERN Education Activities

Scientists at CERN Academic Training Programme

Young Researchers CERN School of High Energy Physics

CERN School of Computing

CERN Accelerator School

Latin American School of HEP

Viña del Mar, Chile, 2007

Physics Students Summer Students

Programme

CERN Teacher Schools International and National

Programmes

CERN School of Physics

Sant Feliu de Guíxols,

Spain, 2004

CERN Teacher Programme Participants

Summer Students 2011

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Italy and CERN

Italy is a founding member of CERN with a strong tradition in particle physics Eduardo Amaldi: one of the founding fathers of CERN and interim Secretary General

Two Directors General from Italy:

Carlo Rubbia and Luciano Maiani

ADA: the common ancestor of all particle colliders

first storage ring for an electron and a positron beam rotating

in opposite directions operated at Frascati in 1961

ADA

Anello Di Accumulazione

Nobel Prizes in Physics:

related to advance of Particle Physics: 1938: E. Fermi

1984: C. Rubbia

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Italy and CERN

INFN brings together some 5000 researchers

Approximately 600 Italian physicists have collaborated

on the realisation of the LHC and on the research conducted with the LHC

many hold key positions

in the collaborations

Examples:

Atlas and CMS

Strong collaboration between CERN and National Laboratories

Neutrino beam from CERN to

Gran Sasso Laboratory (732 km)

Strong collaboration between CERN and National Laboratories

Neutrino beam from CERN to

Gran Sasso Laboratory (732 km)

Neutrino beam

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Italy and CERN

Neutrino beam

Italian industries have constructed some extremely important components

for the LHC project, using very advanced technology

Examples:

Ansaldo was key contractor in the CMS magnet project, the world’s largest

superconducting solenoid

Winding of first module at Ansaldo

CMS coil Ansaldo was one of the

3 contractors building

magnets for the LHC

delivered to CERN in December 1997

LHC tunnel

Grazie