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MVSem: Nobel prizes in particle physics - SS2017

MVSem: Nobel prizes in particle physics - SS2017

Topic	Date	Supervisor	Speaker	Talk	Summary
The discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect (1958)	28.4.2017	M. De Cian	Lars Noehte	Talk	Summary
Invention of the bubble chamber (1960)
Electron scattering on atomic nuclei and structure of nuclei (1961)	19.5.2017	S. Bachmann	Karol Debowski	Talk	Summary
Discovery of a large number of resonances made possible through the development of the hydrogen bubble chamber (1968)
Discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind (charm quark, 1976)
Discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons (1980)
Discovery of W and Z bosons (1984)	16.6.2017	M. De Cian	Nicky Potters	Talk	Summary
Myon Neutrino (1988)	2.6.2017	M. De Cian	Florian Jörg	Talk	Summary
Deep inelastic electron nucleon scattering and the importance for the development of the quark model (1990)
Invention and developement of the multiwire proportional chamber (1992)	26.5.2017	S. Bachmann	Lukas Witola	Talk	Summary
Discovery of the tau lepton (1995)
The discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature (and experimental confirmation by the B factories) (2008)	9.6.2017	S. Hansmann-Menzemer	Daniel Baitinger	Talk	Summary
The theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles (and its discovery at CERN) (2013)	30.6.2017	S. Bachmann	Viktor Adam	Talk	Summary
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass (2015)	7.7.2017	S. Hansmann-Menzemer	Dennis Sauter	Talk	Summary

If you would like to present an alternative topic, please speak with the organisors.

The written summary and the presentation have to be handed in 31. August at the latest

Requirements:

• MKEP1 Particle Physics
• Independent literature research
• Planing of talk
• Practice talk with supervisor
• 40-45min talk, 15-20min discussion
• Write-up of presented talk (5-10 pages)

Procedure:

• In week (n-3) latest: Discuss outline of talk with your supervisor
• In week (n-1) latest: Practice talk

Misc:

• The talk and the discussion will be in English
• A regular attendence is mandatory
• 6CP correspond to about 180 hours of work
• Organisational matters and distribution of still available topics: 21. 4. 2017

Contact

Prof. Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer
Dr. Sebastian Bachmann
Dr. Michel De Cian