CERN shows up in Bielefeld
The CERN off-site exhibition was one of the highlights of the first Bielefeld Science Festival, GENIALE, held on 3–11 October at Bielefeld University. In excess of 4000 visitors came to learn about CERN, the LHC, and the mysteries of particle physics and cosmology. The exhibition was organized by the Bielefeld Theoretical High Energy Physics Group, which includes many former members of the CERN Theory Group.
The CERN exhibition was complemented by a poster presentation of the activities of the Bielefeld group. Local students and group members answered questions and offered explanations throughout the event which was supported financially by Bielefeld Marketing GmbH and Scanlitho Teams. The next Bielefeld Science Festival will take place in 2011, by which time the first results on searches for the Higgs boson and supersymmetry at the LHC should be available.
Diffraction 2008 was a hit
Diffraction 2008, the fifth international workshop on diffraction in high-energy physics, took place in September at La Londe les Maures in France. Taking a break from the highly successful meeting are the organizer, Jacques Soffer (formerly from the Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille, and now at Temple University, Philadelphia), Firooz Arash (left) from Tafresh University in Iran and Uri Maor (right) from Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Image credit: André Martin.