Public talks by John Ellis from CERN - CT and Joburg

[claire.lee]

Hi folks

John Ellis will be giving two free public talks on High Energy Physics, CERN and the LHC next week.

Date: Monday 15 December
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Place: MTN Sciencentre, Canal Walk, Cape Town

Date: Wednesday 17 December
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Place: Sci-Bono, Newtown, Johannesburg
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Facebook events: Cape Town and Joburg

Please note that the talks are free but booking is essential (through MTN Sciencentre or Sci-Bono).

About John Ellis:

John Ellis attended Cambridge University and earned his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics in 1971. After post-doctoral positions at Stanford University and Caltech, he went to CERN, where he has worked ever since. His research interests focus on the phenomenological aspects of particle physics, though he has also made important contributions to astrophysics, cosmology and quantum gravity. Most of his publications relate directly to experiment, from interpreting measurements and the results of searches for new particles, to exploring the physics that could be done with future accelerators. He was one of the pioneers of research at the interface between particle physics and cosmology, which has since become a sub-specialty of its own: particle astrophysics. He was awarded the Maxwell Medal of the UK Institute of Physics in 1982 and its Dirac Medal in 2005, and was elected a Fellow of Royal Society of London in 1985. In addition to his theoretical research, John Ellis has been an analyst and advocate of new accelerators, particularly the LHC. He played a leading role in the first 1984 workshop on LHC physics, and has written many articles on searches for Higgs bosons, supersymmetric particles and other new physics at the LHC, both for the particle physics community and at a more popular level. He is well known for his efforts to help countries around the world, including South Africa, get involved in CERN scientific activities.

 

[Joker]

The MTN Sciencecentre is a weird choice isn't it? I mean, won't his talk be muted by the sound of 500 screaming children...

I'd really like to go and check this out, just find the location very dubious. Granted I've only walked past the MTN centre, but it seems 100% kid orientated, not the place for a High Energy Physics lecture..

 

[claire.lee]

Don't worry Joker, it will be in their auditorium which is geared for this sort of thing. It's also part of their "Science Out Loud" lecture series so they do this quite regularly.

The lecture is part of a bunch of events surrounding the launch of the South Africa-CERN programme. The official launch will be that day at iThemba LABS out near Stellenbosch. We chose the Sciencentre for the public lecture as it's more central for the public than iThemba.

 

[Joker]

Ah great, sounds good, I'm there