PANIC11 - Rutherford Centennial

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM—Schedule

 

July 24th, 2011

Sunday

Pedagogical Lectures for Students
Speaker
9:00-9:30
Big Questions in Particle Physics - An Overview Jesse Thaler, MIT
9:30-10:00
Tools of Particle Physics I - Accelerators William Graves, MIT
10:00-10:30
Tools of Particle Physics II - Particle Detectors Steve Ahlen, BU
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:30
Searching for the Higgs Boson Steve Nahn, MIT
11:30-12:00
Searching for New Particles Joao Guimaraes da Costa
Harvard University
12:00-12:30
Puzzles in Neutrinos Noah Oblath, MIT
12:30-1:45
Lunch (not provided)
1:45-2:15
What Is the Proton Made Of? Krishna Kumar
UMass, Amherst
2:15-2:45
Recreating the Early Universe - the Quark Gluon Plasma Wit Busza, MIT
2:45-3:15
The Accelerating Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy Kim Palladino, MIT
Welcome Reception
4:00 - 7:00
Welcome Reception

 

 

 

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