What is the nature of our universe?
What is it made of?

 

 

 

 

 

Scientists from around the world
come to CERN…

 

 

 

 

 

… to seek answers to such
         fundamental questions…

 

 

 

 

 

… using particle accelerators
         and pushing the limits of technology.

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More than a spring-clean for LHC magnets

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CMS hunts for dark photons coming from the Hi...

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Monday
17 Jun/19
08:00 (Europe/Zurich)
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String Geometry and String Phenomenology Institute

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Monday
17 Jun/19
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Information Session for CERN openlab summer students (new comers on...

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Tuesday
18 Jun/19
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Shedding light on hadron structure with ultra-peripheral collisions ...

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18 Jun/19
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Shedding light on hadron structure with ultra-peripheral collisions...

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18 Jun/19
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The Swampland, Moduli and Holography [Note unusual date!]

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Wednesday
19 Jun/19
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Exploring the (Metric) Space of Jets with CMS Open Data

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19 Jun/19
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20 Jun/19
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NIC Visit to CERN and UNIGE

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