Tag: CERN community
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Implementing a vision for CERN’s future
The 2020 update of the European strategy for particle physics forms the basis of CERN’s objectives for the next five years, explains Fabiola Gianotti
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Estonia becomes an Associate Member of CERN in the pre-stage to Membership
CERN welcomes Estonia as an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership
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Potassium nucleus loses some of its magic
A new study at ISOLDE finds no signature of a “magic” number of neutrons in potassium-51, challenging the proposed magic nature of nuclei with 32 neutrons
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BASE opens up new possibilities in the search for cold dark matter
The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN’s Antimatter Factory has set new limits on how easily axion-like particles could turn into photons
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Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931 – 2021)
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman(1931 – 2021) — Martinus (“Tini”) Veltman started his scientific career relatively late: he obtained his PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1963(1) under the supervision of Leon Van Hove, but had already moved to CERN in 1961, where Van Hove had been named Leader of the CERN Theory Division. At
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Günther Plass (1930 – 2020)
Günther Plass(1930 – 2020) — Günther Plass, a former Director of Accelerators, passed away on 11 December 2020, aged 90. Günther made decisive contributions to the development and successful operation of many of CERN’s large facilities. After graduating from the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg, and a short detour via an industrial magnet laboratory in Germany, he
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André Martin (1929 – 2020)
André Martin(1929 – 2020) — André Martin passed away on 11 November 2020. His death is a great loss to the theory community worldwide and to the CERN family. He was one of the pioneers of the Organization, which he joined in 1959. André Martin was born in Paris on 20 September 1929. He studied
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Martinus Veltman (1931 – 2021)
Martinus Veltman(1931 – 2021) — Martinus “Tini” Veltman, who shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former student Gerardus ‘t Hooft, passed away on 4 January at the age of 89. A regular visitor to CERN since the early 1960s, Veltman served on the Scientific Policy Committee from 1976 to 1982, where he
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Jean-Claude Berset (1939 – 2020)
Jean-Claude Berset(1939 – 2020) — It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Jean-Claude Berset on 1 October at the age of 81. Jean-Claude arrived at CERN in 1970 and was assigned as an electronics technician in Electronics Group of the NP Division, developing “front-end” electronics. He participated in the development and