Events

Guanghui Zhou, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Tuesday 25 October 2022 at 15.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Sterile Neutrinos and Effective Field Theory” Sterile neutrinos…

Our building is currently being renovated but on October 1, some of Nikhef’s doors will still open during the Amsterdam Science Park open day. There will be plenty…

Solange Schrijnder van Velzen, PhD at Nikhef, will defend her thesis Thursday 22 September 2022 at 13.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Precise Predictions for Jets and Tracks”…

Friday 16 September, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT) Title: “LAr-TPCs for rare event searches: status, prospects, and issues” Abstract: Since the early 2000s, the…

Ten years ago, particle lab CERN finally found the Higgs particle (also known as the “God particle”) – the most important particle in the universe. This elementary building…

Starting Friday evening, July 1, an animation of particle collisions will be visible on the west facade of the Digital Realty building next to Nikhef at Amsterdam Science…

Location: Brightlands Smart Services Campus, Heerlen Almost 100 years ago, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. In 2015, scientists detected gravitational waves for the very first…

Friday 24 June, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Ana Varbanescu (UvA) Title: “Performance Engineering: Towards Zero-Waste Computing” Abstract: “Computation” has become a massive part of our daily…

Lodewijk Nauta, Phd at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Wednesday 8 June 2022 at 11.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Quantum Effects on a Planetary Scale: The First…

Friday 13 May, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Dieter Lüst (LMU and MPI Munich) Title: “New Clothes for the Landscape” Abstract: “In this talk I review the…

We are happy to announce that our Nikhef Jamboree will take place on Monday 9 and Tuesday May 10th 2022. The meeting will be hosted by the University…

Op 6 mei staat Franeker in het teken van de wetenschap – voor kinderen! Expeditie Next is een programma bomvol onderzoek, nieuwsgierigheid en plezier. Nikhef-onderzoeker Rasa Muller vertelt…

Friday 29 April, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Chris Hays (Oxford) Title: “High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CDF II detector” Abstract: The mass…

Update on the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detector upgrades for O4 We will open with a short review of run scheduling by one of the Spokespersons and then…

Friday 22 April, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Juan Rojo (VU) Title: “Intrinsic Charm in the Proton” Abstract: The theory of the strong force, Quantum Chromodynamics, describes…

Marc de Beurs, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Thursday 31 March 2022 at 13.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “A top portal to new physics” This…

Colloquium within National Seminar Theoretical High Energy Physics (DRSTP): Friday 18 March, 11.15h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011. Speaker: Subdoh Patil (LEI) Title: “Spectral Distortions of the Cosmic Microwave…

Marko Stamenkovic, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Friday 11 March 2022 at 14.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Charming Higgs bosons: Constraint on the Higgs-charm coupling…

Brian Moser, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Friday 4 March 2022 at 13.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “The Beauty and the Boost: a Higgs Boson…

Alice Alfonsi, PhD at Nikhef, will defend her thesis Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 15.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “A tale of a new generation” The current…