Events

Speaker: Claudio Kopper (MSU Michigan) Title: “High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy with IceCube” Room: Z011 Abstract: “In 2013, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory discovered a flux of high-energy neutrinos of extra-terrestrial…

Karel Melis, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Wednesday 10 November 2021 at 11.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Studying the Universe from -3000m N.A.P.” Neutrinos are…

Milo Vermeulen, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 15.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “A Blessing in Disguise — Characterisations of ProtoDUNE…

Bob Stienen, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Thursday 28 October 2021 at 10.30 at the Radboud University. “Working in High-Dimensional Parameter Spaces: Applications of machine learning…

Next Wednesday, October 27, Govert Schilling and Patrick Decowski will be guests in the new Nikhef lunch-talk program. Science writer Govert Schilling wrote a book about dark matter…

Nadezda Proklova, PhD at Nikhef, will defend her thesis Wednesday 27 October 2021 at 10.30 at the Radboud University. “DECAY ANOTHER DAY Search of Higgs production with decay…

On 27 January 1971, beams collided for the first time in the world’s first hadron collider, the Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR), changing the course of high energy particle…

Speaker: Servaas Kokkelmans (TUe) Title: “Quantum computing and simulation with ultracold Rydberg atoms” Room: Z011 Abstract: “We develop a hybrid quantum computing platform, optimised for variational quantum eigensolving…

Discover more about the secrets of the universe or the surprising properties of smart materials during the Amsterdam Science Park open day. Or take a look behind the…

Kasper van Dam, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Friday 1 October 2021 at 14.45 at Twente University. “HiSPARC: A Scintillating Experiment” The High School Project on…

Speaker: Jory Sonneveld (Nikhef) Title: “Towards picosecond timing with ultrathin silicon pixel detectors” Room: Z011 Abstract: “How can an image sensor similar to the one in your phone…

Pedro Rocio Rodrigues Cal, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Wednesday 29 september 2021 at 14.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Jet substructure at the LHC with…

Kees Ligtenberg, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Tuesday 28 September 2021 at 13.45 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. “A GridPix TPC readout for the ILD experiment…

Rabah Abdul Khalek, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Monday 27 September 2021 at 11.45 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. “Exploring the substructure of nucleons and nuclei…

Afroditi Koutoulaki, PhD at Nikhef, will defend her theses 16 September 2021 at 16.30 at Twente University. “CO2 evaporative cooling for the ATLAS detector” The first goal of…

Jort Sinninghe Damsté, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 12.00 at the University of Amsterdam. “Subleading effects of soft emissions | A…

EXPLORE CERN Interested in CERN technologies & entrepreneurship? Willing to compete for a slot at the CERN screening week? Join the 2-day Explore CERN program where you will…

Speaker: Lydia Brenner (CERN) Title: “The new FASER experiment at the CERN LHC” Abstract: “The FASER experiment is a new small and inexpensive experiment that is being placed…

Join CERN live on 15 July at 5 pm (CEST) for a trip 100 metres underground to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Follow along…

Speaker: Axel Lindner (DESY) Title: “Catching a glimpse of the invisible axion and other WISPs” Abstract: The interest in axions, axion-like particles and other weakly interacting slim particles…