teilchen.at exhibition in Salzburg
On the occasion of the 60th annual meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, we present our "teilchen.at"-exhibition in Salzburg from September 3rd-20th. A public evening talk, given by HEPHY-scientist Dr. Robert Schöfbeck on September 9th is one of the highlights.
Admission is free.
More information (in German): events.teilchen.at
Once more the annual "Kinderuni Steyr" (children's university) was a big success. HEPHY contributed two lectures about particle physics and detectors.
Candidate events for the top-quark, the heaviest known elementary particle, have been recorded at the LHC at CERN in Geneva. It is the first time this elusive constituent of matter has been detected outside of Tevatron at Fermilab. It is heavier than a nucleus of lead and lives only for a tousandth of a sexillionth part of a second.
Austrian scientists from the HEPHY are excited because this means that the detectors at the worlds largest particle accelerator are already working perfectly well. ...
On July 21st, numerous guests and employees of the institute enjoyed a great BBQ in the back yard, with delicious meals and drinks as well as wonderful musical entertainment.