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MICE 33rd Collaboration Meeting, Glasgow, 25-29 June 2012

Paul Soler

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WelcomeWelcome

MICE CM33, Glasgow, 25 June 2012

Welcome to the University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, Scotland’s second oldest university and fourth oldest in the English speaking world.

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School of Physics and School of Physics and AstronomyAstronomy

MICE CM33, Glasgow, 25 June 2012

The School of Physics and Astronomy is situated in the Kelvin Building of the main university campus

Bus forExcursion at

2pm Thursday

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School of Physics and School of Physics and AstronomyAstronomy

MICE CM33, Glasgow, 25 June 2012

The Chair of Natural Philosophy was founded in 1727

Its most famous holder was Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, from 1846 to 1899

The Regius Chair in Astronomy dates from 1760

The Departments of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy merged into the Department (now School) of Physics and Astronomy in 1983

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Particle Physics in GlasgowParticle Physics in Glasgow Particle physics commenced in Glasgow under Professor

Philip Dee, a student of Rutherford, in the 1950s with the construction of a 300 MeV electron-synchrotron

Glasgow experimental Particle Physics were then involved in experiments at NINA (Daresbury), DESY, CEA (Harvard) and PS (CERN)

Other experiments included the Omega spectrometer at CERN, PLUTO and CELLO at DESY, ALEPH at CERN, ZEUS at DESY and CDF at Fermilab

Currently, the main activities are ATLAS and LHCb at CERN, Neutrino Factory, MICE and detector development for future applications (ILC, Super-LHC, etc.)

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Collaboration MeetingCollaboration Meeting

All sessions will be in Room 222 and 220a of the Kelvin Building

Teas/coffees, lunches will be in Room 220 (just in front) for all days except Friday. On Friday we will have tea/coffee and lunch in the Common Room, Room 470 (since there is an exam taking place in room 220)

Wireless is available throughout the building with names like PAGlaWireless. The code has been included with the pack.

Remote access to talks will be carried out by EVO (information on Indico page)

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Activities around GlasgowActivities around Glasgow The university hosts the Hunterian Museum and Hunterian Art

Gallery (largest collection of Whistler paintings outside USA) Kelvingrove Museum very close Riverside Transport Museum

(20 min walk)

Further afield: Burrell Collection, Museum of Religious Art,… Lots of pubs and restaurants in West End and the city However, busy time since we are in Graduation week

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Social ProgrammeSocial Programme Tonight there will be a wine reception 18:00-20:00 here in

room 220 of the Kelvin Building On Thursday there will be an afternoon excursion:

Depart 14:00 from Wolfson Medical Building (University Ave.) Visit Auchentoshan Distillery Go to Loch Lomomd for a cruise on the Loch Banquet dinner at the Lodge on Loch Lomond in Luss