Perspectives for Discovering New Physics at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

Note: Special Event, Tuesday 3:30 PM, Refreshments served at 3:15 PM
Speaker: Dr. John Ellis, CERN

When: February 1, 2011 (Tue), 03:30PM to 04:30PM (add to my calendar)
Location: PRB 595

This event is part of the HET Seminar Series.

Abstract:
On March 30th, 2010, the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started colliding protons at 7 TeV in the centre of mass, exploring for the first time a new range of energies and short distances inside matter. Experiments at the LHC may reveal how elementary particles get their masses, the nature of astrophysical dark matter and the behaviour of matter when the Universe was a fraction of a second old. This talk reviews the perspectives for discoveries at the LHC in 2011/2 and in the longer term.