Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC11) at MIT in July 2011 (Final Scientific/Technical Report)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1060402· OSTI ID:1060402

Milner, Richard ^[1]

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1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Mass. Inst. of Technology

The first Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC11) in the LHC era brought 539 participants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 24-29 July 2011. PANIC11 is the latest conference in a triennial series, which showcases recent progress worldwide in particle and nuclear physics. PANIC11 was held in the year celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of MIT as well as the centennial of Rutherford’s May 1911 seminal paper, which explained the discovery of the atomic nucleus. Further, 2011 was the 65th anniversary of MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science, which hosted PANIC11. With strong support by the US Department of Energy, many national laboratories from around the world, industrial sponsors, and by MIT, the conference supported the extensive participation of young scientists, students and postdocs, who were the majority of participants, making for a very lively conference. Broad international participation was enhanced by IUPAP support for scientists from developing countries. The NSF supported video recording and broadcasting via an MIT public website of the plenary sessions, the public lectures, and the pre-conference pedagogical lectures, as well as outreach and participation of students from local high schools.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0006034
• OSTI ID: 1060402
• Report Number(s): MITLNS--2013-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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