Physics

Division of Plasma Physics Division of Plasma Physics- American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics. List of upcoming DPP annual meetings as well as other useful information. AVS Symposia and Conferences AVS Symposia and Conferences- List of conferences organized by the American Vacuum Society. IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society- Details about the group, group membership and upcoming meetings and conferences. American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP)- Plasma Physics Division of APS, news, information on conferences and meetings. EURATOM EURATOM- Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion - Euratom Associations. Higgs Mechanism Higgs Mechanism- Brief history of the Higgs Mechanism from the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh. Grand Unification of the Standard Model with Quantum Gravity Grand Unification of the Standard Model with Quantum Gravity- Grand unified theory of particle physics that predicted the mass of the Higgs boson, by Ashay Dharwadker. Higgs Boson Observed Higgs Boson Observed- Publication by the ATLAS collaboration in the journal Science. The Development of the Space-Time View of Quantum Electrodynamics The Development of the Space-Time View of Quantum Electrodynamics- Nobel lecture by Richard P. Feynman. The evidence for massive neutrinos The evidence for massive neutrinos- From the Super-Kamiokande experiment. Renormalization of gauge theories: from weak interactions to gravitation Renormalization of gauge theories: from weak interactions to gravitation- Nobel lecture by Martinus J.G. Veltman. Renormalization of gauge theories: a confrontation with infinity Renormalization of gauge theories: a confrontation with infinity- Nobel lecture by Gerardus 't Hooft. My Life As A Boson My Life As A Boson- A lecture by Peter Higgs. Measuring the electron's weak charge Measuring the electron's weak charge- The measurement of the Weinberg angle at SLAC. Unitary symmetry and leptonic decays Unitary symmetry and leptonic decays- The definition of the Cabibbo angle, by Nicola Cabibbo. The Glashow-Iliopoulos-Maiani mechanism The Glashow-Iliopoulos-Maiani mechanism- An article from Scholarpedia explaining the GIM mechanism and how it led to the discovery of the charm qaurk. The Conceptual Foundations of a Unified Theory of Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions The Conceptual Foundations of a Unified Theory of Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions- Nobel lecture by Steven Weinberg. The Gauge Unification of Fundamental Forces The Gauge Unification of Fundamental Forces- Nobel lecture by Abdus Salam. Towards a Unified Theory – Threads in a Tapestry Towards a Unified Theory – Threads in a Tapestry- Nobel lecture by Sheldon Glashow. The Theory of Electromagnetism The Theory of Electromagnetism- Collection of original papers and essays about James Clerk Maxwell. The discovery of the weak neutral currents - CERN Courier The discovery of the weak neutral currents - CERN Courier- Dieter Haidt, from the Gargamelle collaboration, describes how the team's major triumph came about and was eventually ac… Hadrons and Quarks, an Introduction to the theory of Mesons and Baryons Hadrons and Quarks, an Introduction to the theory of Mesons and Baryons- Protons, neutrons and the other hadrons consist of quarks.Agreement between theoretical and measured masse… The Standard Model The Standard Model- A short note on the standard model of particle physics from the CERN Large Hadron Collider, where the elusive Higgs Boson was finally detected. Standard Model - Inquiring Minds Standard Model - Inquiring Minds- A discussion about the standard model from Fermilab, where the top quark was first found. Standard Model of Particle Physics Standard Model of Particle Physics- A brief description of the standard model from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where the up and down quarks were discovered for the f… New Bohr Model Calculates Helium Ground State Energy Correctly New Bohr Model Calculates Helium Ground State Energy Correctly- Study by Y. Tsubono describing the motion of the two electrons of the helium atom using the classical methods based… Particle Adventure's Standard Model Particle Adventure's Standard Model- A popularization of the physics of the standard model. The Standard Model The Standard Model- Lectures at the graduate and post-graduate level providing an introduction to the basic aspects of the Standard Model. Available in postscript and PDF formats … Information on the Standard Model and a Possible Difficulty Information on the Standard Model and a Possible Difficulty- Introduction to the Standard Model. The site also contains links to other topics such as neutrinos and electroweak-sym… FreeHEP FreeHEP- Virtual organization involved in the development of open-source software for data analysis and visualization, primarily for use in high energy, nuclear and astro- physics. Feynmf Feynmf- Drawing Feynman diagrams with LaTeX and Metafont. FeynFig FeynFig- FeynFig is a program to generate feynman diagrams in xfig format. Elementary Particles Simulation Elementary Particles Simulation- Elementary Particles Simulation using Java Technology.An application made for educational purposes. AcerMC Monte Carlo Generator AcerMC Monte Carlo Generator- The AcerMC Monte-Carlo event generator is dedicated for generation of the Standard Model background processes in pp collisions at the LHC. Povama Povama- Persint OpenGL Visualization for ATLAS Muon Analysis. Software used to visualize the reconstruction of muon traces. FeynDiagram.com FeynDiagram.com- Free C++ library for drawing Feynman diagrams. The output is in PostScript, which can be used in TeX or printed directly. Pandora Pandora- A physics event generator for linear collider studies. It includes beamstrahlung, initial state radiation, hadronization, and full treatment of polarization effects. PYTHIA (and JETSET) PYTHIA (and JETSET)- An event generator for a large number of physics processes. The site contains the latest source, the official manual and a short write-up describing PYTHIA's … FLUKA (Fluktuierende Kaskade) FLUKA (Fluktuierende Kaskade)- A stand-alone particle physics Monte-Carlo simulation package. It is being used as a simulation tool in a number of experiments. Texsis - TeX Macros for Physicists Texsis - TeX Macros for Physicists- This package provides a number of useful features for typesetting research papers. It is an extension to Plain Tex. cfortran.h - Interfacing C/C++ and FORTRAN cfortran.h - Interfacing C/C++ and FORTRAN- cfortran.h is a single header file that allows you to easily use fortran code in c and c++. Very useful for using HBOOK and other CERNL… The ROOT System The ROOT System- An object oriented framework for large scale data analysis. ROOT is a C++ replacement of the popular PAW program developed at CERN. FeynCalc FeynCalc- Mathematica package for algebraic calculations in elementary particle physics, focusing on Feynman diagram calculations. Monte Carlo Number Scheme Monte Carlo Number Scheme- MC particle numbering convention, endorsed by the Particle Data Group. FeynArts FeynArts- Mathematica package for generation and visualization of Feynman diagrams and amplitudes. CompHEP CompHEP- Package for evaluation of Feynman diagrams, integration over multi-particle phase space and event generation. ETH Institute for Particle Physics ETH Institute for Particle Physics- Prof. André Rubbia's group is undertaking fundamental research into elementary particle and astroparticle physics. CERN Summer Student Programs CERN Summer Student Programs- Pages for each year starting with 1994. GridPP GridPP- A Grid for UK Particle Physics - a collaboration of Particle Physicists and Computing Scientists from the UK and CERN. News, projects, people, mailing lists, meetings, doc… Cyclotron Research Centre at Louvain-la-Neuve Cyclotron Research Centre at Louvain-la-Neuve- Research includes particle accelerators, ion sources and their applications. Also produce accelerated stable and radioactive ion bea…