October 8, 2008 - The Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS experiment -
Dr. Michel Lefebvre is Professor of Physics at the University of Victoria in the
Physics and Astronomy Department
The Large Hadron Collider will soon start operation at CERN, near Geneva,
Switzerland. With its 27 km long tunnel and related accelerator complex, it is
the largest scientific tool ever made, and it will allow scientists to probe the
very fabric of nature to unprecedented depth. One of the two multi-purpose
particle detectors to make use of this facility is called ATLAS. Over 2000
scientists from around the world, including many from Canada, have collaborated
for more than fifteen years in the design and construction of the ATLAS
detector. This talk will briefly describe the Large Hadron Collider, the ATLAS
detector and its scientific program, with emphasis on Canadian involvements and
contributions.
YouTube
- ATLAS experiment assembly (compressed to 6 minutes)
Bio:
Dr. Michel Lefebvre is Professor of Physics at the University of Victoria in the
Physics and Astronomy Department, where he is also Graduate Advisor. Dr.
Lefebvre obtained his Degree from the Universit� Laval, and his Doctorate from
the University of Cambridge.
Shortly after joining UVic in 1991 he founded the Canadian ATLAS collaboration,
now comprised of over 150 scientists, which contributed to the construction of
the ATLAS particle detector, soon to study high energy proton-proton collisions
at the Large Hadron Collider, located at the European Centre for Particle
Physics Research, CERN, near Geneva. Dr. Lefebvre has been involved in many
aspects of the ATLAS detector, including the construction of detector components
at UVic.
Dr. Lefebvre is currently a member of the Subatomic Physics Grant Selection
Committee of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He
enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and working with colleagues
both at UVic and at CERN. He received the UVic Science Award for Teaching
Excellence of the Faculty of Science, and the 2006 UVic Craigdarroch Silver
Medal for Excellence in Research.
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