2024

European Championship goals and ‘Swift quakes’ for the discovery of dark matter?

LECTURE from the series ‘DESY Science Café’ (in German)

11.12.2024 | 18:00 h
Hamburg | DESY & Online via Zoom

Lecture by Henry Frädrich & Todd Kozlowski

Find out at the DESY Science Café how the ALPS II experiment searches for dark matter 20 metres below Hamburg's Volkspark and also ‘listens in’ on the vibrations of 50,000 football fans or dancing Swifties. We also find out who was louder and whether we can measure the tears of the HSV fans.

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DESY CONNECT goes Christmas Market

GET-TOGETHER

05.12.2024 | 19:00 h
Hamburg | Christmas market at the Gänsemarkt

At the end of the year, we invite our DESY CONNECT members to visit the Hamburg Christmas Market with us. With a cup of hot punch and savoury food, we will end the year together and look forward to the coming one. All DESY CONNECT members will receive a personal invitation.

Data visualisation - an important tool in statistics

LECTURE from the series “DESY Science Café” (in German)

27.11.2024 | 18:00 h
Hamburg | DESY & Online via ZOOM

Lecture by Dr. Martin Köhler

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, vicious lies and statistics”. Mark Twain thus expresses the distrust many people have of statistics. Despite their importance in science, it is crucial to recognise potential pitfalls. Visualizations help to avoid mistakes in interpretation. DESY's Martin Köhler gives exciting examples that illustrate how important it is to visualise data.

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DESY DAY 2024

AWARD CEREMONY & LECTURE

13.11.2024
Hamburg | DESY auditorium

Once a year, DESY celebrates itself - with the DESY DAY: the focus of that day is on the outstanding achievements of DESY people. For this special occasion, we cordially invite the members of our DESY CONNECT network. Further information and the programme of the DESY Day will be provided soon. Only with personal invitation.

Faith meets science: A pastor and a physicist meet

TALKABEND (in German)

21.09.2024
from 18:00 Experiments, guided tour, film, music
from 20:30 three themed talks on faith and physics
Hamburg | DESY, lecture hall

Faith meets science - What do you believe... a pastor and a quantum physicist meet. What starts like a joke is entertaining, but not a gag. The Night of Churches is a guest on the DESY campus and everyone is invited to take part. On this evening, you can expect an extraordinary program in which strange worlds meet and exchange ideas about the BIG WHOLE. The enlightenment of dark matter, the discovery of the great design, the necessity of theology, metaphysics and science. Plus fun films, good music with pianist Christoph Wiatre, top-class guests, guided tours of the particle accelerator, a bar and two eloquent hosts: quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Christian Schwanenberger and pastor Frank Engelbrecht.

You can find the entire program online or in the program booklet starting on page 16.

Higgs & Co. 70 years of CERN

LECTURE Higgs & Co. 70 years of CERN (in German)

18.09.2024 | 20:00 h
Berlin | KulturRaum Zwingli Church, Rudolfstraße 14, Berlin
free admission

Lecture by Prof Çiğdem İşsever, Senior Scientist at DESY, Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. She is head of the particle physics group at DESY in Zeuthen and is involved in the ATLAS experiment at CERN.

Prof Çiğdem İşsever will talk about the recent discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN and its implications. The CERN research laboratory is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. CERN was founded after the Second World War to bring nations together through collaborative research. It has revolutionised our understanding of the world of the smallest particles with its discoveries.

The lecture will be in German

Higgs & Co. 70 years of CERN

LECTURE Higgs & Co. 70 years of CERN (in German)

17.09.2024 | 19:30 h
Berlin | URANIA, An der Urania 17
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The lecture will be in German

Elementary particle documentary in the cinema

FILM & PODIUM TALK (in German)

16.09.2024 | 19:30 h
Hamburg | Zeise Cinema
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As part of the celebrations to honour 70 years of CERN, this elaborately produced documentary for 3sat takes us to the research facilities in accelerator tunnels in Hamburg and Geneva. The film shows how the technology can be used - for example, to better understand viruses or to illuminate pyramids.

After a short presentation by Prof. Dr Beate Heinemann, Director of Particle Physics at DESY, the documentary will be followed by a discussion with film director Ekki Wetzel, protagonist Prof. Dr Christian Schwanenberger (Senior Scientist at DESY and Professor at the University of Hamburg) and other researchers. More infos

CERN70 events in Germany

EVENT COLLECTION for the 70th anniversary of CERN

September 2024
Various locations

In 2024, CERN will celebrate its 70th birthday. Germany, as a founding member and the largest contributor, is honoring this milestone birthday with many large and small events in September 2024.

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Meet old Summie friends

ALUMNI GET-TOGETHER (in English)

28.08.2024 | 18 h CET
Zoom-Meeting

In addition to our 'Summie Career Talk,' we will have Zoom chat rooms available for you to reconnect with old friends and fellow Alumni. Following a brief introduction by Olaf Behnke and his team, you can join various chat rooms, each named after different Summer School years.

Details of the event can be found in the personal invitation.

Summies Career Talk

TALKS (in English)

28.08.2024 | 16-18 h CET
Zoom-Meeting

Your expertise is wanted. For the first time, we are inviting our Summer School Alumni to participate in a special Zoom meeting with our current Summer Students. This unique event is designed for current students to learn about the diverse paths our Alumni have taken, including careers in research or other professional fields. Your experiences and insights can provide invaluable support and inspiration for them.

Details of the event can be found in the personal invitation.

60 Years of Research with Synchrotron Light at DESY

RECEPTION & TALKS (in English)

26.08.2024 | 10:00 h
Hamburg | DESY

"We are celebrating the 60th anniversary of research using synchrotron radiation at DESY. With this event we will take a view back into the history, but also into the future. The history began at the first synchrotron, ‘DESY’, in the year 1964 in Hamburg (Germany). Here, the bold vision was laid out for the future of photon science at DESY and European XFEL."
Details of the event can be found in the personal invitation: All DESY CONNECT participants will receive a personal invitation shortly.

CONCERT: Opera Creazione / Creation, Fragments

CONCERT: Opera by Gloria Bruni

01.09.2024 | 18:00 h
Berlin | Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Tickets: https://creazione.reservix.de/events

This performance is part of the German celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the international research center CERN near Geneva. Bruni's “Creazione” is a great musical tribute to natural creation and the human urge for knowledge, performed by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Vocal Consort under the direction of Wolf Kerschek, supported by a choir of scientists from DESY and the University of Hamburg.

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Talk evening "CERN Stories" - Anecdotes, memories and outlooks from German CERN insiders

TALK EVENING "CERN Stories" (in German)

02.09.2024 | 18:30 h
Berlin | Futurium, Alexanderufer 2

How does it feel to be part of a scientific revolution as a doctoral student - the discovery of a new particle? How was it possible that GDR scientists were allowed to travel to the West to conduct research in the middle of the Cold War? What is the point of all this expensive particle banging? Our talk evening is all about people who work or have worked at CERN - whether as pupils, students, researchers or directors-general. Anecdotes, memories and perspectives in a relaxed atmosphere, with the opportunity to chat with the talk guests afterwards over drinks and pretzels or to share one or two of your own anecdotes!

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Global Date: Moving towards the fusion power plant

GLOBAL DATE on nuclear fusion (in English)

15.04.2024 | 5pm CET
Online meeting | via ZOOM

Controlled nuclear fusion is considered the holy grail in physics: the key to solving our global energy problems. Hannes Vogel, a former DESY scientist in Zeuthen and now a DESY CONNECT member, is now working in a start-up that wants to build a fusion power plant. Together with his colleagues, he introduces us to this exciting technology. How does nuclear fusion work and how is the ambitious goal of a power plant to be achieved? We look forward to an interesting dialogue.

Members of DESY CONNECT will receive the Zoom link by e-mail.

Campfire Talk: Paul Söding and Christian Stegmann

PODIUM TALK (in German)

06.03.2024 | 6 pm
Hamburg | DESY, Foyer of the DESY auditorium (build. 5)

Campfire Talk: an intimate and relaxed conversation just like sitting around a campfire. The first Campfire Talk will be held by Paul Söding, former DESY Research Director, and Christian Stegmann, current Director of Astroparticle Physics. We are looking forward to an interesting chat with personal memories of DESY's research history and the development of the Zeuthen site.

Only with prior registration: Our DESY CONNECT members and DESYans will receive an invitation by email.
For other interested parties, there will also be a live stream via the DESY YouTube channel.

Reading by bestselling author Alexandra Zykunov

READING (in German)

29/02/2024 | 9:30-12:00 am
Hamburg | DESY auditorium (build. 5)

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2024 we have the SPIEGEL bestselling author Alexandra Zykunov as our guest! Alexandra Zykunov will read passages from her new book "Was wollt ihr denn noch alles?" on the topic of "Gender Care Gap" and discuss it with us. Beate Heinemann, Director of Particle Physics, will open the event.

We ask everyone to register at the following link: https://indico.desy.de/event/43359/. There you will also find more detailed information.

Water as energy source - public lecture

LECTURE (in German)

27.02.2024 | 7 pm
Hamburg, DESY auditorium (build. 5)

Simone Techert leading scientist at DESY and professor at the Uni Göttingen, talks about the great potential of water as a source of engery. Water is currently being discussed on many debates as an essential pillar in the energy transformation of our society. Her talk will present the latest results of research from the Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS).

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DESY Choir Concert

CHOIR CONCERT: home / less (heimat / los)

23.02.2024 | 7 pm
Hamburg | DESY canteen extension

A musical journey on the subject of home, flight and peace. We can look forward to a great concert by the DESY Choir.

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California - Researching in the USA

GLOBAL DATE | CONVERSATION

08.02.2024 | 5 pm CET
Zoom meeting

Kerstin Tackmann, leading scientist in particle physics at DESY and professor at the University of Hamburg, packed her suitcase in 2023 to move to the USA for four months with her family. In our "Global Date" series, Kerstin talks about her research and how you can manage to live abroad as a family for a while.

The dial-in details for this online meeting will be announced to participants with the event invitation.

Topping-out ceremony for the DESYUM visitor centre

TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY

22.01.2024
Hamburg | DESY, Notkestraße 85, at the roundabout

Eight months after laying the foundation stone, we cordially invite you to the topping-out ceremony of our DESYUM visitor centre. Our DESY CONNECT members will receive a personal invitation.

Further information zum DESYUM can be found here.

Nobel laureate Anne L'Huillier to give lecture at DESY

LECTURE (English)

12.01.2024 | 14:00 h
Hamburg | DESY, Auditorium, Build. 5

Nobel Laureate in Physics 2023: Anne L'Huillier, Lund University, Sweden

Anne L'Huillier from France is the fifth woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics since it was first awarded in 1901.

Lecture: When an intense laser interacts with a gas of atoms, high-order harmonics are generated. In the time domain, a sequence of attosecond pulses is generated, allowing excellent temporal resolution. This lecture gives a historical overview of the field of attosecond research, from the first discovery to today's applications.

Further information, including how to participate via Zoom, can be found here.

A lecture in the context of the Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | Attosecond light pulses for the investigation of ultrafast electron dynamics.