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Welcome to Heidelberg. Ruprecht-Karls Universit ät. 1386 Foundation by Elector Ruprecht I of the Palatinate Theology, philosophy, medicine jurisprudence. Today 400 Professors in 12 faculties 25000 students. Faculty of Physics and Astronomie.
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Ruprecht-Karls Universität 1386 Foundation by Elector Ruprecht I of the Palatinate Theology, philosophy, medicine jurisprudence. Today 400 Professors in 12 faculties 25000 students
Faculty of Physics and Astronomie • 1300 students: • 900 diploma + 400 doctoral stud. • Institute for theoretical physics • Institute for environmental physics • Kirchhoff-Institute for physics • Physikalisches Institut • Center for Astronomy Heidelberg • MPI für Kernphysik • MPI für Astronomie
Philip Lenard (1862 – 1947) • Nobel Prize 1905 • Ordinarius for Physics in Heidelberg Director of the Physikalische Institut • 1910 – 1913 Construction of new building Physikalisches Institut
Physikalisches Institut Research: • Atomic Physics at Extreme Field Strenghts • Elementary Particle Physics: • H1, ATLAS, BABAR, LHCb • Interaction and Symmetries at Lowest Energies • Heavy Ion Physics: • CERES, NA60, ALICE • Modern Quantum Physics 10 Professors
BEAUTY 2009 • Many thanks to • Scientific programme comprises 62 talks in 14 sessions Daniel Denegri Paula Eerola Nick EllisSamim Erhan Hal Evans Robert Fleischer Fernando Ferroni Michael Gronau Jørn Dines Hansen Neville Harnew Gudrun Hiller Kay Kinoshita Harvey Newman Kevin Pitts Jonathan Rosner Maria Smizanska Sheldon Stone Guy Wilkinson
Social Programme • Tonight, 18:15Welcome Barbeque • Tuesday, 19:00Conference Concert & Reception “Alte Aula” of the university • Wednesday, 13:30Conference Excursion: visit of Speyer and of the Heidelberg castle • Thursday, 19:00Conference Banquet Palais Prinz Carl
BEAUTY 2009 • Conference office opening hours: 8:30 – 18:30 • Speakers please provide you’re a copy of your talk well in advance to the conference office. • Coffee either next room or in the garden • Lunch catering, in the garden or in case of heavy rain in neighboring building • Computer/WLAN access:detailed description in your conf. bag