The event will take place as part of a collaboration between the Swiss Embassy, the Israel Academy of Sciences, the Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University, the Technion and think&drink different, and on the occasion of the opening of an exhibition by the photographer Andrey Paul, who accompanied the particle accelerator scientists
This coming Thursday there will be a meeting between Israeli and Swiss scientists researching the CERN particle accelerator and the general public at the Jaffa Art Salon in Warehouse 2 at the Jaffa Port. As part of a collaboration between the Swiss Embassy, the Israeli Academy of Sciences, the Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University, the Technion and think&drink different, and on the occasion of the opening of an exhibition by the photographer Andrey Paul who accompanied the scientists of the particle accelerator called Inside CERN.
The Israeli scientists play an important role in the particle accelerator at CERN in its various incarnations since the XNUMXs. Three Israeli universities: the Weizmann Institute, the Technion and Tel Aviv University were responsible for building the ion detectors in the Atlas experiment, dozens of scientists and a large number of graduate students from all universities in Israel arrive for long periods at the Sarn facility near Geneva to investigate.
Andrey Paul stayed inside the facilities of the particle accelerator several years ago and he accompanied the scientists in their routine work, as well as taking pictures in the depths of the tunnel. Following the project, Paul published a photo album and a selection of his photos are shown in a traveling exhibition that is now coming to Israel.
One of the organizers of the event is Prof. Elam Gross from the Weizmann Institute, who headed one of the groups that discovered the Higgs particle, which became famous for having eluded actual discovery for about 40 years.
In a conversation with the scientist website, Gross explains: "The photographer Andrey is known for taking personal photos, and he accompanied the accelerator scientists. Instead of doing a routine event for the opening of the exhibition, we thought of doing something much more significant. Although it will be held in English, but in simple language, at eye level."
"For this purpose we invited three Swiss scientists. Prof. Peter Yeni, who conceived and founded the Atlas experiment, one of the four large facilities along the accelerator tunnel and in which all Israeli scientists research, will speak about Atlas, the reasons for its establishment and the important things it helped to discover, I will talk with Prof. Hans Peter Beck about the Higgs boson, and how it is explained to the general public when it is clear that this is a difficult task."
Prof. Erez Etzion will talk with Prof. Tobias Golling about exotic physics, and Prof. Yoram Rosen from the Technion will give a small taste of dark matter. On the artistic side, the musician George Samaan will appear, as well as scientists from the Weizmann Institute who are also professional classical musicians: Avital Deri, Renan Gross and Alina Fox."
"The Swiss Embassy, the Israeli Academy of Sciences and the three institutions invested a lot of money in organizing, bringing the lecturers to Israel. This is the academy's first attempt to share science communication so widely. Any attempt to bring the public closer to understanding the basic science will be welcomed.
Yael Wheeler, cultural attaché of the Swiss Embassy: Andrey Paul is a very well-respected photographer. He accompanied the scientists for a year, and tried to enter the world of CERN and photograph the important moments in their work. The photographs allow people who didn't know what an axle is and what it looks like inside a glimpse into the world of an axle and physics. A door is opened to the general public who is not interested or cannot imagine what is happening.
What is special about this event is the extraordinary combination between the field of physics and music and art and to show how close everything is - science, philosophy and art. We think that physics is close to philosophy, art, music, so we combine the conversations with music, food, beer and take science out of the university."
When I contacted Israeli physicists in preparation for bringing the exhibition to Israel, I was surprised that Israel has a respectable representation at CERN. They also get to know and work on a regular basis with the visiting scientists from Switzerland, and this is the opportunity to present the scientific collaboration to the general public."
The exhibition will be opened by the Ambassador of Switzerland to Israel, Jean-Daniel Rouch, the Vice President of the Israel National Academy of Sciences, Prof. David Harel, and the Vice President of the CERN Council, Prof. Eliezer Rabinovitch from the Hebrew University.
Record of a visit to CERN by the editor of the science website:
- Cern CEO Rolf Hoyer: My dream is to find the first particle of dark matter. First article following a tour of the Cern facilities
- CERN tour notes Part II: The door leading to the Big Bang
- CERN tour notes, part XNUMX Will we sail only if we know there is an America across the ocean? Prof. Eliezer Rabinovitch from the Hebrew University on the importance of basic science (Gallery - LHC)
- CERN Tour Notes Part 21 - Prof. Elam Gross: The discovery of the Higgs is the beginning of the new science of the XNUMXst century
- CERN Tour Notes, Chapter 5: The Israeli in Search of New Physics
- CERM Tour Notes Chapter 6: In Search of the Tau Particle
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I agree with the words of A. Ben Ner I was there too. There were several dozen chairs for an audience of hundreds of people. An unusual mess. You don't hear and you hardly see. Even at the port it was difficult to explain where the place was exactly. Why didn't they really do this in one of the universities? reeks of corruption. Someone saved up and made a jackpot here. This is the only way to explain the lack of respect for the conference. It's a shame that it was like that.
07-04-2017 09:15
gentlemen I was at the "Inside CERN" conference that took place yesterday in the port of Jaffa.
I have no words to describe my disappointment(!) This is not how you organize a conference(!)
It was a glorious organizational failure.
Except crowded and noisy there was nothing there. Simply, disdain for the crowd.
For such a failure you don't need to bring 4 professors from Switzerland.
Where did the organizers get this warehouse in the port of Jaffa?
Are there missing halls, a thousand times better and suitable for the purpose, at Tel Aviv University?
When I realized that I was wasting my time there, I left the depressing place.
I am satisfied if there was even one person in the audience who enjoyed or benefited from the event(!)
What a shame
Thank you
Thu 6 April 2017 | 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m
Jaffa Salon of Art – Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, FREE
When does the conference start at what time?
Maybe we can add a reference to the official poster of the event?
Thanks.