1. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 1 Welcome - Willkommen CERN: to CERN: Accelerating Science and Innovation Professor Wolfgang A. Herrmann President Munich Technical UniversityGermany Germany

2. Germany and CERN / June 2009Switzerland and CERN / May 2009 2 The Mission of CERN Push back the frontiers of knowledge E.g. the secrets of the Big Bang …what was the matter like within the first moments of the Universe’s existence? Develop new technologies for accelerators and detectors Information technology - the Web and the GRID Medicine - diagnosis and therapy Train scientists and engineers of tomorrow Unite people from different countries and cultures

3. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 3 Big Bang Evolution of the Universe Today 13.7 Billion Years 10 28 cm

4. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 4 Hubble ALMA VLT WMAP Atom Proton Big Bang Radius of Earth Radius of Galaxies Earth to Sun Universe cm Study physics laws of first moments after Big Bang  increasing Symbiosis between Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Super-Microscope LHC

5. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 5 Enter a New Era in Fundamental Science Start-up of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), one of the largest and truly global scientific projects ever, is the most exciting turning point in particle physics. Exploration of a new energy frontier Proton-proton collisions at E CM = 14 TeV Exploration of a new energy frontier Proton-proton collisions at E CM = 14 TeV LHC ring: 27 km circumference CMS ALICE LHCb ATLAS Enter a New Era in Fundamental Science Start-up of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), one of the largest and truly global scientific projects ever, is the most exciting turning point in particle physics.

6. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 6 6 CERN in Numbers 2256 staff ~ 700 other paid personnel ~ 9500 users Budget (2009) 1100 MCHF 2256 staff ~ 700 other paid personnel ~ 9500 users Budget (2009) 1100 MCHF 20 Member States:20 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 1 Candidate for Accession to Membership of CERN:1 Candidate for Accession to Membership of CERN: Romania 8 Observers to Council:8 Observers to Council: India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO 20 Member States:20 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 1 Candidate for Accession to Membership of CERN:1 Candidate for Accession to Membership of CERN: Romania 8 Observers to Council:8 Observers to Council: India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO

7. Germany and CERN / June 2009Germany and CERN | May 2009 7 7 CERN in Numbers + 178 CERN Staff + 30 Fellows

8. 8 Germany and CERN Germany has been a founding member of CERN (1954) signed CERN Convention first Chairman Scientific Policy Committee Nobel laureate Werner Heisenberg played an important role in setting up CERN. He signed the CERN Convention on behalf of the Federal Republic in 1953, and was elected first Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee Germany has a strong tradition in particle physics German scientists have made very important contributions to the advance of Particle Physics in general and have maintained a strong involvement in CERN Two Director-General - both came from DESY: Herwig Schopper (1981 - 1988) Rolf-Dieter Heuer (2009 - 2013) Germany and CERN / June 2009

9. 9 A high performance computing centre GridKa (Tier-1) is operated by FZ Karlsruhe Germany and CERN CMS: DESY + 3 Institutes LHCb: 3 Institutes ATLAS: DESY + 15 Institutes ALICE: 7 Institutes Strong involvement in the LHC experimental programme ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE Innovative technologies developed Germany and CERN / June 2009

10. 10 German industry has constructed important components for the LHC project, using advanced technologies. Total industrial return: 600 Million € shared between 400 companies. Germany and CERN LHC superconducting dipole magnets (1/3 of total production) manufactured by Babcock Noell in Zeitz (Sachsen-Anhalt) Iron yokes of CMS magnet manufactured by MAN Deggendorfer Werft Germany and CERN / June 2009

11. beam ≈ 50m variety of beam particles high intensity facility 11 TU Munich and CERN COMPASS – Investigating structure of proton search for new (exotic) particles TUM contribution (25 members)  Scientific proposal (co-initiator)  novel detectors, high speed electronic readout  data acquisition ( 600 -800 TB/yr)  event reconstruction and analysis ISOLDE investigating exotic nuclei and star dust TUM contribution operations of MINBALL gamma-ray spectrometer  new methods for nuclear reaction studies  particle detector array for reactions  beam identification detector MINIBALL Germany and CERN / June 2009

12. Germany and CERN | May 2009 12 Herzlichen Dank! Thank you! Herzlichen Dank! Thank you!