Welcome to

Heidelberg

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

Physikalisches Institut

Philip Lenard (1862 – 1947)

Nobel Prize 1905

1907 Ordinarius for Physics in Heidelberg Director of the Physikalische Institut

1910 – 1913 Construction of new building

Physikalisches Institut

• 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

Research:

10 Professors

BEAUTY 2009

• Many thanks to

• Scientific programme comprises 62 talks in 14 sessions

Daniel DenegriPaula EerolaNick EllisSamim Erhan Hal EvansRobert Fleischer Fernando FerroniMichael GronauJørn Dines HansenNeville Harnew

Gudrun HillerKay KinoshitaHarvey NewmanKevin PittsJonathan RosnerMaria Smizanska Sheldon StoneGuy Wilkinson

Scientific Programme Monday

CKM Angles & γ Determination (6 talks)

Bs Mixing & Phase (5 talks)

Tuesday

Charm and τ Physics (5 talks)

Commissioning – LHC Experiments (3 talks)

b Production and Cross Sections at LHC (4 talks)

CKM Elements and Unitarity Triangle Sides (5 talks)

Wednesday  

LHC First Data - Plans (3 talks)  

Tevatron, BES & Beyond the Standard Model (4 talks)  

Thursday

Spectroscopy (6 talks)

B Hadron Lifetimes and Properties (5 talks)

Rare Decays (6 talks)

Friday

Detector Status – LHC Experiments (4 talks)

Upgrades LHC Experiments & Future e+e- Projects (4 talks)

Conference Summary (2 talks)

Social Programme

• Tonight, 18:15 Welcome Barbeque

• Tuesday, 19:00 Conference Concert & Reception “Alte Aula” of the university

• Wednesday, 13:30 Conference Excursion: visit of Speyer and of the Heidelberg castle

• Thursday, 19:00 Conference Banquet Palais Prinz Carl

• 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

BEAUTY 2009

In case of Problems

Have a good time in Heidelberg