The 2011 CERN

Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics
Natal, Brazil | 23 March - 5 April 2011

Lectures

There will be around 32 lectures in all, each lasting about 75 minutes, with additional time for questions and discussion. A draft timetable can be found here. The scientific programme is as follows:
Field Theory and the Electro-Weak Standard Model
L. Alvarez-Gaume, CERN
QCD
G. Zanderighi, Oxford, UK
Flavour Physics and CP violation
A. Pich, IFIC, Valencia, Spain
Neutrino Physics
I. Gil-Botella, CIEMAT, Spain
Beyond the Standard Model
G. Dvali, CERN, Munich, Germany, and NYU, USA
Heavy-Ion Physics
J. Takahashi, UNICAMP, Brazil
LHC and Tevatron Results
J. Alcaraz, CIEMAT, Spain
Instrumentation (including Trigger/DAQ)
W. Riegler, CERN
Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists
Glen Cowan, RHUL, UK
Cosmology
L. Verde, ICREA & ICC, Barcelona, Spain
Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays
L. Anchordoqui, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Particle Astrophysics (including dark matter)
N. Weiner, NYU, USA

Discussion Sessions

There will be discussion sessions, lasting about 75 minutes, most afternoons during the School. Students remain in the same discussion group for the duration of the School. The discussion leaders will be:
E. S. Fraga, UFRJ, Brazil
A. Gago-Medina, PUC, Peru
J. Magnin, CBPF, Brazil
P. Mercadante, UFABC, Brazil
J. Swain, Northeastern U., USA

Poster Session

The students are encouraged to present and discuss their work at a poster session during the first week of the School.