Rolf-Dieter Heuer, then Director-General of CERN, closed the lecture series “The Secrets of Particles: Fundamental Physics in Everyday Life” with a conference coordinated by Antonio Pich, from the National Centre for Particle, Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics (CPAN).
Heuer explores the possibilities offered by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as it operates at increasingly higher energies and intensities, enabling scientists to study the structure of matter and gain a deeper understanding of the early universe. Building on the discovery of the Higgs boson, he examines the scientific programme designed to fully exploit the LHC’s potential, the open questions in high-energy physics and possible future infrastructures —including linear accelerators and new colliders— that could extend the frontiers of knowledge.
To mark the 60th anniversary of CERN, the BBVA Foundation and C
Rolf-Dieter Heuer, then Director-General of CERN, closed the lecture series “The Secrets of Particles: Fundamental Physics in Everyday Life” with a conference coordinated by Antonio Pich, from the National Centre for Particle, Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics (CPAN).
Heuer explores the possibilities offered by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as it operates at increasingly higher energies and intensities, enabling scientists to study the structure of matter and gain a deeper understanding of the early universe. Building on the discovery of the Higgs boson, he examines the scientific programme designed to fully exploit the LHC’s potential, the open questions in high-energy physics and possible future infrastructures —including linear accelerators and new colliders— that could extend the frontiers of knowledge.
To mark the 60th anniversary of CERN, the BBVA Foundation and CERN jointly organise the lecture series “The Secrets of Particles: Fundamental Physics in Everyday Life”. The series aims to bring the benefits of science closer to society, present the current and future challenges of particle physics and showcase the technologies developed at major scientific facilities such as CERN, as well as their impact on innovation and industrial returns.
