Mar Capeáns, Head of CERN’s Detector Technology Group, explains how the particle accelerators and detectors used to study matter at the subatomic scale work, as well as the main technological challenges involved in their development.
She examines the role of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the systems used to record and measure particle collisions, and the international collaboration between scientists, engineers, universities and industry required to design, build and operate these complex infrastructures. Capeáns also discusses their contribution to the study of the origin of the universe, particle mass, dark matter and dark energy.
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, pre
Mar Capeáns, Head of CERN’s Detector Technology Group, explains how the particle accelerators and detectors used to study matter at the subatomic scale work, as well as the main technological challenges involved in their development.
She examines the role of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the systems used to record and measure particle collisions, and the international collaboration between scientists, engineers, universities and industry required to design, build and operate these complex infrastructures. Capeáns also discusses their contribution to the study of the origin of the universe, particle mass, dark matter and dark energy.
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.
