research activities

ATLAS

(CERN-LHC-ATLAS)

A Torroidal LHC ApparatuS

in preparation → Bern ATLAS pages
→ CERN ATLAS web
→ ATLAS for public
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
PD Dr. Hanspeter Beck
Prof. Dr. Klaus Pretzl
PD Dr. Michele Weber
Dr. Sigve Haug
Dr. Kostas Kordas
Eric Cogneras
Cyril Topfel
Claudia Borer
Andreas Battaglia
Nicola Venturi
Valentina Gallo
Ibtesam Badhrees
Tobias Kruker
Joël Casutt

OPERA

(CERN-LNGS1)

Oscillation Project with Emulsion tRacking Apparatus

running → Bern OPERA pages
→ CERN OPERA web
→ OPERA for public
→ OPERA at spires

Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Dr. Igor Kreslo
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Prof. Dr. Klaus Pretzl
Dr. Frederic Juget
Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Vuilleumier
Dr. Ciro Pistillo
Dr. Guillaume Lutter
Dr. Akitaka Ariga
Dr. Tomoko Ariga
Jonas Knüsel
Frank Meisel

novel detectors

R&D for liquid Argon TPCs

running → Bern novel detector pages Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Prof. Dr. Stefan Janos
Dr. Igor Kreslo
Dr. Marcello Messina
Biagio Rossi
Marcel Zeller
Ibtesam Badhrees

D0 (DZero)

(DØ experiment)

The DØ Experiment consists of a worldwide collaboration of scientists conducting research on the fundamental nature of matter.

running

T2K

Long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment

in preparation → Bern T2K page Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Dr. Igor Kreslo
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Dr. Marcello Messina
Dr. Frederic Juget
Dr. Ciro Pistillo
Dr. Akitaka Ariga
Dr. Tomoko Ariga
Eike Frank
Fatih Bay

NA61

(CERN-NA-61)

running Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Dr. Marcello Messina
Biagio Rossi

Medical Applications of Particle Physics

running → More Information Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Dr. Igor Kreslo
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Dr. Saverio Braccini
Prof. Dr. Richard Johnson
Prof. Dr. Paola Scampoli
Dr. Ciro Pistillo
Simone Studer

Physics Application in Security

running → More Information Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato
Dr. Igor Kreslo
Biagio Rossi
Sébastien Delaquis

EXO

Enriched Xenon Observatory

running Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc Vuilleumier
Dr. Razvan Gornea
Dr. Domenico Franco
Manuel Weber
Martin Auger
Guillaume Giroux

DIRAC

(CERN-PS-212)

Lifetime measurement of pi+ pi- atoms to test low-energy QCD predictions

running
→ CERN DIRAC pages
Prof. Dr. Jürg Schacher

ORPHEUS

Search for WIMPs in the Bern underground lab

completed 2006
→ Bern ORPHEUS pages
Prof. Dr. Stefan Janos
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Prof. Dr. Klaus Pretzl

Newmass

(CERN-NA-52)

Strangelet and particle search in Pb-Pb collisions

completed 2001
→ NA-52 at spires
PD Dr. Hanspeter Beck
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Prof. Dr. Jürg Schacher
PD Dr. Michele Weber

SPY

(CERN-NA-56)

Measurement of pion and kaon fluxes below 60 GeV/c produced by 450 GeV/c protons on a beryllium target

completed
→ NA-56 at spires
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser
Prof. Dr. Jürg Schacher
PD Dr. Michele Weber

PSI-R-82-04

Precise determination of the branching ratio R = (π → νe + νeγ)/(π → νμ + νμγ)

completed 1988
→ PSI-R-82-0 at spires
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser

PSI-Z-90-12

Development of a superconducting neutrino and dark matter detector

completed
→ PSI-Z-90-12 at spires
Prof. Dr. Stefan Janos
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser

CERN-NA-60

Study of prompt di-muon and charm production with proton and heavy ion beams at the CERN SPS

completed
→ NA-60 at spires

CERN-NA-18

Search for short-lived particles produced on nuclei with a heavy liquid mini bubble chamber

completed 1980
→ NA-018 at spires
Prof. Dr. Urs Moser