A broad overview of the status and challenges of particle physics and their impact on the planning for the next generation of high-energy particle colliders. The presentation will highlight the scientific reasons calling for a further step in the scale of exploration, define the criteria driving our choices and summarize their physics potential.
Speaker's Introduction:
Michelangelo Mangano graduated in theoretical physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (ITALY). He held research positions at the Physics Department of Princeton University, in the Theory Group of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Batavia, USA), with the italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics. Since 1995 he is senior scientist in the Theory Department of CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), where his research focuses on the properties of high-energy particle collisions and their relevance for the exploration of fundamental interactions.
Between 1988 and 2000 Mangano has also collaborated with the CDF experiment at the Tevatron accelerator, contributing to the discovery of the top quark. He leads the LHC Physics Centre at CERN, which contributes to the activities of interpretation of the LHC data, and coordinates the exploration of the physics potential of a 100 TeV proton collider, in the context of CERN's studies for a Future Circular Collider.
Beyond research, Mangano is involved in scientific outreach. He created and directed, in the period 1998-2005, CERN's High School Teachers' programme, a Summer stage for physics teachers. Since 1998, the programme has been followed by over 6000 teachers, from over 70 countries worldwide.
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