CERN Pakistani contribution

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On Tuesday 21 July 1998, Director General Chris Llewellyn Smith unveiled the sign naming the Route Abdus Salam on the Meyrin site.Formerly the southern portion of the Route Pauli, the road passes near the site of the Gargamelle bubble chamber which discovered neutral currents at the PS in 1973. This, CERN’s first major physics discovery, provided the first experimental confirmation of the electroweak unification of which Salam (Pakistan only Nobel Laureate) was a major architect.[1]

The informal scientific co-operation between CERN and Pakistan dates back to the 1960s, through Dr. Abdus Salam. Some theoretical physicists from Pakistan had the opportunity to work at CERN and in 1980s, some of the experimental physicists from Pakistan, specializing in the technique of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD), also benefited from CERN by exposing the stacks in the beam at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS).

In 1997, PAEC signed an agreement for an in-kind contribution worth one million Swiss francs for the construction of eight magnet supports for the CMS detector. The signing of the agreement was followed by the visit of Llewellyn Smith to Pakistan in 1998. The agreement provided an entry point for Pakistani scientists and engineers into the CMS collaboration.[2]. These equipments engineered in Pakistan are also mentioned in this interview.

In 2000, CERN’s new director-general, Luciano Maiani, visited Pakistan, and during this visit another agreement was signed, which doubled the Pakistani contribution from one to two million Swiss francs. This new agreement covered the construction of the resistive plate chambers required for the CMS muon system
Recently, a protocol has been signed enhancing Pakistan’s total contribution to the LHC programme to $10 million.
National Centre of Physics (NCP) of Pakistan is involved in a number of LHC-related activities such as detector construction, detector simulation, physics analysis and Grid computing. Several other Pakistani institutes are also collaborating with CERN indirectly through the NCP. The activities of these institutes cover areas such as software development, manufacturing of mechanical equipment, alignment of the CMS tracker using lasers, and the testing of electronic equipment. [2]

Above Excerpts taken from article by Dr Ishfaq Ahmed CERN and Pakistan: a personal perspective - CERN Courier

References:[1] Route Salam
[2] CERN and Pakistan: a personal perspective - CERN Courier

 

[Safriz]

is pakistan a signatory of cern consortium?
i wanted to apply for PHD program at cern but couldnt find pakistans name among qualifying countries.
now i am british/pakistani...and can apply for cern but i am now too old to study..
oh the irony.....

 

[Mech]

My aunt says no one is "too old to study". She's 60 now and pursuing her second PhD.

 

[Patriot]

is pakistan a signatory of cern consortium?
i wanted to apply for PHD program at cern but couldnt find pakistans name among qualifying countries.
now i am british/pakistani...and can apply for cern but i am now too old to study..
oh the irony.....

Good Thing you didn't.Physics is one of the toughest subject to study and Physics is probably the most difficult course for PhD.Anyway, which field of Physics -Experimental or Theoretical?If you don't mind can you sure your academic background?

 

[Night_Raven]

Isn't Abdus Salam the same scientist who left the country in protest in '74 ?

 

[-------]

Turkey is building it's own Accelerator Centre like CERN , when it's completed I would like to see Pakistani and Turkish contribution in that field of physics.

Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association -

 

[MM_Haider]

Opinion

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Turkey is special country

 

[MM_Haider]

Pakistani scientists playing important role - thenews.com.pk


Our correspondent
Thursday, July 05, 2012

From Print Edition








Islamabad



CERN Physicists using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Wednesday announced detection of signatures of a mass, which is 125 times higher than the proton mass (nucleus of hydrogen atom). The scientists and engineers from Pakistan particularly from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and National Centre for Physics (NCP) have played role in developing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).


While talking to ‘The News’ former chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and Advisor to Prime Minister for Development Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad said PAEC, on behalf of Government of Pakistan, signed a cooperation agreement with CERN in 1994 concerning the development of scientific and technical cooperation in the research projects of CERN, which led to the construction of several high technology components for LHC and its detectors. “It’s really an honour for the Pakistani scientists to be part of this most advanced scientific venture,” he added.


He said: “Physics has played very important role in our lives and this invention would help us to understand the creating of this world. CERN physicists using the LHC detected signatures of a mass, which is 125 times higher than the proton mass (nucleus of hydrogen atom). It is believed that these signatures correspond to the elusive particle called the Higgs Boson. While additional confirmation is still in progress, this is regarded as the major discovery that the scientists had been expecting for more than two decades.”



The European Organisation for Nuclear Research more commonly known as CERN is based in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is operating a large accelerator called LHC, which is located in a circular tunnel, which has a perimeter of 27-kilometer. It is on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The LHC smashes subatomic particles together at speeds near to that of light in an effort to learn more about the fundamental building blocks that make up everything around us.



CERN Director General Rolf Heuer in his statement has said: “We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs Boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics, which will pin down the new particle’s properties, and is likely to shed light on other mysteries of our universe.”



He said positive identification of the new particle’s characteristics will take considerable time and data. “But whatever form the Higgs particle takes, our knowledge of the fundamental structure of matter is about to take a major step forward,” he added.

Physicists celebrate discovery of new particle | The Nation

ISLAMABAD - National Centre for Physics (NPC), Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has held a live interaction session for scientific discovery of a new sub-atomic particle naming “Higgs Boson with Director General CERN (European Laboratory on Nuclear Research) Switzerland, Rolf Heuer through video conferencing from Geneva.

Physicists around the world including Pakistan have celebrated this discovery that has been discovered after more than two decades.

The members of the session celebrated the success of scientists and engineers from different countries particularly from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and the NCP’s contribution in developing the Large the LHC.

It was informed during the session that CERN physicists, using the LHC, announced the detection of signatures of a mass, which is 125 times higher than the proton mass (nucleus of hydrogen atom).

It is believed that these signatures correspond to the elusive particle called the Higgs Boson while additional confirmation is still in progress. This is regarded as the major discovery that the scientists had been expecting for more than two decades. PAEC, on the behalf of government, signed a cooperation agreement with the CERN in 1994 concerning the development of scientific and technical cooperation in the research projects of CERN, which led to the construction of several high technology components for LHC and its detectors.

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research more commonly known as CERN is based in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is operating a large accelerator called LHC, which is located in a circular tunnel whose perimeter is 27-kilometre.

It is on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The LHC smashes subatomic particles together at speeds near to that of light in an effort to learn more about the fundamental building blocks that make up everything around us.

Talking to this agency, Advisor on Science and Technology, Dr Ishfaq Ahmad said it is really an honour for Pakistani scientists to be part of this most advanced scientific venture.

The existence of newly discovered particle was indicated by Peter Higgs in the year 1964 and proved today after a long struggle of physicists. “Our Physicists gained a lot of exposure and technical expertise during working with the experts of the CERN and we will send more physicists to the CERN in future to gain international level knowledge”, he observed. Around 350 physicists were sent to the CERN to seek knowledge about the latest technological advancements. He said that Pakistan has not contributed in money affairs to the CERN but has provided valuable technological assistance and research.
Dr Ishfaq said there is no match of the knowledge and technology earned through the cooperation of the CERN as “our goal was not to get any commercial benefit but to provide opportunity and exposure to our scientists”. It was also conveyed that Pakistan has also earned the profit of 10 million dollars through the research they have done with their indigenous resources.

 

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Opinion


Pakistan has contributed the LHC in numerous ways including some of the following in particular:
1. Detector construction
2. Detector simulation
3. Physics analysis
4. Grid computing
5. Computational software development
6. Manufacturing of mechanical equipment
7. Alignment of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) tracker using lasers
8. Testing of electronic equipment
9. Barrel Yoke: 35 Ton each feet made in Pakistan
10. Assembly of CF (Carbon Fiber) Fins for the Silicon Tracker’s TOB (Tracker Outer Barrel).
11. 245 of the 300 CMS chambers required were made in Islamabad.

 

[MM_Haider]

Higgs boson: Pakistan

KARACHI:
Few Pakistanis know what the Higgs boson is and even fewer realise that some of the earliest theoretical groundwork that led to this discovery was laid by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, Dr Abdus Salam.
The Higgs boson is a subatomic particle whose existence was confirmed by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (known by its French acronym, CERN) on July 4. The discovery of the particle provides the last remaining bit of empirical evidence necessary for the Standard Model of physics, which seeks to explain the existence of all forces in the universe except gravity.

In the 1950s, physicists were aware of four different types of forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetic force, the force that attracts an electron towards the nucleus of an atom (weak nuclear force), and the force that keeps the nucleus of the atom together (strong nuclear force). The Standard Model can offer an integrated explanation for the latter three of those forces. Its origins lay in the discovery in 1960 by American physicist Sheldon Glashow of the fact that the weak nuclear force and electromagnetic force are the same thing.

Of the many discoveries that later solidified the Standard Model of physics was work done in 1967 by Dr Abdus Salam and American physicist Steven Weinberg in unifying the Higgs mechanism to Glashow’s theory, giving the “electroweak theory” its current form. But Dr Salam’s contributions to particle physics do not end there. Collaborating with Indian physicist Jogesh Pati, he proposed the Pati-Salam model in 1974, which further moved forward the theoretical underpinnings of the Standard Model.
It was for this body of work that Salam, along with Weinberg and Glashow, was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1979.
While this work in theoretical physics may seem obscure and with little practical application, the tools created by physicists engaged in this research are ones we all live with today. For instance, in order to assist the thousands of physicists around the world collaborating on this project, European scientists helped develop the internet. The need to crunch massive amounts of data led to the development of what is now known as cloud computing.

Research like this does not come cheap: it cost the Europeans about $10 billion to build the Large Hadron Collider, the atom-smashing machine that allowed for the discovery of the Higgs boson. But the economic payoffs for any country that invests in them seem to be several orders of magnitude higher, making it well worth it. Imagine: the thousands of internet companies – worth trillions of dollars – would not exist, were it not for the innate curiosity of particle physicists seeking what seems an outlandish goal: one theory that explains everything in the universe.

It is this curiosity to seek out the truth through empirical evidence, to seek explanations for the inexplicable, to unmask the unknown, to venture into the uncharted, that forms the basis for the fundamental drive of moving humanity forward. It is at the frontier of discovery that the future is born, and new industries and new avenues of wealth created, allowing millions – even billions – to lead better lives than they did before.

A Pakistani was at the fore of this frontier of discovery in the 1960s and 1970s. But rather than encourage and celebrate his magnificent achievement, he was maligned and sidelined for his faith. An ironic fact: most physicists are staunch atheists but Salam was one of the few firm believers in God.

 

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Oh... good to know ..

 

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