Max Planck Institute for Physics: 100 Year Anniversary

10 Oct 2017, 09:00 → 12 Oct 2017, 23:55 Europe/Berlin

Albert Einstein was the original director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society’s Institute for Physics, founded in October 1917, the predecessor of today‘s Max Planck Institute for Physics. It is time to celebrate this anniversary. In our symposium we will review the historical developments in particle physics, focusing on the role of our institute, as well as review the most thrilling current research topics. The Max Planck Institute for Physics is excited to bring together renowned researchers in both theoretical and experimental particle physics to address these topics. We cordially invite you to join our symposium and to celebrate our 100th anniversary with us! The symposium will take place from October 10-12, followed by the ceremony on the afternoon of October 12. Allen Caldwell Managing Director Max Planck Institute for Physics

Poster Plakat_Symposium-Ceremony.pdf

Tuesday, 10 October

14:00 → 17:45 Symposium

Convener: Siegfried Bethke

14:00 Introduction

Speaker: Allen Caldwell

14:05 Theoretical physics at the MPP – a historical perspective

Speaker: Wolfgang Hollik

Slides history_theory.pdf

14:50 Particle Physics phenomenology

Speaker: John Ellis

15:35 Coffee

16:00 Experimental physics at the MPP – a historical perspective

Speaker: Christian Kiesling

Slides CK_100_Year.pdf

16:45 Detector and techology developments in particle physics

Speaker: Robert Klanner

Slides Robert_Klanner_100J-MPI-.pptx

17:30 → 18:30 Reception

18:30 → 19:30 Symposium

Convener: Georgi Dvali

18:30 Finding Cosmic Inflation

Speaker: Eiichiro Komatsu

Slides finding_inflation_mpp.pdf

Wednesday, 11 October

09:00 → 12:30 Symposium

Convener: Dieter Lüst

09:00 Experimental particle physics – future perspectives

Speaker: Eckhard Elsen

Slides Experimental_Particle_Physics_-_Future_Perspectives.pdf

09:45 Neutrino physics – a theoretical perspective

Speaker: Manfred Lindner

Slides lindner.pdf

10:30 Coffee

11:00 The search for sterile neutrinos

Speaker: Thierry Lasserre

Slides Lasserre-MPP100-2017.pdf

11:30 Hot topics in particle physics and cosmology

Speaker: Gia Dvali

Slides Gia.pdf

12:00 WIMPs – motivation and detection

Speaker: Leo Stodolsky

Slides Stodolsky.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 18:00 Symposium

Convener: Masahiro Teshima

14:00 New physics deep underground

Speaker: Stefan Schönert

Slides underground_sts.pptx

14:45 Axions – motivation and detection

Speaker: Roberto Peccei

Slides Peccei_Axion_talk_MPI.pptx

15:30 Coffee

16:00 Neutrino astronomy

Speaker: Elisa Resconi

Slides MPP_17_Resconi.pdf

16:45 Gamma-ray astronomy: discovery perspectives

Speaker: Karl Mannheim

Slides Mannheim_KWIP-100.pptx

17:30 Ground-based gamma ray astronomy

Speaker: Razmik Mirzoyan

Slides HEGRA-MAGIC-CTA-MPP-100-Mirzoyan-11-Oct-17.pptx

Thursday, 12 October

09:00 → 12:30 Symposium

Convener: Wolfgang Hollik

09:00 Quantum Gravity, Unification and E10

Speaker: Hermann Nicolai

Slides Nicolai_MPI100.pdf

09:45 The LHC – perspectives for discovery

Speaker: Jim Virdee

Slides MPI_100th_F.pdf

10:30 Coffee

11:00 Status and perspectives in String Theory

Speaker: Dieter Lüst

Slides 100Years.pdf

11:30 The discovery of the Higgs Boson

Speaker: Sandra Kortner

Slides SKortner_MPP100.pdf

12:00 Precision calculations for discovery

Speaker: Gudrun Heinrich

Slides Heinrich_MPP100Y.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 100-year ceremony and reception

14:00 Begrüßung, Prof. Dr. Allen Caldwell, Geschäftsführender Direktor

14:10 Begrüßung: Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann, Präsident der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

14:25 Grußwort: Ilse Aigner, MdL, Bayerische Staatsministerin für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technologie

14:40 Grußwort Kristina Frank, Stadträtin Landeshauptstadt München

14:55 Musikalisches Intermezzo

15:05 Festvortrag Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bethke, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

15:50 Musikalischer Ausklang

16:00 Sektempfang, Austausch und mögliche Führung durch die Ausstellung

17:00 → 23:55 Evening program

17:00 Max-Planck-Institut für Physik – die nächsten 100 Jahre (Programm der Doktoranden)

17:45 „Physik des Scheiterns“ – Musikkabarett mit Prof. Dr. Georg Eggers und Prof. Dr. Michael Sachs

18:15 Eröffnung Buffet, musikalische Begleitung durch die Band Los Payos

21:00 Party mit DJ Lukas Brokamp