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  • Committee

Mario

Advisory Committee

Melbourne
  • ienna

2014

  • XIIth International Conference on

Heavy Quarks and Leptons

Waldthausen Castle Mainz, August 25-29, 2014 Germany

2014

  • Heavy Quarks and Leptons
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Welcome to Schloss Waldthausen

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Villa „Schloss Waldthausen“ was built in 1910 by Freiherr von

Waldthausen, a son of a wealthy industrial family, to impress the German emperor.

  • After World War I and II Schloss Waldthausen was seized by the

French Army. From 1956 to 1978 it was used as a supply depot and drill ground of the Bundeswehr (German Army).

  • In 1978 sold to the city of Mainz and since

1988 used as a conference center by the Sparkassenverband (association of saving banks) of Rhineland-Palatinate.

  • Situated in the Lenneberg Forest:

Largest forest in the region of Rheinhessen. Used by Mainz people for recreation like jogging, cycling or walking.

Schloss Waldthausen

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Tower in the Lenneberg forest

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

The region of Rheinhessen is located on the left side of the Rhine, south of Mainz.

  • Well-known for wines,

especially white wines as Riesling or Chardonnay, but also for fruits and vegetables.

Rheinhessen

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Hesse

(Hessen)

Rhineland-Palatinate

(Rheinland-Pfalz)

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

The region of Rheinhessen is located on the left side of the Rhine, south of Mainz.

  • Well-known for wines,

especially white wines as Riesling or Chardonnay, but also for fruits and vegetables.

  • In former times

belonging to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Now a part of the state

  • f Rhineland-Palatinate

(„Rheinland-Pfalz) with Mainz as capital.

Rheinhessen

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Hesse

(Hessen)

Rhineland-Palatinate

(Rheinland-Pfalz)

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Founded as Roman military camp around 12/13 AD, from former

Celtic villages.

  • Belonging for ~500 years to the Roman empire with the Rhine being

a natural border to the Germanic regions.

  • Nowadays almost every digging unearths Roman things.

Mainz

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Roman ship museum Isis temple

(cellar of the Römerpassage)

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • In 782: Mainz becomes Archdiocese.
  • In the following the archbishop of

Mainz became „archchancellor“

  • f the Holy Roman Empire and
  • ne of the seven prince-electors

(„Kurfürsten“) to elect the German emperor.

  • During the 10th/11th century:

construction of the Mainz cathedral.

Mainz

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Mainz cathedral („Dom“)

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

Mainz

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  • In 782: Mainz becomes Archdiocese.
  • In the following the archbishop of

Mainz became „archchancellor“

  • f the Holy Roman Empire and
  • ne of the seven prince-electors

(„Kurfürsten“) to elect the German emperor.

  • During the 10th/11th century:

construction of the Mainz cathedral.

  • Around 1450: Johannes Gutenberg,

the inventor of printing with movable

  • types. First prints (the bible) ~1450.

Johannes Gutenberg

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

Mainz

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Nowadays:

  • About 150 000 inhabitants.
  • Well-known for:
  • Carnival (second largest after Cologne).
  • Second German TV station (ZDF).
  • FSV Mainz 05 soccer team.
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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Mainzer Dom (Cathedral)

What to see in Mainz

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Mainzer Dom (Cathedral)

What to see in Mainz

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  • St. Stephan church

(Chagall windows!)

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Mainzer Dom (Cathedral)

What to see in Mainz

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  • St. Stephan church

(Chagall windows!)

  • Augustinerstraße

and Old town.

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Mainzer Dom (Cathedral)

What to see in Mainz

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  • St. Stephan church

(Chagall windows!)

  • Augustinerstraße

and Old town.

  • Rhine
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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Original university founded in 1477, but closed in the 18th century.
  • Refunded after the war in 1946 as

„Johannes Gutenberg-Universität“.

  • Today: ~37 000 students, 10 departments including a hospital.

University of Mainz

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Department of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science with

two institutes (Institute of Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics).

  • Institute of Physics:
  • Quantum Physics
  • Condensed Matter (Experiment & Theory)
  • Theoretical Particle Physics
  • Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics

(ATLAS, D0, NA62, XENON, IceCube, Borexino, ...)

  • Institute of Nuclear Physics:
  • Nuclear and Particle Physics, Theory & Experiment

(PANDA, BaBar, BESIII, Compass, ...)

  • Mainz Microtron MAMI: electron accelerator up to 1.5 GeV

Physics in Mainz

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

New developments:

  • Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM):
  • Cooperation between the GSI Darmstadt

and the university for the construction and running of FAIR and PANDA.

  • PRISMA Cluster of Excellence:
  • One of two clusters in Germany for

research of basic questions about the nature of the fundamental matter and their importance for the physics

  • f the Universe.
  • Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the

State of Rhineland Palatinate Standard Model.

Physics in Mainz

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

  • Sessions start in the morning usually at 9:00 or 9:30

and in the afternoon at 14:00 with coffee breaks at ~10:30 and ~15:30.

  • No poster session (contrary to the preliminary program).
  • Welcome reception:

Today at 19:00 in the main hall.

  • Excursion:

Wednesday at 15:00 (bus departure). Visit of the city of Oppenheim & tour through the vineyards.

  • Social Dinner:

Thursday at 16:00 (bus departure). Guided tour and dinner in Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau.

Some Information about HQL 2014

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Rainer Wanke, Heavy Quarks & Leptons 2014, Aug 25th, 2014

Some Information about HQL 2014

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  • Meals:
  • Lunch usually served at 12:30 for all participants.
  • Dinner served at 19:00 (no later than 20:00!) for participants

which stay at Schloss Waldthausen.

  • Restaurants and Locations nearby:
  • Café im Turm

(just across the street): Flammkuchen, pasta, burgers, salads, ..., also good for evening drinks.

  • Mainz-Gonsenheim

(3 bus stations): Several restaurants and cafés (follow the tram line)

Café im Turm Schloss Waldthausen Gonsenheim

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Hope, you‘ll enjoy the conference!