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Half
of the world's particle physicists - about 6500 people
- do research at CERN. They come from over 500 universities
in 80 countries.
CERN's
staff also includes highly specialized engineers, technicians,
designers and craftspeople. All told, about 3000 people
are employed to prepare, run, analyze and interpret the
complex scientific experiments that make CERN a successful
scientific organization.
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Alvaro
de Rujula
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Spain, theoretical physicist (photo: CERN)
"The most interesting problem about the cosmos, about
the universe is -- what is there in those pieces of universe
where there is nothing?"
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John
Eades
,
England, principal investigator on
the
ASACUSA
experiment
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"One
of the things we would like to believe...is that there could
be a mirror world...made of antimatter, which would work
in exactly the same way as the world we live in."
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John
Estrada
,
United States, student from Harvard working on the
ATRAP
experiment
"I don't feel there's any difference
in doing experiment(s) with a collaboration of international
scientists...In the end, scientists always work on the same
principles and it's applicable anywhere."
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Jerry
Gabrielse
,
United States, principal investigator
on the
ATRAP
experiment
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"When
you eventually ... understand something that no one's understood
before, there's a huge kick that goes with that."
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Masaki
Hori
,
Japan, research physicist working on the
ASACUSA
experiment.
"My
current interest is...to understand how these small particles
fit into the real world....We're made of particles, but
it's not certain how these small particles come to be us."
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Rolf
Landua
,
Switzerland,
principal investigator and spokesperson for the
ATHENA
experiment
"The
basic question is why do we exist, and how could that happen....That's
my motivation."
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Petra
Riedler
,
Switzerland, research physicist on the
ATHENA
experiment.
"I
think CERN is a great place for women....Since I arrived
here, I've seen so much encouragement and people helping
me... "
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Georg
Schepers
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Germany, postdoctoral research physicist on the
ATRAP
experiment.
"Physics
is fun, as all science, and I thank you that you help us
to share this fun with people all over the world and outside
physics...bring them closer to it and us closer to them."
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Terri
Louise Watson
,
Wales, Ph.D. student from University of Swansie, working on
the
ATHENA
experiment.
"The
most interesting thing about being here is being involved
with so many people from all over the world."
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Peter
Yesley
,
United States, graduate research physicist on the
ATRAP
experiment.
"Our
radioactive source...has a lifetime of 2.2 years. That's
a long time for a positron emitter..and it cost $80,000...every
2.2 years it loses half its value."
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