Following the exciting and motivating feedback to my former post, I am very happy to announce that steemSTEM will go to CERN in a month. And in particular, we will go down to the LHC to visit the CMS experiment.
The CMS detector is the one shown in the banner below. This is the apparatus that we will be able to observe very closely!
With this post, I am working out all details about what one should know prior to the visit.
When: February 9th, 2017
I am planning to travel on the 8th in the evening and arrive in Geneva. I will probably find a place to stay in Saint-Genis-Pouilly that is at a walking distance from the CERN main entrance.
As the list of participants must be provided to CMS, the deadline for confirming your participation is next Wednesday (Jan 17th), 23:59 Geneva time.
By confirming, you are required to send me a copy of a valid ID so that I could forward it to CMS. As said in the previous post, this is the only price to pay to go down to the LHC.
The agenda
For those already there on the 8th, we can meet in a nice dinner place or a bar to get some drinks and fun before the real thing. Please let me know if you are interested.
In the morning, we will spend time close to the CERN main entrance. There are two permanent exhibitions, the Microcosm exhibition and the Universe of Particles that are worthy to visit. We will stay there from about 10:00 AM to lunch time.
I still need to clarify whether we can have lunch on site. In the worst case scenario, we will go to a restaurant in Ferney-Voltaire or Cessy, where we will move for the afternoon session.
Cessy is where the CMS experiment is located, is not close to the main entrance of CERN (the LHC is a 27-kilometer-long device), and is also the place where the inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, lived some time ago.During the first part of the afternoon, I will give you a particle physics crash course so that you could understand what you will be supposed to see during he visit to CMS. Material and explanations will already be posted on Steemit on the week prior to the meetup, if I manage :p
We will go down to the LHC and get a private visit of CMS from 17:00 to 18:00. We will get a private guide. The meetup ends right after the visit.
Transportation
The CERN main buildings (in Meyrin in Switzerland) and CMS (in Cessy in France) are not at a walking distance from each other. We therefore need to rent either a couple of cars, or a minibus.
This will be clarified when the full list of participants will be known.
Costs
The visit is free. That’s it.
However, it is up to you to cover your trip to CERN, lodging if relevant, the food you eat, the drinks you drink, the souvenirs you buy, etc. The usual stuff somehow.
The only contribution that may be requested concerns transportation (to be clarified in due time).
Rules / requirements
There are a couple of things to keep in mind when visiting CERN.
All visitors must carry their ID or passport when they are on site. Moreover, CERN is located across France and Switzerland. Please take care of getting a (Shengen) visa for both these countries if necessary. I will not be able to help you if you are getting stuck at a border (we will actually cross borders during the meetup).
Moreover, people younger than 18 years old are not allowed to take part to the visit. There is no maximum age ;)
Cameras are allowed and encouraged. By the way, if one of the participants could bring some sound recording device, that would be great!
Organization in practice
A dedicated room will be created on the steemSTEM discord server. This will allow the participants to discuss in an easier and more practical ways the lodging plans and the transportation issues.
List of confirmed participants (updated on Jan 15th, 21:30 UTC time)
I will update this list in almost real time. The people listed here are those who confirmed their participation. We have so far 17 confirmed participants: @alexs1320, @bendelgreco, @ceybiicien, @dber, @fredrikaa, @grandpere, @howo, @justtryme90 (+1 guest), @kerriknox (+1 guest), @lemouth, @reggaemuffin, @saunter, @scienceangel, @suesa, @tristan-muller
3 other potential participants have shown interests, but not confirmed yet. Please do so before next Wednesday (included). Note that there is a maximum number of available slots.
You can add me now to the list ;)
This will be so awesome :D
You are keen to join ??? @fredrikaa
That's the biggest understatement of 2018 so far.
yeah , it seems it's going to be rocks
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Yessssssss
Yes it will be awesome. Let;'s book our train tickets asap ^^
Really looking forward to the visit! It is one of my life goals to visit the LHC and you just made my dream come true! Thank you!
We will then make this dream happen ^^
that was my dream too)
that is right@reggaemuffin
Grr you said what I was going to say but actually get the dream part down -___- Lousy continents
Edit: damn, I wanted it to start at the "I'm so excited" part, but it didn't work :(
What it is??
Naaah I won't watch this ;)
That's fine :P it was just the first thing that came to my mind because of the "I'm so excited" part. Because I really am!
Ok, I found coverage for my scheduling problem - so I'm in for sure. Gonna buy plane tickets today - just want to make sure there's still an opening first - cause that would stink!
Gave this a bump for visibility - sorry I'm coming at you from multuple mediums - now that i know i can make it again I'm suddenly nervous the opportunity has passed!
You are on the list of confirmed people! Written in the post :)
Yay! This is gonna be great!
If there are any slots left I would love to join!
If accepted (:D), I will be coming by car to Geneva, so I can help by taking 4 people with me from Meyrin to Cessy (also if there is someone joining from around Brussels, he/she can join for the roadtrip for free :D).
This happy chap is the guy I mentioned on Discord @lemouth ;)
Congrats on your first "post" Aurel! :P
Sure there are still free spots. Please contact me on discord or on the steemit chat. By the way, there is another not-yet-registered participant (and not yet on steemit participant... waiting for his account) who may be interested to car-pool.
Thanks! I will go with the car from Brussels.. so anyone can join from here, or from somewhere on the way :).
I also have another friend that wants to join. Her name: Ana Luiza Olanescu
She created a Steemit account now but it will take a bit until it is approved :(.
Is there a free slot for her?
As I answered on discord, both of you are in. The potentially interested person cannot come, so we can forget about this. See you soon at CERN!
Great job! How was the visit?
The agenda sounds really exciting! I just hope I'll be able to have these days off from work... I'll confirm you on steemit.chat in a couple of days.
Anyway, it would be nice to reserve rooms in the same hotel, don't you think?
I hope you will be able to join. Concerning lodging, we will discuss this all together on the discord channel when the list will be frozen. :)
Great, I'll dm you on Monday :-)
Hi @lemouth if there is still an open space on your list I would love to take part in this fantastic visit!
Kind regards
Jan
Hi Jan! Sure, we still have a couple of free slots on the list. Please contact me asap on the steemit chat or on discord as the deadline for registration is tomorrow.
wooow this is very amazing.
It will really help the platform to expand globally and gain millions of users.
Keep it up
I don't know about the second part, but this will be fun for sure and make some advertisement for what we do and what is steemit. That's already something :)
I think one visit will be necessary.
I am sorry but I don't follow your comment ^^
sorry mistake
Okay, but I still don't follow :D
i want to add that list.which type of ability i need to join?.will you add me???
You need to like science to go there... ;)
So cool!, i wish i was in Europe!... Still i think its amazing that real science and scientist are getting involved with steemit, rather than all those flat-earthers and anti-vaccine bullshit that are governing the internet...
Maybe the next time, if we organize it more in advance, you could come. I also have contacts in the US, but I am not sure I could bring people to visit the experiments.
WOW I am really thinking to visit this!
Well, this will be realized very soon :D
Are you w time-traveller? :D
Maybe... depends on my speed :D
Wooo-Hooo! This will be fun :) Thank's again for the absolutely fantastic idea!
My pleasure! Can you confirm that you will come before next Wednesday?
I'll send you the documents :)
Cool ^^
No update on whether we will be getting a live feed from you guys?
I think live feed will be tricky, but I already dug out my camera and ordered a backup battery, so we're going to film!
Yehh!! We'd be expecting some videos :)
There will be some, don't worry :)
That would be awesome.
@suesa is right. Live feed will be tricky, and probably complicated. But we will share pictures and videos :D
Oh shit, that's exciting, really! Both for Steemit's public view and for our community (or those into Science). I got a question for them.
What are their predictions of upcoming events/tests we can look forward to. I know it's a tough one to have dates but yeah, any info is good info
I didn't fully understand the question. Can you please specify? Do you want to know when the machine will restart, or when new results will be made available?
Well rather what's their next step. What are they aiming for now? I know the newest big discovery was that God Particle, so are they going to test it out more or do something new, and when?
Well, the next step is to continue exploiting the machine for about the next 20 years, with several scheduled upgrades so that more data could be recorded.
The goal is to understand better the laws of nature and there are several puzzles that need to be investigated.
There is no god particle. That is a ridiculous name that should be avoided. There is instead a Higgs boson. For now, we still need to measure its properties that are badly known. And shed light on new phenomena. Those are the next steps.
I hope I answered :)
I wish I could make it there, safe journey to those who could make it. Send us lots of pictures.
We will, don't worry :D
Damn Damn Damn !!!!!!!! I am so jealous now!!!!!!
Lol ^^
I'm really excited about it but I'm a student and only 16 so I think I can't come because of a lack of money 😅and I cant travel to there (can't drive alone in France before you are 18). It would have been awesome but I think it will happen without me (moreover I think I have exam during those 2 days). Please can you record a video about it for those who can't come :D
There will be posts about the visit. Don't worry, And we will film. Maybe in two years, you will be 18 and there will be other opportunities. Actually, you could go there before, but I am afraid you will need to go with your parents or teacher :)
really i hope i can visit this location it's one of my life's dream to be there in LHC and hope this dream come true as soon as possible and thank you
Maybe for the next time? (I assume from your answer that you can't join this time) :)
yes unfortunately
it is very good post....
lets continue.....
and greetings.....
@steemingit40
this is a great and loving blog. keep it up bro👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Good post
Nice post,,!!
Do you make a meet up in the CERN?????? WOW!!!!!
Yes we organize this :)
Good plan, hoping you would have fun. Meet Up CERN on the go👍
We will,. don't worry ^^
It's interesting that you've generated such a large amount of votes in such a short time. I'm inspired and curious of how this is possible. Can anyone help?
Well, maybe because people think this is valuable for steem?
Ok fair enough
thats very good of that when you really want to go there and live in peace with love and joy, thats what it calls steem.
Happy journey in advance😊
Thank you!
i wish i could afford the payments
Maybe next time :)
Nice meeting up is very exciting. Hope I'll have time in future to meet steemers
I hope it for you as well :)
What a great idea, I'm not sure if I can manage, would love to, however if I don't manage I'll be looking out for your future posts on this.
We will write reports :)
beautiful
Seems like u have every area covered.well done its a really detailed plan
Actually, we don't. Just one specific area is covered.
Nice
Yeah, thank you mate for this stunning info,it will explore steem and we will have the oppotunity to perform globally. Add me also to that list, I will be grateful Hehe. :P
Will you? May I ask you why you want to go there?
Sounds like fun. Seems the meet up will be very interesting .
Oh yeah, it is guaranteed to be full of physics ^^
Yeah, thank you mate for this stunning info,it will explore steem and we will have the oppotunity to perform globally. Add me also to that list, I will be grateful @lemouth Have fun!!!!!!
May I ask you why you want to be on that list? Do you really want to come there and discuss science during one day long?
this is really awesome,it was my biggest dream in my life,i hope to visit there too
Maybe for the next time? (I assume from your answer that you can't join this time) :)
Sounds real interesting, I'll keep on mind for sure!
We will also write reports for those who weren't there, so that even if not being there, anyone will be able to learn what happened ;)
thanks
wow lucky who are there
^^
I've always wanted to visit CERN. I'm fascinated by the complexity of their technology and the new things they find. Sadly where i'm from it would be to expensive to visit.
Maybe for one of the next visits, were things will be organized more in advance :)
wooow this is very amazing.
just followed and resteemed your post, Follow me back and upvote my posts
However, when we will be there, there will be exactly 0 particle collisions per second (otherwise, it would have been impossible to go down to see the apparatus :)
LHC is one of the beautiful place in the world
Thank you for letting us see this beautiful place
Beautiful is maybe not the adjective I would use, as it is a tunnel buried deep underground. Exciting or amazing for sure, but beautiful... I am not so sure :D
I believe steem can beat LTC in price also popularity.. So is it good for investing in steem instead of ltc???
Sorry? This is totally off topic... ;)
LMAO
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I wanted to go but my hot colleague said it's boring, so I won't go.
And what do you think? This may be boring for your colleague because he has not any interest in particle physics, but what about you? What is your opinion?
I am a little torn, because I loved and hated Steins;Gate. The end of the first season was way too much like Butterfly Effect (the movie).
I personally do not believe in parallel universes theory and most of the quantum theory, not sure how much of this plays into the CERN experiment, but maybe it would ne nice to look at some of the actual science behind all that modern particle physics stuff.
One way ticket costs me 150€ though and I would have to travel back even further. I am in Frankfurt over the week, so I thought Switzerland is a little closer, didnt realize I still need to travel through the whole of the Schweiz to get to Genf...
I have no clue about what this is.
There is no proof for a parallel universe so far. However, for quantum physics, I must say that you have more than 100 years of experimental data that shows that it works damned well. The microscopic world is quantum, and this has been proved. You also have applications (for instance in medecine or optics) that rely on the quantum world. I don't know why you don't like it, but I am afraid nature is what it is.
Maybe a next time then? :D
Steins;Gate is an Anime about Time Traveling, it was pretty decent until some point.
yea, maybe I will come along next time.
The Anime Steins;Gate is also loosely based on the John Titor Story . In that it was predicted that Time Travel will be discovered by CERN.
It is called SERN in the anime for whatever reason.
Ah ok I see ^^ Thanks for teaching me something!
If you ever have any other lack of anime wisdom that you need to be filled in on, feel free to ask! :D