Hadron Collider School - HASCO 2012
The main objectives of the hadron collider physics school (HASCO) were introductory topics in
elementary particle physics, in particular in hadron collider physics as relevant for research at the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This included lectures and tutorials on theoretical foundations of the
Standard Model of elementary particle physics as well as experimental techniques to test it.
Furthermore, a focus was placed on statistical data analysis and an introduction to the software
package ROOT. In addition, students did have the opportunity to discuss state of the art
measurements and results with senior scientists in the field.
The target group were Bachelor, Master and early PhD students, i.e. mainly beginners in the field. The
main activities were lectures, tutorials, and student seminars. These were complemented by
excursions, and sport activities.
The learning outcome was better and more compatible theoretical knowledge of the fundamentals of
elementary particle physics, but more importantly als hands-on experience with widely used software
tools, statistics data analysis and experimental measurement techniques. The expected outputs were
software programs, group presentations, and short summary reports. The academic achievements
were be credited with ECTS points.
The school did take place at the Georg-August-Universtät Göttingen from 15. - 27. July 2012.
This ERASMUS intensive program is supported by the European Union under the contract DE-2011-ERA/MOBIP-1-29759-3-52