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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

School's out for 2027. Next session will start August 31, 2027. Lecturers will be announced in spring.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hands-on exercise tutors: loop corrections and Feynman diagrams for pedestrians

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, this year's final lecturer Ilaria Brivio arrives to lead us Beyond the Standard Model!

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, I'll mention that one of the norms in the science community I'm part of is that people hear about work others are doing ahead of the time. Unless you are already working on that topic, dropping everything to beat them to the punch is widely considered a dick move.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/09/2026

Handedness xkcd.com/3293/

Comic. [Two people considering diagrams on whiteboard] PERSON 1 with ponytail: The W bosons produced by the collider beam will mostly be left-handed. PERSON 2: So we should send in a *right*-handed batter.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You know that you are in the second week, when lecturer's need more coffee: Steven Worm on quantum sensing in fundamental physics.

Steven Worm lecturing with a cup of coffee in his left hand.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

First evening lecture of the second week is by Stefan Krieg on high performance computing in HEP. "Thanks" to the LLM boom, for the first time in my life, compute is not getting cheaper, but more expensive instead ...

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Rene Poncelet testifies about QCD and jets at the LHC

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We start the second week with Marzia Bordone and flavor physics (Will it help to get the bad taste from last night's election results from our mouths?)

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To round out the picture, here are shots from to upper deck of the "Jesuit Library" of the Abbey Maria Laach taken in 2015 and 2016. #library #libraries #fujifilm #xf14mm

"Jesuit Library" of the Abbey Maria Laach in 2015.

"Jesuit Library" of the Abbey Maria Laach in 2016.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We also got a tour of the church, starting with a middle ages version of Peter Thiel's Palantir: the devil collecting records of the sins of the church goers.

Pater Viktor explaing the devil at the church entrance.

Pater Viktor explaining the church interior.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today, we actually went to the place where it all began and Pater Victor gave us a nice tour, including the beautiful library. The (incomplete, quick and dirty) group photo looks like old times.

Pater Victor on the stairs of the "Jesuit Library" at Maria Laach

Group photo in front of the abbey church.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yesterday, Thomas Mannel introduced the students to the history of the school and offered some monasterial anectodes

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The firsr evening speaker is none other than Andreas Hoecker, but tonight, he's not speaking about the LHC or even the HL-LHC, but the FCC-ee instead!

Andreas Hoecker giving an evening lecture on FCC-ee

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The third organizer, Alexander Lenz, brings out the Lederhosen and introduces the first evening speaker ...

Alexander Lenz looking sceptical in Lederhosen

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In the third lecture of the morning, Jan Kieseler warns the students that he will ask them in the end to formulate their conclusions on Machine Learning in HEP.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The second lecture series is by Andreas Hoecker on experimental particle physics at the LHC

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We start this year's lectures with Stefan Weinzierl conjuring many loops:

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The 57th edition of the school is in session! This year's principal organizer Stefan Dittmaier greets the students and lays down the law, while Markus Klute checks that everything is correct.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Participants, pack your bags! The 2026 edition starts tomorrow.

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Jon Butterworth @jonbutterworth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

An open letter has been sent to Lord Vallance from 57 heads of UK physics departments and institutes, including all of the heads of physics departments of the Russell group. www.iop.org/about/news/o...

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Open letter to the Science Minister from Heads of Physics

Heads of Physics departments have expressed concern about UKRI funding changes.

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Christian Grefe @cgrefe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Briefing Book for the Update of the European Strategy for Particle #Physics is out! It is a summary of the state and the ambitions of the field, summarising the hundreds of community and national white papers we received as input earlier this year. ⚛️🧪 cds.cern.ch/record/2944678

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Physics Briefing Book: Input for the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics

The European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) reflects the vision and presents concrete plans of the European particle physics community for advancing human knowledge in fundamental physics. The E...

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Final evening lecture of this year's edition: Cologne University's Stefanie Walch-Gassner on exoplanets.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Final evening lecture for this session Cologne's Stefanie Walch-Gassner on exoplanets

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This year's group picture (cf. the new banner picture)

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Our final lecture series features SLAC's Lance Dixon on QCD

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We continue with @rug.nl's Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort lecturing on lepton flavor physics:

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

In the second evening lecture, KIT's Ulrich Husemann briefed the students on the current update of the "European Strategy for Particle Physics".

Ulrich Husemann lecturing and pointing to a screen outside the frame.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🔥🔥🔥 Carlos just pronounced ΛCDM dead! 😱 Cause of death: DESI's neutrino mass measurement.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Unfortunately, we have to strike from the record Carlos' advice to students: "Do not to listen to your advisers!". That's heresy😉

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Second lecture of the day: Tao Han on physics beyond the Standard Model - and why we're convinced that it's out there!

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We continue with Carlos Frenkel's very lively lectures on cosmology:

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

#LunarEclipse on the day off. We'll continue with cosmology tomorrow.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Before there was a "Herbstschule HEP", there was the (one and only) "Herbstschule Maria Laach". Thomas Mannel recalls ancient history and challenges us to look forward to the 100th edition

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

@cmsexperiment.bsky.social's Florencia Canelli concludes this morning's session with lectures on experimental LHC results.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Jochen Dingfelder shares his passion for particle detectors:

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Steffen Schumann kicks off the proper lectures with his view on the standard model

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

School is in session: KIT's Markus Klute explains the ground rules.

Markus Klute (KIT) addressing the 56th Autumn School for High Energy Physics

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

In the train to Bad Honnef: the 2025 edition of the school will convene this evening.

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Thorsten Ohl @thomega.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

TLDR: we want somebody who has previously calculated a loop diagram and has squared a scattering amplitude. Appointment is either immediately W3 (aka full professor) or tenure track from W2 to W3, depending on the successful applicant's seniority. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcW3...

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Study Physics in Würzburg, Germany– Discover the World Anew! (Inofficial Soundtrack)

YouTube video by Thorsten Ohl

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Lectures 2025 SM precision physics: Steffen Schumann Experimental results from the LHC: Florencia Canelli QCD and jets at the LHC: Lance Dixon Physics BSM: Tao Han Particle physics detectors: Jochen Dingfelder Cosmology: Carlos Frenk Experimental lepton flavour physics: Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Poster for 2025 just dropped: herbstschule-hep.tp.nt.uni-siegen.de

Annoucement poster, text available in link.

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Herbstschule Hochenergiephysik @hs-hep.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

#eXit executed. All data of the old AthanasiusReal account on twitter has been archived and wiped.

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