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Top Scientist to be in Canada regarding CERN's LHC, Big Questions and More

January 31, 2007

What fundamental questions will be answered when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN switches on in 2007?

What do scientists hope to find?
Where might the research lead?

Nima Arkani-Hamed, a noted particle theorist and Professor of Physics at Harvard University, will be in Canada on Wednesday, February 7th to provide his insights. He investigates a number of mysteries and
interactions in nature - puzzles that are likely to have experimental consequences in the next few years via particle accelerators, like the LHC, as well as cosmological observations.

Prof. Arkani-Hamed will be providing a Perimeter Institute public lecture February 7th at 7:00 p.m. Should you wish to interview him around that date (in person or by phone, radio, or television hook-up) or attend his special lecture entitled "Fundamental Physics in 2010", please notify RenÉe at rellis@perimeterinstitute.ca or (519) 569-7600 ext. 5040 for more information. As his time will be limited, please notify RenÉe of your interest as soon as possible.

About the Speaker:

Nima Arkani-Hamed is a leading particle physicist and applied string theorist. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and Physics, and went to the University of California, Berkley for his graduate studies. He went on to do his post-doctoral studies at Stanford

Linear Accelerator Centre (SLAC). He officially joined Harvard's faculty in the fall of 2002. Professor Arkani-Hamed speaks regularly on the topics of space, time and dimensions, and the current state of theoretical physics. In 2005, he was the recipient of Harvard's 'Phi Beta Kappa' award for teaching excellence.

About Perimeter Institute:

Perimeter Institute is an independent, non-profit research centre where international scientists are clustering to push the limits of our understanding of physical laws by contemplating and calculating new ideas about the very essence of space, time, matter and information. The Institute, located in Waterloo just outside Toronto, also provides a wide array of educational outreach activities for students, teachers and the general public across Canada and beyond in order to share the joys of creative inquiry, research, discovery and innovation. Additional information available at www.perimeterinstitute.ca .

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