Jalandhar March 11 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- Chandrayaan Vipnet club of PG Department of Physics, in collaboration with IAPT RC-02 organized one day national seminar on “High Energy Physics and Career Prospective” under DBT STAR Scheme. Dr. Manjit Kaur Prof. (Emiretus) Amity University, Mohali was the resource person. Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen and the faculty of Physics department welcomed the resource person with a planter. Dr. Saloni Sharma, Head PG department of Physics acquainted the students about the theme of seminar and also introduced the resource person. Dr. Manjit Kaur is among top 2% scientists worldwide and has been in-charge of Indian contingent working on LHC experiment responsible for the discovery of God particle.
Starting with the Big Bang theory and composition of the universe, she illustrated the fundamental constituents of matter at atomic, nuclear and particle level. She also elaborated the role of high energy physics for understanding the composition of elementary particles like protons and neutrons etc. using Quarks and Leptons. She described that four fundamental forces occurring in nature are gravitational forces, electromagnetic forces, weak forces and strong forces. She also explained about the force barriers of these forces i.e., gluons, photons, Z-bosons and W-bosons.
She explained the journey from launch of large electron proton collider experiment (LEP) in 1980
She explained the journey from launch of large electron proton collider experiment (LEP) in 1980 towards launch of Large Hadron collider (LHC) in 2012. She briefed the students about the constitution of LHC which is spread over a circumference of 27 km in Geneva, Switzerland and elaborated its role in unfolding the mystery of creation of the universe, matter and anti-matter. She updated the students about the various mega science projects launched by the govt. like LASER interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO), Internal Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), Relativistic heavy ion Collider (RHIC) etc. and also apprised them about the course of action to be a part of these projects.
The lecture was very enlightening and was followed by interaction with the students to quench their curiosity. More than 60 students were benefitted by the talk. Principal Dr. Sareen congratulated the faculty for the successful event and motivated them to arrange more such talks to keep the students updated with the latest developments in their field. Mr. Sushil Kumar, Incharge Chandrayaan Vipnet Club, presented the vote of thanks. Dr. Simmi Garg was also present on the occasion.