University of Cyprus - Bicommunal School of Physics 2024

28 Nov 2024, 08:00 → 1 Dec 2024, 20:30 Europe/Athens

The School is organized by the Physics Department of the University of Cyprus. It is addressed to High School (Lyceum) students of Cyprus with an interest in Modern Physics. It will be conducted in English.

Venue: Home for Cooperation (UN Buffer zone at Ledra Palace, Nicosia).

On Saturday, 11/30, the venue will be the Physics Department (see on map).

Thursday 28 November

14:00 → 14:15 Registration

14:15 → 14:30 Opening Remarks

14:30 → 15:45 Biophysics inspired by brain function

Speaker: Prof. Georgios Archontis

15:45 → 16:00 Break: coffee & cookies

16:00 → 17:15 The Strong Interactions and their role in the Evolution of the Universe

Speaker: Prof. Constantia Alexandrou

17:15 → 17:30 Break: coffee & cookies

17:30 → 18:45 Space-time: Introduction to Special Relativity

Speaker: Prof. Haris Panagopoulos

19:00 → 20:30 Dinner (Nicosia)

Friday 29 November

10:00 → 11:15 Space-time: Introduction to Special Relativity

Speaker: Prof. Haris Panagopoulos

11:15 → 11:30 Break: coffee & cookies

11:30 → 12:45 The Strong Interactions and their role in the Evolution of the Universe

Speaker: Prof. Constantia Alexandrou

Saturday 30 November

10:00 → 11:15 Adventures with Elementary Particles

Speaker: Prof. Halil Saka

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11:15 → 11:30 Break: coffee & cookies

11:30 → 12:45 Adventures with Elementary Particles

Speaker: Prof. Fotis Ptochos

12:45 → 13:20 Lunch

13:20 → 14:50 Physics at the Nanoscales - Laboratory tour

Speaker: Prof. Grigorios Itskos

15:15 → 19:00 Excursion to the Planetarium

19:00 → 20:30 Dinner (Nicosia)

Sunday 1 December

09:30 → 10:45 Gravity, Cosmology, Black Holes and Holography

Speaker: Prof. Nicolaos Toumbas

10:45 → 12:00 The quantum world (Annenberg learner documentary)

Speaker: Prof. Nicolaos Toumbas

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 18:00 Excursion to Saint Hilarion Castle

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner (Kyrenia)