Physics then and now – the life and work of Don Perkins

Thursday Mar 14, 2024, 12:30 PM → 10:00 PM Europe/London

Oxford MWT

- Link for video recording

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Arrivals & tea/coffee

1:00 PM → 1:15 PM Introduction

Speaker: Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))

Ian recording

1:15 PM → 1:45 PM The early years: Bristol, Emulsions, Pion discovery

Link for video recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQX6gxOThAY&list=PLUX8glPeEnsJ3nj-K7f9BeINSPh0ljF17&index=4

Speaker: Brian Foster (University of Oxford (GB))

Perkins_Memorial_0324.pdf

Perkins_Memorial_0324.pptx

1:45 PM → 2:15 PM Don Perkins and Charged Currents

Speakers: Chris Llewellyn Smith (Oxford University), Brian Foster (University of Oxford (GB))

Don Perkins and Charged Currents.pdf

Don Perkins and Charged Currents.pptx

2:15 PM → 2:45 PM Don Perkins and Neutral Currents

Speakers: Dieter Haidt (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)), Dr Dieter Haidt (DESY)

PerkinsOxfordMar11_final.pdf

2:45 PM → 3:15 PM Coffee break

3:15 PM → 3:45 PM Cosmic Rays/Dark Matter

Speaker: Jocelyn Rebecca Monroe (University of London (GB))

monroe_2024_perkinsfest.pdf

3:45 PM → 4:15 PM Neutrinos at Soudan and proton decay

Speaker: Mark Thomson

pdk.pdf

pdk.pptx

4:15 PM → 4:45 PM Neutrino Oscillations

Speakers: Paul Fraser Harrison (University of Warwick (GB)), Paul Fraser Harrison (University of Warwick (GB))

dhpTalk3.pdf

4:45 PM → 5:15 PM Future of Particle Physics

Speaker: Prof. Daniela Bortoletto (University of Oxford (GB))

DB_Perkins_post.pdf

DB_Perkins_post.pptx

5:15 PM → 6:00 PM Recollections of Don from the audience (including videos of Don talking about emulsions and cosmic rays, courtesy of C. Jones & N. Doble)

Speaker: Brian Foster (University of Oxford (GB))

Perkins_fromChrisandNiels_withlinks.pdf

7:30 PM → 10:00 PM Reception and dinner at Balliol College