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

Thursday 14 Mar 2024, 12:30 → 22:00 Europe/London

Oxford MWT

- Link for video recording

12:30 Arrivals & tea/coffee

1 Introduction

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

Ian recording

2 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

3 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

4 Don Perkins and Neutral Currents

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

PerkinsOxfordMar11_final.pdf

14:45 Coffee break

5 Cosmic Rays/Dark Matter

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

monroe_2024_perkinsfest.pdf

6 Neutrinos at Soudan and proton decay

Speaker: Mark Thomson

pdk.pdf

pdk.pptx

7 Neutrino Oscillations

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

dhpTalk3.pdf

8 Future of Particle Physics

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

DB_Perkins_post.pdf

DB_Perkins_post.pptx

9 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

19:30 Reception and dinner at Balliol College