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Hans Peter Beck
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bern
University of Fribourg
CERN
ThesisMeasurement of the total photoproduction cross section at the electron proton collider HERA at Wp of 200 GeV (1996)
Doctoral advisorPeter Truöl

Hans Peter Beck (born 19 January 1965) is a Swiss experimental particle physicist and a former president of the Swiss Physical Society.[1][2][3] Since 1997, he has served as a reader at the University of Bern and in addition, since 2014, as a titular professor at the University of Fribourg. Beck is a member of the ATLAS collaboration, one of the two major experiments at CERN that analyze particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which led to the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.[4][5][6]

Professional career

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Finishing his doctorate at University of Zurich, related to research carried out at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg, in 1996,[7] Beck worked shortly a consultant and engineer in the private Swiss industry before taking up a position at the University of Bern. Since then Beck has been affiliated to the CERN scientific programme.[8] He has co-authored more than 1500 scientific articles.[9]

Community engagement

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Beck is a former chair of the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (2013 to 2019)[10][11] and a former president of the Swiss Physical Society (2017 to 2021).[12] He is the Swiss liaison to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics[13][14] and represented the Swiss Physical Society on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development at UNESCO, Paris on 8 July 2022.[15]

Physics and societal impacts

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Beck participates regularly in the public debate on matters implying physics.[16][17][18][19][20] He co-authored, in 2021, the book "The Economics of Big Science".[21]

References

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  1. ^ Dueblin, Christian (2016-04-17). "Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Beck über Gravitation, Gravitationswellen und Schwarze Löcher". Xecutives.net (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  2. ^ McAlpine, Kate (2024-02-29). "Hans Peter Beck". ATLAS. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  3. ^ "Report on the Joint Annual Meeting 2017 in Geneva" (PDF). SPG Mitteilungen (53): 11. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ Aad, G.; Abajyan, T.; Abbott, B.; et al. (2012). "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC". Physics Letters B. 716 (1): 1–29. arXiv:1207.7214. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020.
  5. ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2012-07-04). "Cern: "Higgs-Teilchen wahrscheinlich gefunden"". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  6. ^ Speicher, Christian (2024-04-13). "Peter Higgs: Das Gottesteilchen wird die Teilchenphysik noch lange beschäftigen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  7. ^ Beck, Hans Peter (1996). Measurement of the total photoproduction cross section at the electron proton collider HERA at Wp of 200 GeV: PhD thesis, University of Zurich (PDF). University of Zurich.
  8. ^ Dueblin, Christian (2014-02-25). "PD Dr. Hans Peter Beck über Teilchenphysik, das Higgs boson und darüber, was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält". Xecutives.net (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  9. ^ "INSPIRE: Hans Peter Beck's author profile". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  10. ^ "Hans Peter Beck". ippog.web.cern.ch. IPPOG. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  11. ^ Jarlett, Harriet (2024-12-04). "Reaching out: IPPOG's new status to push physics outreach". CERN. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  12. ^ "Former Board Members". sps.ch. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  13. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (2021-02-22). "Members – IUPAP: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics". Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  14. ^ "Vorstand: Delegierte". sps.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  15. ^ Orluc, Laurent (2023-06-10). "Hans Peter Beck: 'Science is part of human culture across the world'". International Year of Basic Sciences for Development. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  16. ^ "Swiss physicists in dialog with the society". naturalsciences.ch. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  17. ^ Beck, Hans Peter (2023-11-01). "Fukushima tritiated water release – What is the polemic all about?". SPG Mitteilungen. 71: 58–62. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.10138055.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  18. ^ Tagesschau (2021-11-20), Energiewende: Kommt die Kernkraft wieder? (in German), retrieved 2025-01-22
  19. ^ Speicher, Christian (2024-03-24). "Strahlenschutz: Das Linear-No-Threshold-Modell gerät unter Beschuss". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  20. ^ Chalmers, Matthew (2022-11-07). "Swiss study demonstrates physics impact". CERN Courier. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  21. ^ Beck, Hans Peter; Charitos, Panagiotis, eds. (2021). The Economics of Big Science: Essays by Leading Scientists and Policymakers. Science Policy Reports. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52391-6. ISBN 978-3-030-52390-9.
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