Seminar in memory of Igor Golutvin On 8 August, the International Seminar entitled “Experimental Methods in Particle Physics” took place at the International Conference Centre of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in memory of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Igor Golutvin. The event was timed to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding scientist, Scientific Leader of the CMS Experiment at LHC (CERN) at the Joint Institute, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation. More than 100 researchers took part in discussing topical issues of the development of modern particle physics experiments. The scientific director of JINR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Matveev, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor at Imperial College London Andrey I. Golutvin, Professor at the University of Pisa (Italy) Guido Tonelli, leading researcher of the VBLHEP JINR Scientific and Experimental Department of Physics at CMS Anatoly Zarubin presented their reports and recollections about the outstanding scientist and his significant contribution to world science at the seminar. Chairman of the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) Paraskevas Sphicas discussed the past, present, and future of particle physics in CERN projects. He noted Igor Golutvin’s key role in the creation of the RDMS Collaboration and his significant contribution to CERN research. At the end of his report, the researcher spoke about the implementation of the physics programme of the new FCC (Future Circular Collider) project at CERN, expressing confidence that the number of scientific achievements obtained in the project will certainly increase thanks to the work of Igor Golutvin’s students. Head of the VBLHEP JINR Scientific and Experimental Physics Department at CMS Vladimir Karzhavin spoke in detail about the stages of creating detector systems for the experiment, highlighting the contribution of the participants of the RDMS Collaboration created by Igor Golutvin. He also read out a letter from outstanding CERN scientists Tejinder Virdi, Michel Della Negra, and Nicholas Kulberg, who shared their memories of Igor Golutvin during his work in Europe. “Igor Golutvin was one of the pioneers of the long and prolific collaboration between CERN, Dubna, and the Russian institutes. He was adopted by CERN’ supportive and convivial community in a spirit of openness and solidarity. It was here that his taste for scientific adventure was formed, and the ideas of developing ever more efficient detectors were born. The CMS Collaboration remembers Igor Golutvin as a great physicist, leader, and friend,” the letter says. Director of the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR Sergey Shmatov made a report on JINR’s participation in the CMS research programme. MLIT JINR Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov presented the report titled “CMS computing”. The results of analysing the observation of 28 GeV resonance in the two-muon decay mode on CMS Run I and Run II data were reported by a leading researcher at the MLIT JINR Sector of Methods for Modelling Physical Processes and Analysing Observational Data Alexander Nikitenko. Leader of the International SPD Collaboration at the NICA Collider Victor Kim presented the latest scientific results of the CMS Experiment. The international seminar in memory of Igor Golutvin, held at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, became an important event honouring the legacy of an outstanding JINR employee, a world-renowed Russian scientist. The event highlightes the importance of preserving scientific heritage and ensures the transfer of the researcher’s invaluable experience to new generations of scientists, strengthening the links between the past, present, and future of physics. More...
