The 24th International Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics, organized annually by Irkutsk State University together with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna), started on July 10th in Bolshye Koty village. Participants of the school are undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students from all over the world.
The school’s curriculum is structured in English and includes lectures on general relativity theory, the standard model, multi-channel astronomy, neutrino physics, quantum electrodynamics, supernova physics and nuclear physics. The lectures are given by outstanding scientists from different countries. In addition, it is planned to hold active discussions, problem solving, reports and presentations by participants. Extracurricular activities include a traditional trip to the mountains, swimming in Lake Baikal, popular lectures and star observation through a telescope at night.
This year, the school has about 100 participants from leading universities and scientific organizations in Russia, China, Cuba, Netherlands, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and India.
Russia is represented by the cities of Irkutsk, Dubna, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Vladivostok.
Andrey Tanaev, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Director of ISU Scientific Research Institute of Applied Physics, Head of the Laboratory of Information Technology and Data Processing of Physical Experiments and one of the organizers of the school:
The Baikal Summer School is primarily held in order for young researchers to form a balanced scientific worldview, taking into account the latest achievements, discoveries and ideas emerging in our field of science. This will allow them to successfully and effectively build their professional trajectory in the future. All lectures and workshops are conducted by leading physicists, widely known and working directly on the issues stated in the school’s program.
