Discovery Monday 'Everyday physics: CERN in my kitchen?'


Using lasers in the ASACUSA experiment at CERN.

As you start imagining menus for the festive season, the next Discovery Monday invites you to think about the physics behind the food you prepare. In fact you may be surprised to find science and technologies used at CERN in many of your dosmestic appliances! Be it the oven used to cook the turkey, the fridge that chills the champagne or the laser in the CD machine you use to play Christmas carols, discover the technologies that make them work and how these same technologies are also applied at CERN.

In the case of the CD player, the subject is particularly topical as this year's Nobel Physics Prize was awarded for advances in lasers. Find out more about this and how lasers are used at CERN.

In some cases, CERN is developing new technologies that may end up in future domestic appliances, such as the vacuum technology used for flat-screen televisions.

After this festive Discovery Monday, join us for a taste of liquid nitrogen ice-cream or a cup of coffee (made thanks to evaporation and condensation of course!)

Demonstrations are in French.