The African School of Physics began in 2010. Our students come from all over Africa. From the founders to the students to the lecturers – we are all physicists passionate about science!

This year we have approximately 60 students from all over Africa (plus an Iranian and an American I’m probably forgetting someone) here for three weeks being introduced to everything from the Standard Model of Particle Physics to Cosmology to Particle Detectors to Accelerator physics to Scientific Computing to Medical Physics and much more .

It is my second time at the ASP, so I am enjoying a somewhat familiarity advantage and finding it rather interesting as the personalities of the other students unfold! I don’t think there’s a better congregation to attend than that of impressionable intelligent aspiring physicist and what I think are gods of physics. We must sincerely thank the master minds behind the initiation of this school.

Je voulais aller à l’ASP pour deux raisons principalement. D’abord je voulais voir un tableau plus complet de la physique des particules que celui qui est vu au CERN. Là le labo est dominé par les deux grandes expériences (CMS et ATLAS), alors il y a beaucoup des experts, des collègues, et des présentations sur les analyses variés, le fonctionnement du détecteur, l’utilisation des données prises par le détecteur, et même de la phénoménologie.

It is my first time to attend the ASP, from day one I had the privilege to listen as presenters gave various explanations to different physical phenomena. Today, I especially enjoyed the talk by Christoph on Hadro production and also Mathieu’s talk on Astroparticle physics. These topics have always fascinated me. It is really wonderful to listen and learn from the intelligent questions being asked by the participant and the lecturers are always willing to answer at all time.

Mon intérêt est bien sur, pour ceux qui me connaisse braqué vers la physique théorique, mon centre d’intérêt, notamment, la Physique des particules.

Je suis Ivan Kikunga Kasenda, je suis physicien du Congo (Kinshasa), je vis et habite à Kinshasa, la capitale de la R.D. Congo. Je m’intéresse à la Physique théorique.

Je m’appelle Diallo Mamadou Salif du Sénégal, j’ai fait la physique à l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, j’ai fait mon master sur la mécanique des fluides et applications au département de physique à l’UCAD.

Medical physics is central to the treatment of “cancer” with different types of radiation, from X-rays, protons and heavy ions to ultrasound, and medical imaging techniques which ranges from basic X-ray exposures to advanced modalities like positron emission tomography.

I am confident that the knowledge and skills we shall acquire for this school will be crucial as we work to realize ours aspirations. According to this week, I have been happy to see some fundamental connections between formal theoritical physics and applied physics. Certainly we have seen a lot of things but I just want to talk about big bang theory and Inflation in theory.