Roberto Petronzio Memorial Symposium

Tuesday Jun 13, 2017, 9:00 AM → 7:30 PM Europe/Rome

Universita' degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata - Centro Congressi Villa Mondragone- Sala degli Svizzeri

Anna Di Ciaccio (Director of the Sezione INFN at the University of Roma Tor Vergat), Rossana Marra (Director of the Physics Department at the University of Roma Tor Vergata)

One year after his premature passing away we warmly welcome you to join us in commemorating Roberto Petronzio.
 
Roberto was an outstanding scientist with a fine mathematical mind and an exceptional physical intuition. His fundamental contributions on all fronts of modern theoretical physics include the first complete calculation of the renormalization group evolution of parton densities beyond the leading order of the QCD perturbative expansion, the bounds on Higgs and top masses in the context of Grand Unification Theories, the connection between hard processes and mass singularities, the first non-perturbative calculation of electroweak hadronic matrix elements.   
 
With Nicola Cabibbo and Giorgio Parisi he was a leading figure of the APE project, aiming at designing and building a highly performant parallel supercomputer optimized for QCD calculations. By using the APE supercomputers of the first generation, Roberto pioneered the field of non-perturbative lattice QCD simulations and, subsequently, gave many fundamental contributions in this field.  
 
Roberto was a very charismatic person and a great leader. He was a highly appreciated science manager, a member of the Council of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, of the APPEC, of the CERN Council, of the ICTP Steering Committee and INFN President.

Roberto was a great teacher. He had an exceptionally thorough understanding of field theory and statistical mechanics and he was able to communicate his knowledge with enthusiasm to young students. A generation of brilliant physicists, spread across different laboratories and universities, is part of his legacy.

 

 

 

 

Organizers: P. Campana, M. Ciuchini, A. Di Ciaccio, M. Diemoz, R. Marra, N. Tantalo, M. Solinas

Paper timetable.pdf

Poster RobertoPetronzio-MemorialSymposium-1.3-out.pdf

9:00 AM → 9:25 AM Registration

9:25 AM → 9:30 AM Chair: Prof. Anna Di Ciaccio

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Opening Talk from the Rector of the University of Roma Tor Vergata, Prof. G.Novelli

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Talk by the INFN President, Prof. F. Ferroni

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 11:05 AM Chair: Prof. Rossana Marra

11:05 AM → 11:35 AM Roberto and the Electroweak interactions

Speaker: Prof. Luciano Maiani (ROMA1)

11:35 AM → 12:05 PM Roberto and the QCD

Speaker: Prof. Giorgio Parisi (ROMA1)

12:05 PM → 12:35 PM Justifying the QCD parton model

Speaker: Prof. Gabriele Veneziano (Collège de France and CERN)

12:35 PM → 1:05 PM A journey with Roberto in lattice QCD

Speaker: Prof. Martin Luescher (CERN)

1:05 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 2:05 PM Chair: Dr. Marcella Diemoz

2:05 PM → 2:35 PM Exploring the flavour mystery with Roberto

Speaker: Prof. Antonio Masiero (PD)

2:35 PM → 3:05 PM Roberto and the Theory Group at Tor Vergata

Speaker: Prof. Augusto Sagnotti (PI)

3:05 PM → 3:35 PM Tea Break

3:35 PM → 3:40 PM Chair: Dr. Nazario Tantalo

3:40 PM → 6:15 PM Memory and recollections

Conveners: Mr Angelo Pagano (CT), Antonio Zoccoli (BO), Benedetto D'Ettorre Piazzoli (NA), Carlo Dionisi (ROMA1), Giacomo Cuttone (LNS), Giancarlo Rossi (ROMA2), Giulia Maria De Divitiis (ROMA2), Giuseppe Battistoni (MI), Luca Biferale (ROMA2), Dr Luca Silvestrini (ROMA1), Marcello Giorgi (PI), Dr Orazio Schillaci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Paride Paradisi (TU of Munich), Roberto Frezzotti (ROMA2), Sergio Bertolucci (UNIBO/INFN)

6:15 PM → 6:15 PM End of the Symposium