The suspension of cooperation with Russian scientists by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will affect approximately 500 people. writes about this RBC.
Vladimir Obraztsov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, a member of the LHCb collaboration at CERN, said work carried out by Russians will likely be taken over by US scientists.
According to him, scientists from the Russian Federation who are doing particularly important work are offered to move to other groups. We can talk about several dozen people.
Obraztsov also noted that graduate students doing their theses will have access to the data and will be allowed to come to CERN.
Temporary CERN employee Ivan Polyakov said his colleagues who participated in the largest experiments at the Large Hadron Collider and invested decades in them “will be left with nothing.” According to him, this is “a big blow for the Russian school of particle physics.”
Official Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova stated In a briefing on March 20, he stated that the Russian Federation considers the decision of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to stop cooperation with Russian scientists to be unacceptable and political. Read more about CERN’s decision material “socialbites.ca”.
Previous experts clarified Consequences of the termination of CERN’s cooperation with Russia.