#ATLAS SOCCER PROFESSIONAL#
Kick off in splendid sunshine on the well trimmed lawn of the famous Stade de Suisse and with Hans Peter Beck, one of the two main organizers of the Overview week in Bern, as a very professional speaker. However it turned out to be a superb success. I know that the organizers had some hesitation and worries about the modalities before deciding to organize this match. I think it was the first ATLAS sport team event during an overview week. The visit to the Paul Klee Centre was one of the many pleasurable events reserved for us during this meeting, like the welcome reception at the beautiful city hall in the old Town and the visit to the Einstein exhibition.Ĭoming back to the soccer game on Thursday evening. Anyway let us hope that with the first data we will not only see what we want to see but also discover the new thing that nature will offer us. Of course, a physicist often sees what he or she wants. May be this is not so strange as it sounds taking into account the famous statement of Klee "a line is nothing but a dot going for a walk". It was in the physics session that we learnt that in the late Klee paintings, one could find clear signs of early top quark signatures that we evidently hope to see soon after start up. Some of us had seen many of his paintings before and for others it was a new experience. Wednesday evening, we had a memorable visit to the Paul Klee Centre.
(Image: Claudia Marcelloni/ATLAS Experiment) (Image: Claudia Marcelloni/ATLAS Experiment) Kickoff at the ATLAS Lions v. Coach Antonio lifted by his victorious Lions. Thus when I was asked to give my impressions from the meeting, I thought I should mostly share my analysis and personal view of the first ATLAS soccer game and I happily accepted. I was one of the few participants of the meetings that had previously been in this stadium and moreover I was honored to be the coach of one of the two ATLAS soccer teams composed specially for the meeting. All the plenary sessions were organized inside the VIP area of the famous soccer stadium "Stade de Suisse" just outside the city center of Bern. This time the outside ATLAS overview week was held in a somewhat unusual venue for a physics meeting.
Soccer game during ATLAS week at Bern, July 2008.