Film Screening and Discussion

4% UNIVERSE
Bulgaria in CERN – 2012

19:00 pm Sofia Gallery 

This film is about the Large Hadron Collider, known as the Time Machine – a unique embodiment of science and technology channeling our planet’s intellect.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The Collider lies in a 27-kilometer tunnel near Geneva, Switzerland.

It is an invention about which no superlatives can be spared. It’s the biggest machine, the fastest speed track, operating with the latest computer technology; requires the finest equipment to keep it running, and much more!

Where does time begin and where does it end? How was our Universe born?
In attempt to find a plausible answer to these questions, scientists have built the Time Machine. With the help of remarkable discoveries such as the Higgs boson, or the “God particle,” their search for the truth continues.
If such is found, scientists would be able to explain how everything around us originated.

What events occurred 13 billion and seven hundred million years ago?
When did time begin?
Was it really the Big Bang that created matter and space?

It is a well-known fact that the LHC was built in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries. Hundreds of universities and laboratories also took part.

4 % Universe is a film about the people who helped in the realization of this remarkable project. Most of all, it examines the role of the Bulgarian scientists, engineers and computer specialists who had offered their know-how for the LHC’ s creation and are working in the heart of this extraordinary invention.

Invited by Bulgarian scientist Leander Litov, a team of VIZZART Production Company, in collaboration with Dido Film, spent four days in Geneva shooting material for this documentary. We had the unique opportunity to meet and speak with some of the leading scientists and engineers, involved in the design and construction of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector – one of CERN’s main experiments.

4% Universe features an interview with Dr. Jim Virdee – a leader of the CMS experiment, who has been in collaboration with the Bulgarian research team for the past 20 years.
Among some of the other scientists featured in the film are Dr. Leander Litov. While standing in the heart of the CMS detector, he talks about what are the future hopes and expectations regarding the “God particle.”
Another Bulgarian Scientist – Dr. Vladimir Genchev – explains the structure of the CMS detector. He also reveals how Bulgaria participated in the production of absorber and trigger cameras.
Dr. Mike Lamont, head of CERN’s Control Center, talks about all the testing and preparation for the start of the LHC during 2012, while Dr. Mick Storr presents CERN’s applied programs.
The film also features physicist Steve Myers as part of an international initiative called Physics for Health in Europe ICTR-PHE 2012, in collaboration with CERN.
About the film :
Genre: Documentary, 50 min.
Format: HDTV
Written by: Krum Tonev and Gospodin Nedelchev
Directed by: Gospodin Nedelchev
Cameraman: Vladimir Stoev
Producers: Cveta Koeva and Krum Tonev
VIZZART Ltd.
Co producer: Dido Film Production

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