THE DAWN OF THE UNIVERSE. IN SEARCH OF THE BIRTH OF MATTER

Leticia Cunqueiro Mendez, professor of Physics "La Sapienza" University Rome, researcher CERN e INFN Roma

Michela Chiosso, professor of Physics University of Torino, researcher CERN and INFN Torino

Alberto Mengoni, professor of Physics University of Bologna, researcher CERN and INFN Bologna

Enrico Fragiacomo, researcher INFN Trieste

The conference offers a journey through the history of the Universe, from the Big Bang to the formation of chemical elements. Central is the role of technology in research: from LHC experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb) on quark-gluon plasma and the Higgs boson, to COMPASS and AMBER, probing particle structure, and n_TOF, exploring nucleosynthesis. A reflection on the technical and conceptual challenges of studying the infinitely small to understand the infinitely large.