Tag: Topics
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Particle Jukebox
Playlist of lectures for high school students about the history of Physics.
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A Day with Particles
A short film about one day in the life of a particle physicist.
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Raios Cósmicos nas Escolas
The site hosts a network of cosmic ray particle detectors that can be built and operated by high school students and teachers. The data measured by these network of detectors is available for any student and teacher, regardless of having the detector in the classroom.
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« The Higgs Discovery Explained »
First video in a series of three. How exactly do particle physicists observe and discover particles? This mini-series provides a simple explanation of the process, based of the discovery of the Higgs boson, starting from the role of particle accelerators.
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The quantum prisoner
The Quantum Prisoner is a browser-based game created by the CEA with the sole purpose of making science fun and more accessible. The game is completely free with no registration required (unless you want to share your game between several devices), no ads. Le Prisonnier quantique est un jeu-vidéo d’aventure au cœur des sciences et…
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Conservation of momentum in particle collisions
Students will determine the total momentum from all particles tracked after a particle collision and they will calculate the missing momentum(magnitude & direction). Exercise of kinematics in particle physics
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APPEC
APPEC is a consortium of 19 funding agencies, national government institutions, and institutes from 17 European countries, responsible for coordinating and funding national research efforts in astroparticle physics. The APPEC General Assembly gathers heads of agencies around Europe and observers from international organizations such as CERN, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Astronet and the European…
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Spain
JOINED: 2016 CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER LOCAL RESOURCES WEBSITE:CPAN outreach webpage The Spanish particle physics community invests a sizable effort in science outreach and promotion. Most research institutions and universities in this field carry out numerous activities, both at local level and national level. The coordination of national activities is a responsibility of the National Center…
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Romania
JOINED: 2016 CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER The particle physics community in Romania is centred around CERN collaborations, carried out by physics institutes and major universities in the country (mainly: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi, Timisoara). The promotion of physics, of exact sciences and communication with society are important missions of these entities. “Particle Physics Masterclasses” is the most…
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Poland
JOINED: 2016 CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER In Poland the particle physics research is concentrated in two biggest cities, Warszawa and Krakow, but there are also smaller groups in Kielce, Lodz and Wroclaw. The leading institutions are: AGH University of Science and Technology and Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (Krakow), National Centre for Nuclear…