Tag: Upper secondary school level
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Re-Creating the Big Bang
Professor Peter Watkins of University of Birmingham, UK, gives a brief explanation of the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS experiment. In this short overview, he describes the following: 1. What scientists are researching at the LHC; 2. The LHC and how it works; 3. The main aims of the ATLAS experiment; 4. Why this…
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Colliding Particles – Hunting the Higgs (video series)
Colliding Particles is a series of films following just one of the teams of physicists involved in the research at the LHC. The project documents their work at the frontiers of particle physics, exploring the human stories behind the research and investigating the workings of the scientific process itself. It is designed to support the…
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ATLAS Inner Detector (Pixel Detector and Silicon Tracker)
This colorful 3D animation is an excerpt from the film “ATLAS-Episode II, The Particles Strike Back.” Shot with a bug’s eye view of the inside of the detector. The viewer is taken on a tour of the inner workings of the detector, seeing critical pieces of the detector and hearing short explanations of how each…
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Journey to the Unimaginably Small
The narrorator takes us from a 1 mm column, down to the very smallest building blocks of matter to demonstrate just how incredibly small the things are that the Large Hadron Collider studies. See all video files here: http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1128123 Produced by: Mannmade Productions Director: Chris Mann 02:30 min. / 10 Sep 2008 / CERN Copyright…
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Charge! Electricity and Magnetism
Particle physicists know how magnets big and small work and how they apply to our world. Students explore the relationship of magnetism and electricity and have questions answered about the power of these forces. This presentation is one of a series offered by Fermilab scientists, engineers and technicians at schools near the Lab. URL for…
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The ATLAS Experiment Movie
This award winning film gives a glimpse behind the scenes of building the ATLAS detector. It asks: Why are so many physicists anxious to build this apparatus? Will they be able to answer fundamental questions such as: Where does mass come from? Why does the Universe have so little antimatter? Are there extra dimensions of…
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LHCb Poster – The LHCb at CERN – Exploring the Early Universe
This is one of 3 posters designed to be displayed on university campuses. This poster shows a photograph of the LHCb experiment and mentions briefly what it is designed to study at CERN. English, French and German versions linked below. ITALIAN: https://ippog-static.web.cern.ch/ippog-static/sites/ippog.web.cern.ch/files/import/posters-it_1.pdf PORTUGUESE: https://ippog-static.web.cern.ch/ippog-static/sites/ippog.web.cern.ch/files/import/posters-portuguese_1.pdf
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CERN Brochure – LHC Guide FAQ’s
A collection of facts and figures about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the form of questions and answers. 60 pages. Color. Hard copies can be ordered from the CERN Press Office. Please allow 6 weeks deliver from date of order.
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ATLAS Event – How ATLAS Detects Particles
This is a segment of the movie ‘Episode II, The Particles Strike Back’, illustrating how