Tag: Videos
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What is Antimatter? – video
Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln describes antimatter and its properties. He also explains why antimatter, though a reality, doesn’t pose any current threat to our existence!
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International Masterclasses Explanatory video
10 min video explaining the history, the purpose and the day of the masterclasses. Interviews with: – the current and past moderators from CERN – the students from France, Austria and the USA – interviews with a french teacher – interview with the creator of the CMS exercise – interviews of the co-contributor to the…
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Quarked!
The Quarked! project was conceived by Professor Alice Bean and a diverse team of collaborators at the University of Kansas in 2003 as an entertaining method of introducing the world of subatomic physics to kids and adults. (…) Now, Quarked! – Adventures in the Subatomic Universe brings subatomic physics to life through a multimedia project…
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ATLAS Interview – Andreas Hoecker, Data Preparation Coordinator, ATLAS Experiment on the LHC at CERN
Andreas Hoecker, Data Preparation Coordinator at ATLAS, explains to colleague Steven Goldfarb (U Michigan) the role of his team in analyzing data collected by the ATLAS detector. Subjects covered include the data transfer process from the ATLAS detector to the ATLAS Data Quality Control Room, on and off-line analysis, the role of the quality control…
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Smashing Science
In 2009 twelve high school students won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair’s “Best of Category” Award. The prize? A trip to Geneva, Switzerland to explore CERN. This short film made by one of the student winners, Eliza McNitt, documents these young scientists’ experiences on their journey to visit the Large Hadron Collider at…
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PhD TV: Dark Matters
Through hand drawn illustrations, this video creatively explains the basics on what we know about dark matter. Contents of this video are based on what the author learned during a conversation with physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng about Dark Matter and how CERN’s collider is helping answer the question “What is dark matter?”. Subjects…
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ATLAS Interview – Dave Charlton, ATLAS Deputy Spokesperson, ATLAS Experiment on the LHC at CERN
Interview with Dave Charlton, Deputy Spokesperson of the ATLAS Experiment. (2010). Charlton is interviewed by ATLAS colleague Steven Goldfarb (U Michigan, USA). Subjects covered include what is done with data collected from ATLAS, what has been found in the data so far, why particles in ATLAS are heavier in mass than in previous experiments and…
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ATLAS Interview – Benedetto Gorini ,Commissioning/Run Coordinator ATLAS Experiment on the LHC at CERN
The ATLAS detector is a highly sophisticated and complex tool. ATLAS physicist Stephen Goldfarb (U of Michigan) interviews colleague Benedetto Gorini, ATLAS Commissioning /Run Coordinator. In this interview, Gorini explains to viewers the ATLAS control room’s role in ensuring the proper functioning of this tool through a quick tour of the control room. He explains…
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ATLAS Interview – Tom LeCompte, Physics Coordinator, ATLAS Experiment on the LHC at CERN
The ATLAS experiment will provide scientists with a lot of data which then must be analyzed and shared with the public. What does this process entail? In this interview by ATLAS physicist Steven Goldfarb (U of Michigan, USA), ATLAS Physics Coordinator Tom leCompte answers this important question. Topics covered in this interview include what a…
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ATLAS Interview – Chris Bee, TDAQ Project Leader, ATLAS Experiment on the LHC at CERN
The ATLAS detector on the LHC will give us more and more data on particle collisions than has ever before been collected. Out of all of this data collected how do ATLAS scientists select the data that is really important to them? In this interview by ATLAS’s Steven Goldfarb (U Michigan), Chris Bee, TDAQ Project…