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While we can’t have everyone on site for our residential Particle Physics Summer School we can share with you the associated exciting programme of lectures over three days: Wednesday 14 July – Friday 16 July.
Over the course of three days, join us for seven talks and two workshops delivered by academics from Queen Mary University of London. All sessions are designed to be accessible to able GCSE and A Level students who are all welcome. Please see the timetable below for more details.
All of the sessions will be held via a Zoom webinar. To attend the virtual Particle Physics Summer School, participants must register in advance using the form below. Only one registration is needed to attend all of the sessions as they will be delivered using the same Zoom link. If you cannot make some or all of the sessions but would like to watch them, please still sign up to receive a follow-up link to watch the session at a later date.
| Session | Title | Content | Date | Time | Duration | Speaker |
| Lecture | Introduction to Particle Physics | From ancient Greece to the modern day, how our understanding of what our world is made from has changed. | 14/7/21 | 15:00 | 45 minutes | Dr Ben Still |
| Lecture | Particle Detectors | Spark counters, GM tubes, bubble/cloud chambers and modern detectors | 14/7/21 | 17:00 | 45 minutes | Dr Alison Elliot |
| Lecture | Particle Accelerators | Electric fields, magnetic fields, linacs, cyclotrons, synchrotrons and the Large Hadron Collider. | 15/7/21 | 09:15 | 45 minutes | Dr Ulla Blumenschein |
| Lecture | Particle physics in the wider world | Explaining how particle physics diagnoses and treats medical conditions, and make the world wide web work | 15/7/21 | 11:00 | 45 minutes | Prof. Peter Hobson |
| Lecture | Higgs Boson and beyond | What is the Higgs Boson and what comes next? | 15/7/21 | 13:30 | 45 minutes | Dr Seth Zenz |
| Workshop | Feynman Dominoes Workshop | In this session Dr Seth Zenz will guide you through a game which uses graphical calculation tools called Feynman diagrams to teach you more about the Higgs Boson. | 15/7/21 | 15:15 | 45 minutes | Dr Seth Zenz |
| Lecture | Neutrinos | Ghostly particles, changing oscillation and the beginning of the Universe. | 16/7/21 | 09:15 | 45 minutes | Dr Linda Cremonesi |
| Workshop | LEGO QCD | Understanding the strong force and colour charge using LEGO. | 16/7/21 | 11:00 | 45 minutes | Dr Ben Still |
| Lecture | CERN Tour and Career Talk | What is it like to be a research physicist and how do you become one. | 16/7/21 | 13:30 | 45 minutes | Dr Marcella Bona |
Header image (c) Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo
