RAL Particle Physics Masterclasses

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Welcome

• RAL Particle Physics Masterclasses
• 17 - 19 March 2004
• Bill Scott
• http//hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pust/masterclass.htm

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Particle Physics and RAL

• Rutherford High Energy Laboratory created in 1957
  for research into particle physics.
• UK accelerators - NIMROD proton synchrotron
• ? Closed in 1978 and revamped as ISIS pulsed
• neutron source - visit today.
• Today, RAL is a multi-disciplinary laboratory
  e.g. Space-Science, Lasers, DIAMOND...,
  employing
• in total gt 1000 people ( ? 90 Particle Physic).
• PPD now using international facilities - CERN
  (Geneva), DESY (Hamburg), SLAC (Stanford), FNAL
  (Chicago)
• underground expts in Minnesota, Sudbury,
  Boulby
• ? Talks today will cover some of the work in
  these centres future projects.

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Rutherford
1911- 1919 Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden
discovered the nucleus using ? particles
(University of Manchester).
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ISIS - Pulsed Neutron Source
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DIAMOND Synchrotron
To be built at RAL. Start of operation
2006. Cost 195M. Studies at molecular/atomic
level.
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Masterclass-2004 Programme
10.30 Particle Physics Today-I Dr. Bill
Murray 11.10 Introduction to ISIS Dr. Martyn
Bull 11.30 Group A1-A4 11.40 ISIS Visit / A5-A8
Q A A1-A4 12.20 Q A / A1-A4
ISIS Visit Group B1-B8 11.40 Study of W
Decays 12.45 Buffet Lunch (R18) 13.30 Particle
Physics Today II Dr. Bruce
Kennedy 14.10 Group A1-A8 14.20 Study of W
Decays Group B1-B4 14.20 ISIS Visit / B5-B8 Q
A B1-B4 15.00 Q A / B5-B8
ISIS Visit 15.35 The Search for WIMPs in the UK
Dr. Nigel Smith 16.15 Tea and Departure
(R22) Material can be found at
http//hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pust/masterclass.htm
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Competition for CERN 50th Anniversary

• Task Happy 50th Birthday, CERN
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  A Celebration
• Produce one of the following
• An article suitable for a magazine such as New
  Scientist, outlining the history and achievements
  of CERN (Approx 1000 words)
• A Powerrpoint Presentation on the same topic
• A Website (suggested maximum of 5 pages) on the
  same topic.
• 1st Prize
• Team of 4 (or individual winner 3 invitees) and
  a teacher from the school - visit to CERN and
  Geneva (probably 1 day with 2 nights in CERN
  hostel) (Funded by PPARC)
• Timescale
• Competition Deadline October 2004
• Judging by mid-November (3 Judges include to
  include PPARC, IoP and HEPP Community)
• CERN visit February 2005