REF2014 Impact Case "Engaging the public with current research in Particle Physics"

RHUL Centre for Particle Physics

Particle Physics outreach lectures and media engagement

The lectures are adapted to the different audiences addressed and evolve over time, to incorporate new ideas or findings, and to address audience feedback.

(Note to speakers: Please enter below the information on all outreach lectures you gave, in reverse chronological order. Only enter talks up to 31/7/2013 (and not before Jan 2008) and use the formatting suggested below.)

Title of talk (Speaker)
Event
Location; Date
(Audience characterisation and audience size estimate, if possible)

Lectures and other activities by Dr T. Berry

ATLAS and the Search for New Physics (T Berry)
Talk at Science for Society - Particle Physics course
Residential course for Teachers, funded by the Goldsmiths' Company (Charity and Education)
Brunel University; July 19, 2013.
(20-25 School teachers)

ATLAS and the Search for New Physics (T Berry)
Talk at Science for Society - Particle Physics course
Residential course for Teachers, funded by the Goldsmiths' Company (Charity and Education)
Brunel University; July 16, 2012.
(20-25 School teachers)

Ambassador for Particle Physics at “LHC On Tour”,
Central Hall, Westminster, London; July 13, 2012.

Searches for New Physics at ATLAS (T Berry)
Talk at the IOP Teachers Conference/Residential Course#
Royal Holloway, University of London; April 1, 2012.
(Teachers)

ATLAS & LHC (T Berry)
Langley Grammar School; March 16, 2012.
(Year 10 students)

Guest Speaker at “Physics, Chemistry and Materials Reunion”
St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; September 10, 2011.

ATLAS and the Search for New Physics (T Berry)
Talk at Science for Society - Particle Physics course
Residential course for Teachers, funded by the Goldsmiths' Company (Charity and Education)
Brunel University; July 2010.
(20-25 School teachers)

05/10 Outreach Talk: “ATLAS & LHC” to UA3 Retirees interested in Science, Farnham ATLAS & LHC (T Berry)
UA3 Farnham; May, 2010.

04/10 Interactive Lecturer and Supervisor throughout the 2 days for “Particle Physics Masterclass” for local schools’ A-level students, at RHUL

ATLAS and the Search for New Physics (T Berry)
Talk at Science for Society - Particle Physics course
Residential course for Teachers, funded by the Goldsmiths' Company (Charity and Education)
Brunel University; July 2009.
(20-25 School teachers)

ATLAS & LHC (T Berry)
LVS Ascot School; May, 2009.
(A-level students)

04/09 Interactive Lecturer and Supervisor throughout the day for “Particle Physics Masterclass” for local schools’ A-level students, at RHUL

ATLAS & LHC (T Berry)
Sir Williams's Perkins School, Chertsey; January, 2009.
(A-level students)

Lectures given by Dr V. Boisvert

Lectures given by Prof. Cowan

Lectures given by Dr S. Gibson

Lectures given by Prof J. Monroe, on Dark Matter

Lectures given by Dr J. Nikkel

Outreach activities by Dr P. Teixeira-Dias on the Higgs particle and the origin of mass

After the public announcement of the discovery of the Higgs particle, in July 2012, Teixeira-Dias has given several public/outreach talks, all invited, on the quest to understand the origin of mass of elementary particles, and the search and discovery of the Higgs particle. The talk (usually titled ``The Higgs particle and the quest for the origin of mass'') has changed over this period, to adapt it to the specific audiences being addressed, to incorporate new information as it became public (such as the subsequent measurement of the Higgs particle properties), and to incorporate audience feedback. Audience characterisation and estimated size is also given where possible. The list of talks is as follows:

University of London Physics Taster Day
Royal Holloway, University of London; July 2, 2013.
(50 A-level students, prospective undergraduates)

CAPS2013 - Conference of Physics and Astronomy Students
Royal Holloway, University of London; June 30, 2013.
(50 undergraduate students in Physics and Astronomy, enrolled in UK universities)

Particle Physics Masterclasses for A-level students and their teachers
Royal Holloway, University of London; April 24 and 25, 2013.
(160 lower sixth form A-level students; 18-20 A-level teachers)

Science meets The Arts
Royal Holloway, University of London; January 17, 2013.
(60 undergraduate students studying towards a Drama degree at Royal Holloway, University of London)

The Samuel Tolansky Lecture (part of the RHUL Science for Schools Lecture Series)
Royal Holloway, University of London; December 3, 2012.
(300, including A-level students and their teachers from 18 schools, and members of the general public)

Talk at Institute of Physics - Berkshire branch
AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment), Aldermaston; October 22, 2012.
(80, AWE employees - incl. technical staff, engineers, physicists - and their families, members of the public)

-- PedroTeixeiraDias - 25 Oct 2013