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Particle physics at School

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The Standard Model at school

• Use frontline particle physics experiments to introduce the Standard Model– Quarks and leptons– The dynamics of particle collisions– The hunt for new physics processes

• Hands-on-cern.physto.se (or www. hands-on-cern.physto.se)

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Award 2004

Hands on CERN (hands-on-cern.physto.se) has been selected a WINNER

of the Scientific American Science and Technology Web Awards 2004

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Hands on CERN has been selected WINNER

of the Webby Awards 2005 in the Science category

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The strong coupling constant

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Erik JohanssonStockholm University

David Gross David Politzer Frank Wilczek

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Erik JohanssonStockholm University

• Colliding protons

• Collision energy: 14 TeV

• A world collaboration with 1800 scientists including 300-400 students

• Datataking 2007

ATLAS

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ATLAS info

• Video

• Animations

• How to put a particle detector together in minutes

• What are all the detectors good for?

• Atlas.ch

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Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Stockholm House of ScienceA meeting place with several laboratories

for teachers and students

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Erik JohanssonStockholm University

Conclusions

• Particle physics experiments like DELPHI and ATLAS can make physics at school more exciting

• Education material exists– Hands-on-cern.physto.se

• Information material exists:– Atlas.ch– CERN, DESY, Fermilab, SLAC….