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Welcome

RAL Particle Physics Masterclasses17 - 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 > 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• – 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