CERN Accelerating science

Report number	IPPOG-RDB-2022-068
Title	Re-Creating the Big Bang
Author(s)	Watkins, Peter (University of Birmingham (GB))
Description	Professor Peter Watkins of University of Birmingham, UK, gives a brief explanation of the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS experiment. In this short overview, he describes the following: 1. What scientists are researching at the LHC; 2. The LHC and how it works; 3. The main aims of the ATLAS experiment; 4. Why this experiment is exciting for science, for human kind; 5. The size of the ATLAS Detector; 6. The Grid- selecting events, analysis of data; 7. Connection between active research and undergraduate lectures; 8. What happens next - LHC results and future colliders.
Topics	matter ; exploring ; technology ; society
Subtopics	matter-interactions ; exploring-extradimensions ; technology-detectors ; society-people
Type	videos
Audience	upper-secondary-school broad-public
Language	eng
School topics	science ; measurements ; matter ; special
School subtopics	science-particles ; measurements-sensors ; matter-structure ; special-cosmology
Online usage	yes
Free keywords	IPPOG25 ; UK
Rating	8
Date of submission	25 February 2011
Date of publishing	05/08/2022
Email contact(s)	[email protected]
Submitted by	[email protected]