UCL Particle Physics Masterclass (HEP Seminar)

UCL's Particle Physics Masterclass is an in-person one-day event run by the High Energy Physics research group. The programme includes short talks by research physicists, discussion sessions and hands-on activities that introduce students to experimental particle physics, including topics such as the Large Hadron Collider, the discovery of the Higgs boson and the properties of neutrinos.

Participants will use computers to study real particle collision data from the ATLAS experiment and will compare their results with students at other universities across Europe in a video conference led by scientists at CERN. The day is designed to give Year 12 students an insight into current particle physics research and the tools researchers use to analyse collision data.

To register interest, email Mark Fuller (mark. fuller@ucl. ac.

uk). The event is held in person at UCL; teachers are welcome to attend with their Year 12 students. For those unable to attend, the international masterclass website provides related educational material and exercises.