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WHAT'S NEW IN PARTICLE PHYSICS?

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Organisation:	Physics and Astronomy Section
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Date of Event:	Start Date: 15/09/2010 End Date: 15/09/2010
Time of Event:	Start time: 10:00 - End time: 15:00
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Event Summary:	The Large Hadron Collider has been running for many months and the first results are now available - join us to find out what they are. But see, too, the latest news from the world of dark matter and accelerator technology and learn why the LHC has not destroyed the world.
Audience level:	3. Everyone
Event Category:	The Universe
Keyword:	large hadron collider; weekly pass
Booking information:	Included in weekly pass
Venue:	MB550, Aston University

Event Agenda

15/09/2010 10:00 - 10:10	Welcome and Introduction Dr Paul Stevenson -	Chair

15/09/2010 10:05 - 10:50	News from the Big Bang machine Dr Tara Shears - University of Liverpool	Talk
	The Large Hadron Collider captured headlines worldwide when it powered up at record breaking energies earlier this year. Data from this machine should provide us with our best insight yet into the workings of the universe at the unimaginably tiny scales of particle physics. Will we find the secrets of dark matter, or the elusive Higgs boson? Come and find out what we've seen so far!

15/09/2010 10:50 - 11:00	The Dark Universe, and the rather embarrassing status of modern cosmology Dr Alex Murphy - University of Edinburgh	Talk
	I'll describe the evidence for dark matter and dark energy, highlighting the precision with which we do not know what our Universe is composed of. I'll then describe the consequences of the dark components, theoretical ideas for what they might be, and the experimental effort to resolve the present crisis in our understanding.

15/09/2010 11:25 - 12:00	LHC and Higgs' Boson - the fact and fiction Professor Frank Close - University of Oxford	Talk
	Peter Higgs modestly calls it "the Boson thats named after me". So why is it, and what is it? Who really invented the Higgs Boson? This illustrated talk will look at examples of hidden symmetry in science and explain why particle physicists are so excited by the phenomenon.

15/09/2010 13:00 - 13:00	Welcome Back	Welcome / Introduction

15/09/2010 13:05 - 13:45	What's new in Nuclear Physics Dr Paul Stevenson -	Talk
	Nuclear Physics is the older sibling of particle physics, concerning itself with the properties of nuclei rather than the subnuclear particles from which they are made. Recent results from nuclear physics include the discovery of new elements, precision tests of the standard model, and better understanding of the nuclear processes in stars. Find out what's new in nuclear physics in this talk!

15/09/2010 13:45 - 14:00	The Societal Benefits of Particle Physics Professor Mark Lancaster - UCL	Talk
	Nuclear & Particle Physics research has produced many technological advances that have impacted across science & society, from healthcare, to engineering & computing. This talk highlights some of these societal benefits, the perils of trying to define impact & the anticipated benefits of present research in Particle Physics & why, even in the current economic climate,it should still be supported.

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