PPD Outreach

	Our annual masterclasses are primarily intended for those students taking modules that include particle physics at 'A' or 'AS' level but are also open to any physics student or teacher interested in studying or teaching the subject. The Masterclasses will consist of a mixture of talks given by researchers in the Particle Physics Department, hands-on practical sessions and visits to experimental facilities.
	Resources to help understand some of the basics of particle physics and for those with some background.
	Resources to learn more about what it's like to work in the Particle Physics Department at STFC.

Coding Resources

Information about the micro:bit, a pocket-sized computer, and workshop training to get primary school introduced to coding in a fun and engaging way.

Other Resources

This page contains links to posters that are or will be, on display in the RAL PPD Exhibition Room.

This page contains links to slideshows of the posters that are or will be, on display in the RAL PPD Exhibition Room.

A game that puts you in the control room of one of CERN’s particle physics experiments. A series of particle tracks will appear on our detector display and we need you to identify what they are.

Other Particle Physics Links

	Physicists and engineers at CERN use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles. Subatomic particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives us clues about how the particles interact and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.
	At ATLAS physicists test the predictions of the Standard Model, which encapsulates our current understanding of what the building blocks of matter are and how they interact. These studies can lead to ground-breaking discoveries, such as that of the Higgs boson, physics beyond the Standard Model and the development of new theories to better describe our universe.
	CMS acts as a giant, high-speed camera, taking 3D “photographs” of particle collisions from all directions up to 40 million times each second. By identifying (nearly) all the stable particles produced in each collision, measuring their momenta and energies, and then piecing together the information of all these particles like putting together the pieces of a puzzle, the detector can recreate an “image” of the collision for further analysis. Find out more: CMS outreach videos
	LHCb is an experiment set up to explore what happened after the Big Bang that allowed the matter to survive and build the Universe we inhabit today.
	The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a leading-edge, international experiment for neutrino science and proton decay studies. Discoveries over the past half-century have put neutrinos, the most abundant matter particle in the universe, in the spotlight for further research into several fundamental questions about the nature of matter and the evolution of the universe — questions that DUNE will seek to answer.