SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2024 | 10am - 5pm

LONDON

Evidence from particle accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider has given us our best understanding of the nature of matter: the Standard Model of particle physics.

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• But what is the Standard Model and is it complete?\xa0\xa0

• Is it the final answer to the question of what atoms are made of?\xa0\xa0

• The Standard Model implies four forces of nature, could there be a fifth?\xa0

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Join our six experts for this one-day masterclass, to find out everything we know about the nature of matter.

OUR MASTERCLASS SPEAKERS INCLUDE…\xa0

LHCb and Antimatter\xa0

Chris Parkes, Leader Large Hadron Collider Beauty experiment, CERN

Join Chris Parkes for insights into how experiments like the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) contribute to our understanding of the asymmetry between matter and antimatter, a puzzle that has intrigued physicists for decades.\xa0

ATLAS and the Higgs Boson

Sinead Farrington, Professor of Experimental Particle Physics, University of Edinburgh\xa0

Hear about the Higgs boson, and its ability to self-interact, and the possibilities that go Beyond the Standard Model.\xa0 The High Luminosity LHC is a precise picoscope for how fundamental objects interact and in this talk, Sinead will look at the capabilities it can provide to understand the landscape of the subatomic world.\xa0

The Standard Model: the theory of (almost) everything

Harry Cliff,Particle Physicist, University of Cambridge

Hear how the standard model of particle physics was assembled and discover the mathematical principles that underlie this theory, along with the questions that it leaves unanswered.\xa0

Neutrinos: the strangest particles in the universe

Melissa Uchida, Lecturer in High Energy Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Melissa will look at the nature of neutrinos, including some of the experiments working to understand them and consider some of the most important questions, like are neutrinos partly responsible for the creation of our Universe?

The Muon g-2 Experiment: latest results

Gavin Hesketh, Professor of Physics, University College London\xa0

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Hear the latest results from the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab, which show a clear disagreement with the Standard Model and explore if this is a major discovery and breakthrough in our understanding of the Universe.

The Applications of Particle Accelerators\xa0

Rob Edgecock,Professor of Accelerator Applications, University of Huddersfield\xa0

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Rob will explain how accelerators work and describe some of the main applications in health and industry. Along with the new applications under development for the environment. He will show how important they already are to everyday life and how they could be even more important in the future.\xa0