ATLAS@Home

ATLAS@Home

ATLAS@Home is a research project that uses volunteer computing to run simulations of the ATLAS experiment. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer.

ATLAS physicists are continuously comparing their data with both "known" physics and "new" phenomena predicted by alternative models of the universe, particles and interactions. These tasks run on the WLCG Computing Grid and at any one point there are around 150,000 tasks! You can help ATLAS run these tasks by using your computer's idle time to run simulations.

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International Physics Masterclasses

Submitted by Steven Goldfarb on
International Physics Masterclasses

Host an International Physics Masterclass! Each masterclass consists of a series of lectures and discussions on particle physics followed by a hands-on session, during which students analysed real LHC data and performed measurements like particle physicists. At the end of each day, like in an international research collaboration, the participants join in a video conference for discussion and combination of their results. Visit the International Masterclass website to find out more.

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2 - Education
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Teachers
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international masterclasses
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2 - high

ATLAS PhD Grant

Submitted by Steven Goldfarb on
ATLAS PhD Grant

The ATLAS PhD Grant Scheme aims at encouraging young, talented and motivated PhD students in particle physics research and computing for physics, offering them a unique opportunity to enhance their studies in a top-notch research environment under the supervision and training of ATLAS collaboration experts. Visit the CERN & Society website to find out more.

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2 - Education
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University Students
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ATLAS PhD grant
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2 - high

Press

Resources

Physics Results

Summaries of notable results can be found in our ATLAS Physics Briefings. All publications are accessible in our ATLAS Public Results.

Multimedia

A selection of ATLAS photos and videos featuring the detector, members of the collaboration, event displays and more. If you are looking for a specific image or video, and you cannot find it here, please search the CERN Document Server (CDS) database, which includes all collections.

Technology Transfer

Find out about the many cutting-edge technologies developed for the ATLAS Experiment that have found new applications in other fields.

Copyright

Terms of use for the multimedia material are described here. Unless otherwise stated, all images and video should be credited to ATLAS Experiment © 2022 CERN.

Contact

External requests (from outside CERN): ATLAS contact form. More information: http://press.cern/press-visits-during-lhc-operation.

Internal Requests (from within CERN): atlas-outreach-media-requests@cern.ch. More information: http://admin-eguide.web.cern.ch/en/procedure/requests-media-information-or-visits.

Visit requests need to be made 4 weeks in advance.

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"Particle physics is the unbelievable in pursuit of the unimaginable. To pinpoint the smallest fragments of the Universe you have to build the biggest machine in the world. To recreate the first millionths of a second of creation you have to focus energy on an awesome scale."

The Guardian

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Dydak
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Friedrich

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Friedrich Dydak

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Schmid
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Peter

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Peter Schmid

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Hoffman
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Hans

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Hans Hoffman

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Michael Price

Event Analysis Tools

Submitted by Steven Goldfarb on
Amelia Event Display

High schools can use ATLAS event analysis tools - HYPATIA, HYPATIA Online, MINERVA, CAMELIA - for the interactive investigation of data collected by the experiment to make discoveries like physicists do. The aim of these tools is to give students a better understanding of how particle detectors work and the physics being studied at ATLAS. Such programmes can be run independently or in the framework of International Masterclasses.

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2 - Education
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Activity
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Secondary Students
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event displays
classroom
masterclasses
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4 - low

Event Analysis Tools

Camelia Event Display

High schools can use ATLAS event analysis tools - HYPATIA, HYPATIA Online, MINERVA - for the interactive investigation of data collected by the experiment to make discoveries like physicists do. The aim of these tools is to give students a better understanding of how particle detectors work and the physics being studied at ATLAS. Such programmes can be run independently or in the framework of International Masterclasses.