BA Festival 2007

Understanding the universe's biggest mysteries

The Science and Technology Facilities Council and the BA Physics and Astronomy section organised a half-day session at the BA Festival 2007 that concentrated on the LHC.

Below are links to the programme and the individual talks, which are mostly suitable for a school/public audience.

• Programme (PDF - link opens in a new window)
  
  
• A journey to the beginning of time (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Dr Tara Shears
  
  
• Colliders - making small stuff go very fast (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Professor Philip Burrows
  
  
• Detectors (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Dr Dave Barney
  
  
• A PhD in experimental particle physics (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Ms Claire Timlin
  
  
• Grid - a supercomputer in everyone's lounge (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Dr David Britton
  
  
• Our mysterious universe (PDF - link opens in a new window) - Professor Joe Silk