Oslo Outreach Activities

• Outline:• Outreach and CERN-50 events• Experience and lessons we have learned• Exhibits we have used

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

• Venus Transit 06.07 – 08.06 2004 • Stand representing the study program:

Physics Astronomy and Meteorology.• CERN posters from the CERN 50 pages• PC – hands-on-cern, demos• Cloud chamber

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

• The Research Days is a national event 17. - 26. September

• Our research group participated in two of the main events

• The Research-marked and Young Research• We represented the Physics Department and presented

the CERN activities through 50 years.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

• Research-marked was the big event. • Two full days.• Title: The Secrets of the Universe – experiments for the

future• Two tents:• CERN 50 Exhibition, made at CERN • Norwegian CERN activities through 50 years.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

Lead glass blocks Cloud chamber SAT from DELPHI (1000 kg )

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

Snapshots from the preparation

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Oslo Outreach Activities

Ready for receiving the guests.

Friday morning: many young children 10 - 14 years (a day off from school ...)Saturday: many families

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CERN Norway

Screens

Poster wall

Oslo Outreach Activities

• Young Research 22. - 23. September • Visitors: youth, 16 – 19 years. • The events took place at the university• The CERN exhibition was part of the presentation of the Department of Physics. • Cloud chamber

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Oslo Outreach Activities

TV-program – 5. min about CERN and LHC in the most popular science program.

• The last CERN 50 event, so far... Closing of the exhibition:

• General public, jubilee-lecture, Prof. Egil Lillestøl.• Birthday cake for all.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

Experience:•The CERN Exhibition:

• It was attracting people, • but it needed some explanation.

It functioned at it's best when there was a person there to explain and talk with the visitors.

• Practical issues: • Not too difficult to put up. We managed to move it on our own.• Some problems with the security for the

screens, specially the plasma screen.• CERN posters: easy to print with good

resolution.• One could choose to print only a selection of them.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

• The “hands-on” things attracted most attention – compared to the different multi media presentations (CERN presentations, PCs)

• The visitors, specially the young don't have time and patience to stay before a screen.

• They are more difficult to impress.

• Most popular: Cloud chamber • simple and “live”, • it has something to do with

the space.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

• The visitors were impressed by the SAT detector – WHAT is that?• And the Atlas model – but again, it needed explanation.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

Nice example of: Hands on exhibitand Young Research

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo

Oslo Outreach Activities

Exhibits

Cloud chamber:Supersaturated Environments http://www.cloudchambers.com/

The Atlas model:Samir.Ferrag@fys.uio.no

It possible to order a copy of the model.

EPOG 10.28.04 – 10.29.04 K. Pajchel, University of Oslo