Welcome to Particle Physics in Plain English! |
Particle Physics in Plain English! is a public
outreach project for the "Lepton Photon 2003 Conference"
at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
in Batavia, IL, just west of Chicago. Here, you will be able to learn about
the inner workings of the universe. Graduate students and young physics
PhDs, actually studying the forces of our universe, have put together what we
call "plain english summaries" about particle physics. The intention is to
explain the world of our science to scientifically curious people without all
the jargon and fancy equations that make it seem hard to understand. There
may be some words and ideas that are unfamiliar to you, but this is your
chance to hear the non-fiction side of science fiction, where we actually
do have anti-matter containment systems, search for extra dimensions, and
accelerate particles to travel at hundreds of millions of miles per
hour. Here are the Plain English Topics: What is the structure of matter ? What's the matter with antimatter ? How do particle physicists see the particles ? The Top quark, worth its weight in gold Big world of small neutrinos The history of the universe The Quest for the World Formula/Theory of everything
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