ATOM at Harwell Campus: Explore the World of Particle Physics at RAL!
ATOM Festival is based at Harwell Campus for the day on Friday 20th March. Amongst the tours available this year, join us for an exclusive tour of the Particle
Physics Department at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Discover what we do at the forefront of particle physics research and learn about the building blocks of matter—elementary particles—and how
we detect them.
Our Exhibition Room features 34 fascinating exhibits, including retired silicon strip and pixel detectors, trigger front-end boards, calorimeters, and scale
models of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN. You’ll gain insights into the three major detectors at the Large Hadron Collider—ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb—as well as groundbreaking experiments like
Super-Kamiokande for neutrinos, ZEPLIN I and II for dark matter at Boulby, and the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment at ISIS.
The tour also includes a look at the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITK) clean room from the outside and showcases advanced detector technologies that power modern particle
physics. Also planned but not yet confirmed is a short look at the dark matter research lab (Migdal). Whether you’re curious about the universe’s smallest components
or the technology behind world-class experiments, this is your chance to see science in action!
Numbers for this tour are limited so please do not delay booking as the system will cut off ticket purchases when capacity is reached. Please do not book
unless you know that you can bring with you original, physical piece of photo ID (such as a passport or driving licence).
The tour starts at 12.45 on Harwell Campus, giving participants a chance to join the Harwell Heritage Tour beforehand and stop at the LIghtBox Cafe for a coffee
or a light lunch. Please buy tickets for both tours if you plan to do this. We will muster at the end of the rest-stop in Quad 1 at 12.35 ready to walk across to RAL.
Those arriving to do the Particle Physics Tour only should park in the Lumen House Car Park (OX11 0SG via Fermi Avenue and Eighth) and arrive at RAL Reception for
12.45
Adult ticket £3
Child ticket (18 and under) £2
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