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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik

HL 39: Outreach / Wissenschaftskommunikation

HL 39.3: Talk

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:00–10:15, EW 015

More than just Big Bang Theory – Demystifying particle acceleration facilities for the public — •Lea Kämmerer, Gérald Kämmerer, and Tobias Lojewski — Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Univeritsy of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany

When talking with people about my job as an experimental physicist, they often have different associations with characters from popular culture. One such example is Leonard from the show The Big Bang Theory. Others are discouraged by the term "physics" and claim that it is too complicated. Physics is more than just what we see on TV. There are many exciting concepts that anyone can understand if they are communicated in the right way. That’s why I’ve started making short videos for the SFB1242. In these clips, I show what happens at large particle acceleration facilities, like a synchrotron, and take people by the hand and walk them through these fascinating workspaces. In my talk, I want to show you how we managed to record these videos as a team during the beamtimes, thus allowing the public to participate in this fascinating field of physics.

Keywords: Science communication; Synchrotrons; Experimental physics; Outreach