Particle Physics Outreach Event for University Students in Pakistan

Friday 3 Sept 2021, 09:30 → 12:30 Asia/Karachi

Online

Zoom link: https://cern.zoom.us/j/69340680505?pwd=NUFSVFFKWWJ1M055TjA2Y1RQNzZpUT09

The event will start at 9.30 AM (Pakistani time) on 3rd September 2021. 

The University of Karachi is organizing a two-hour online program for *University bachelor students* to familiarize them with recent progress in particle and accelerator physics. A friendly competition along with a virtual tour of the ATLAS will also be taking place. All the participants will get a participation certificate.

The competition will be comprised of three activities.

• Particle Clicker Game (20% weightage)
• Rapid Quiz on Particle Physics (50% weightage)
  • 51 questions in 15 minutes. The quiz will come from the talk and information boxes that appeared in the Particle Clicker game
• Bubble Chamber Track Inspection (30% weightage)

Winners

First-year category: 

1. Sania Shehzad (University of Karachi)
2. Syed Ali Asghar (University of Karachi)
3. Aqsa Arif (Fatima Jinnah Women University)

Second-year category

1. Muhammad Huzaifa Naeem (NUST)
2.  Nasir Ali Naqvi (NUST)
3. Manahil Nadeem (University of Karachi)

Third-year category

1. Zain Khalid (Islamic University of Bawalpur)
2. Usman Hasan (Air University Islamabad)
3. Salman Ahmad Bhutta (Air University Islamabad)

There were fewer participants in the fourth-year category thus we are not announcing the top 3 participants in this category. 

 

 

**Only first-year students are entitled to cash prizes. 



Event was organized by Hamza Hanif (Chair), Syeda Noor E Kainat, Bilal Khan, Waqar Ali and Rimsha Shaikh with the help of Centralized Science Laboratory, University of Karachi.

1 Welcome

Speaker: Hamza Hanif (Simon Fraser University (CA))

2 Introduction to LHC Physics

Speaker: Dr Wajid Ali Khan (National Center for Physics)

Particle Clicker - game

Participants will play the modified version of the game for 20 minutes and they will encouraged to learned information shown in the game as this information will come in the quizzes

5 min break

Quiz

Rapid Quiz -- 51 questions in 15 minutes

Women Empowerment

A brief talk by female Phd student to inspire the female participants to continue their studies.

3 Bubble Chamber

In this brief talk, participants will get to know about the history of the bubble chamber as well as its significance. The participants will also learn how to distinguish the tracks of various particles.

Speaker: Hamza Hanif (Simon Fraser University (CA))

Bubble Chamber - Activity

Participants will look at the various photos and try to characterized the tracks of various particles

ATLAS Virtual Tour

Given by Dr. Steven

Conclusion - Result announment