From Higgs to Dark Matter, Geilo 2012, Dr Holms Hotel

Hunting for the Z and Higgs boson - an IPPOG ATLAS Masterclass

Not scheduled

20m

Geilo, Dr Holms Hotel, Norway.

talk Preliminary version of material to be approved

Speaker

Ms Maiken Pedersen (University of Oslo)

Description

The International Particle Physics Outreach Group arrange Masterclasses for teachers and high school students across the world. \\ An IPPOG Masterclass is an educational resource which utilizes real data from LHC to give insight in particle physics, and hands-on experience with data analysis. \\ In 2011, the IPPOG Masterclasses underwent a substantial upgrade, and new of next year, is a Higgs search introduced as follow-up of the recent discovery by ATLAS and CMS.\\ This presentation will give an overview of the ATLAS Masterclasses, and describe the latest developments including the Higgs search.