If you are interested in particle physics, you probably hear a lot about the huge amount of data that is recorded by experiments like ATLAS. But where does this data come from?
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But what happens in between? What happens in the day-to-day life of people in the ATLAS control room, who are responsible for keeping all that great data coming?
Am I going to dedicate my entire life to high-energy physics? Am I qualified to work in another field, if I wish to? These are questions we may ask ourselves as we near the end of a contract. I loved building and repairing experiments or things.
For many students, summer means sun and beach volleyball. During these three months they alternate between lectures and work, always supported by their supervisors.
Here are some of their stories. Women play key roles in the ATLAS Collaboration: from young physicists at the start of their careers to analysis group leaders and spokespersons of the collaboration.
We have been waiting for beams to be injected into the machine since the early hours of the afternoon, but without much success so far. Just a regular day for the most ambitious particle accelerator mankind has ever built, but a pretty boring afternoon for our entire shift crew.
An obligatory eye scan is required for all ATLAS underground personnel entering the experimental cavern. A captive audience, comprised of more than participants, was drawn into a series of diverse and illuminating presentations see the Indico page of the event , where former members of the LHC collaborations elaborated on their post-CERN professional experiences in a varied range of fields, the challenges they had met and advice on how to overcome them.
The speakers were joined by additional LHC collaboration alumni for lively panel discussions at two points during the event. Audience members were given the opportunity to ask questions not only following the presentations and during the panel discussions, but also during the networking breaks. Participants commented that the broad range of speakers and the experiences they reported served to demystify the path towards a possible leap from academia, whilst the vast majority of speakers added that they felt they would have greatly benefited from participating in such an event during their time at CERN.
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