N2 – WP3 (Communication and outreach) Status Report R. Antolini, C. Tomei, N. Ferrari
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N2 – WP3 (Communication and outreach) Status Report R. Antolini, C. Tomei, N. Ferrari • The LNGS open day 2005 • The the “Quark” booklet • The LSM film • Plan for next 12 months ILIAS – N2 Meeting – Paris 18 July 2005
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N2 – WP3 (Communication and outreach) Status Report R. Antolini, C. Tomei, N. Ferrari. The LNGS open day 2005 The the “Quark” booklet The LSM film Plan for next 12 months. ILIAS – N2 Meeting – Paris 18 July 2005. The LNGS open day 2005. May, 29 : Fourth Open Day. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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N2 – WP3 (Communication and outreach)
Status ReportR. Antolini, C. Tomei, N. Ferrari
• The LNGS open day 2005• The the “Quark” booklet• The LSM film• Plan for next 12 months
ILIAS – N2 Meeting – Paris 18 July 2005
The LNGS open day 2005
• 1300 people visited LNGS• ILIAS had a dedicated stand with
representatives of each underground lab
May, 29 : Fourth Open Day.
The Labs are “open” the whole day with many
activities for visitors.
Among the initiatives, the prizegiving of the best scientific projects produced for the school competition “I’m a scientist too…”. 51 classes (about 600 students)took part in the competition.
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Open Day 2005
“Outdoor physics”
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
“The Science Circus”
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
The ILIAS STAND
- Posters with location and activities of all EU underground labs- Brochures- Demonstration of natural radioactivity with portable NaI de tector
The “Quark” booklet
• A short “history” of the projectOct-Nov 2005: First contacts with “Quark” editors (Hachette-Rusconi). Nov 2005: First meeting in Milano. Definition of format, pages, price Feb 2005: Official offer from editors. Formation of an “editorial group” at LNGS (E. Coccia,
R. Antolini, N. Ferrari, C. Tomei, L. Miramonti). Second meeting in Milano: general definition of contents.
Mar 2005: Meeting in LNGS with “Quark” director: detailed discussion of contents, chapters, pictures, etc.
Apr-May 2005: Photografer in LNGS, Journalists writing texts, getting info from othe labsMay 2005: Revision of texts; draft of the booklet1 June 2005 : Publication of the booklet
Motivation: to produce an outreach booklet for the generalpublic (Italy) describing the objectives of underground physicsand underground laboratories
Cost: 40 kE (½ by INFN, ½ by ILIAS)
140000 copies printed out and distributed15000 copies available at LNGS
Offer from editors to translate in english and reprint for ILIAS
N2 Plan for the next 12 months
• Brochure about all labs in English and in our own language
• Web pages about labs for public (info about physics, visits, etc.).
• Data base with pictures in high resolution (posters, presentations, etc.)
• Other ideas?
