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The Particle Physics Community and ECSITEWorking together towards new exhibitions across Europe
David Barney, CERN
ECSITE Session 47: Particle Physics Outreach in Science Centres and Museums4th June 2009, 11:30am, David Barney
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The Particle Physics Community and ECSITE
Working together towards new exhibitions across Europe• Overview of presentation
– What the public wants from an exhibition on Particle Physics (PP)• Our own experience • Evaluation of “what the public wants”• Case study from the UK
– Big Bang exhibition in London Science Museum– Evaluative survey of Big Bang exhibition
– Exhibition Content Suggestions• Hands-on• Working particle detectors • Real detector pieces• Models• Photos, Animations, Games, Simulations• Web sites• Live displays• YouTube etc.
– Interaction with physicists
– PP networks around Europe and the World – we are here to help ECSITE
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What the Public Wants
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What the Public Wants – our own experience
• Target audience for exhibitions: general public: 12-100 years old
• Many surveys done at CERN, Fermilab etc. on visitors – what they find most interesting etc.
• Principle outcomes were the same, in terms of importance/effectiveness:
1. Interaction with real scientists2. Real pieces of equipment (detectors,
accelerators)3. Interactive high-tech multimedia4. Spin-off technologies, especially in medicine
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What the Public Wants – UK Evaluation
• 2006: People Science and Policy Ltd. – face to face interviews with target audiences for UK LHC promotion – including “interested public”; production of report [ref]
• Main feedback points:– Focus communications on “the Big Bang” and the origin
of the Universe– Terms such as “particle physics” not recognized – try
not to use– People are interested in the whole development of the
[LHC] project, as well as the science outputs afterwards– Some “handles” identified, such as “Questions Einstein
couldn’t answer” and “Biggest Experiment Ever”– For spin-offs, medical applications by far the most
interesting to the public (more than e.g. engineering developments)
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London Science Museum Big Bang Exhibition
• London Science Museum Antenna project– “Big Bang” exhibition,
focusing on the CERN LHC project
– Target audiences 13-18 year olds and non-science-specialist adults
– Opened in April 2007 for 6 months; then was a travelling exhibition to 4 venues around UK
– Around 250000 visitors ~17.5% of all visitors within the Science Museum
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Big Bang Exhibition Evaluation (1)
• Big Bang Exhibition Evaluation (Susie Fisher Group)– 2 focus groups + 7 accompanied visits
32 in-depth interviews with visitors– What was successfully communicated? – How relevant to visitors? – Was the exhibition design effective?
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Big Bang Exhibition Evaluation (2)• Main results - positives
– Succeeded in creating interest and a greater understanding of the LHC at CERN; title “Big Bang”inviting
– Sense of privilege at seeing the inside story and being kept up-to-date on leading-edge research
– People saw that the LHC is a massive and complicated engineering project that will deliver new scientific knowledge
– Visitors “energized” by the fundamental physics questions: recognized vocabulary such as “anti-matter” and “dark matter” (and understood the questions about them). But the “Higgs” and the question of mass was beyond most people
– CERN experiments seen as a triumph of international cooperation and scientific endeavour – but in fact the public assumed this anyway!
– Cube structure of exhibition worked well; visitors did not feel crowded etc.
– Bulk of the key messages conveyed by a robust combination of display elements: Headlines; Large Images; Objects; Screen interactives (both textbook and games)
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Big Bang Exhibition Evaluation (3)
• Main results – negatives– Title “Big Bang” ultimately misleading: visitors did not feel that
they saw the Big Bang, with its promise of images of space, explosions etc.
– Overall picture not coherent in people’s minds (e.g. what exactly is the experiment? How does it relate to the Big Bang? What are scientists hoping to find exactly? What will it mean for the world at large?)
– Methods of particle detection difficult to understand– Visitors not hugely impressed by the scale of operations at CERN.
Just another big engineering project!– Adults (in particular) interested in risks and dangers etc.– Benefits that had emerged from past CERN experiments not well
picked-up by visitors (could have reassured them)– Paragraphs of text did not receive much attention– One aspect – a cartoon wall to explain some of the theory –
engaged younger visitors but somewhat alienated older people
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Big Bang Exhibition Evaluation (4)
• Thoughts for Future Development– People want to hear more about anti-matter, dark-
matter and the Big Bang– Basic idea of smashing particles together and splitting
off fragments is simple to grasp – and everybody gets it– People feel a sense of privilege in being shown what is
happening at science’s leading edge– People need a clear mental and physical picture (moving
if possible) of the experiment and possible outcomes – to see the significance of it all
– Fragmented understanding and confusion leads to mistrust
– Only a minority accept that building knowledge is enough; the remainder want to see tangible benefits in the modern world
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Exhibits
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Exhibits – the Physics• Some BIG topics
– Basic building-blocks of matter
– Anti-matter– Dark matter– Mass (Higgs)
1 extra grain:our Universe !
Anti-Matter:
1.000.000.000grains ofblack sand
Matter:
1.000.000.001grains ofwhite sand
Dark Matter represented by black beans; galaxies etc. by coloured beans
The “Higgs” mechanism
Building Blocks
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Exhibits - Accelerators
“Linear Accelerator” (Fermilab) “Circular Accelerator” (Weltmaschine)
“Linear Accelerator” Kit($30 from Thinkgeek.com!)
“Beat the Spiral Accelerator” (Fermilab)
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Exhibits – Detectors
Particles such as the Higgs will not be directly observed. We will infer their presence by looking at the evidence left behind – a bit like forensic scientists.
Exhibits range from tens of Euros to tens of thousands!
Sure that ECSITE can develop some imaginative concepts
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Exhibits – Working Detectors
“Spark chamber” exampleKit available from Portugal, about 10k Euros
Visualizes in real-time the passage of cosmic rays - about 10 per minute
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Exhibits – Working Detectors• Cosmic Ray Interactive
Laboratory (CRiL)– Developed in USA (Uni. Notre
Dame and Quarknet)– Detects and counts (but does not
visualize) cosmic rays– Visitor can change the angle of the
detector (to see how the rate changes), put his/her hand between the detector plates etc.
– Simple touchscreen interface with information
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=04436413
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Exhibits – Real Detector Pieces
Detector pieces come in all shapes and sizes. Some may require microscopes to see the detail!
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Exhibits – Accelerator/Detector Models
Real-size model of LHC magnet
Engineering drawings commercially available for producing models
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Exhibits – BIG Photos
• Many photos taken with ultra-high-resolution cameras (40-120 Mpix!)– Photos suitable for printing life-size (e.g. 15m across)
Exhibition in Strasbourg 2008
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14072 x 9065 pixel, 800 Mb!
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Multimedia – Animations
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Multimedia – Animations
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Multimedia – Animations
At CERN an exhibit will be based around this display: 15m wall with embedded pieces of detector, LEDs etc.
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Multimedia – Time-Lapse Movies
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Multimedia – Virtual Visits
http://cms.web.cern.ch/cms/Media/Videos/Virtual%20visits/index.html
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Multimedia – Games/Simulators
Hunt the Higgs (London Science Museum)
LHC Project Simulator (UK)
CERNland (for younger visitors)
Plus many others on national websites etc.
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Multimedia – Games/Simulators
Oxford University Astrophysics Dept.www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk
www.teilchenphysik.de/Particle_Masses.mp4
Dozens of constants of Nature fine-tuned to enable our existenceWhat if we changed them? How would the Universe look?(idea from EPPOG co-chair M. Kobel)
Heavens Kitchen:select amount of
normal + total matter + dark energyin Universe
see time evolution + density distribution
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Multimedia – Games/Simulators
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Calculate the number of particles in your own body (CERN travelling exhibition)
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Multimedia – Games/Simulators
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Spacebook (CERN travelling exhibition)
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Access to Real Data
“Learning with ATLAS (LA@CERN)” Develop pedagogical scenarios (user-centered activities) for public, schools, science centres Develop tools and support material for using the REAL DATA shortly after acquisition An educational and outreach portal where all the above material will be organized in a user friendly way
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Photo/Video Repositories and Web Sites
• Multimedia galleries exist at all major laboratories/institutes, e.g.
– http://multimedia-gallery.web.cern.ch
• Thousands of high resolution royalty-free photos available on the web
– http://cdsweb.cern.ch/collection/Multimedia%20%26%20Outreach?ln=en
– http://zms.desy.de/ (click “Journalists”)– http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/inde
x.html• Extensive web sites exist for the LHC
and experiments, as well as at all major laboratories, most Universities and national Research Councils, e.g.
– www.cern.ch– www.cern.ch/Lhc– www.cern.ch/Atlas – www.cern.ch/Cms– www.cern.ch/Lhcb – www.cern.ch/Alice– zms.desy.de– www.fnal.gov– www.infn.it– ……
multimedia-gallery.web.cern.ch/multimedia-gallery/Videos.aspx
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Live Displays
ATLAS online event display
www.cern.ch/atlantis/webstart/atlantis.jnlp
World-wide LHC Computing Grid
real-time display
ATLAS control room webcampcatdwww.cern.ch/atlas-point1/ATLASview/ACR.htm
CMS Detector in the cavernhttp://cmsinfo.cern.ch
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Live Displays
http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cmscc/cmstv/cmstv.jsp?channel=5
CMS TV – see status of accelerator, detector, latest images etc.Public Surveys Experience UK survey Case Study
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YouTube
YouTube CERN TV Channelwww.youtube.com/user/CERN
LHC Rap (>5 million viewers)
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TV Clips
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Support from Physicists
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Direct Contact With Physicists
• Most Universities include a Particle Physics Group– Willingness from many Particle Physicists to spend some time at
exhibitions• Help guide visitors through exhibitions
• Give evening lectures to the public
• Liaise with local schools for group visits
• Video conferencing to CERN/DESY/Fermilab etc.– Question and answer sessions to physicists etc.
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Direct Contact With Physicists
Demonstrations
“Fun with physics” – including making ice-cream using liquid nitrogen
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Support for ECSITE
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Networks to Help ECSITE• EPPOG (European Particle Physics Outreach Group) –
see next slide– formed more than 10 years ago– Participants from all CERN member states + experiments + labs etc.
• EPPCN – European Particle Physics Communication Network– Professional Particle Physics communications people in each CERN
member state (list of members at: https://espace.cern.ch/forum-EPPCN/default.aspx)
• Interactions.org – web site mainly aimed at journalists and other professional communicators. Regular updates on status of the big PP projects
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EPPOG http://eppog.web.cern.ch/eppog/Members.html
At least one representative per CERN member state + representatives from main LHC experiments + CERN + DESY + USA etc.
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EPPOG http://eppog.web.cern.ch/eppog/Members.html
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• Huge public interest in Particle Physics
• Significant number of many types of exhibit already available – can be copied, borrowed, improved-upon etc.
• Willingness from the Particle Physics community to help as much as possible– With designing an exhibition– During the course of the exhibition
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