The Higgs Boson and the Future of Particle Physics

About

Join this course to explore the universe at the smallest distances and highest energies where quantum mechanics and special relativity collide.

Over the course of 3 weeks of lectures from world-experts and hands on seminars, students will join the particle physicists from the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment in analysing real proton collisions from the world’s largest machine - uncovering the secrets of the building blocks of the universe. In the practical component, participants will work through coding notebooks to learn the Python data analysis techniques used by professional particle physicists, progressing from the very basics, to rediscovering the Higgs boson, to culminating with an original analysis of real data. Along the way, expect to develop computer coding, big data analysis and machine learning skills that will carry over to the real world

Course leader

Prof Todd Huffman and Dr Eimear Conroy

Target group

This course is suitable for students with a strong interest in Physics, Data Science, or Computing who are eager to explore fundamental particles and forces through hands-on analysis of real data from the Large Hadron Collider

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