Beamline For schools
Beamline for schools is a physics competition organized by CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics.
CERN invites teams of high-school students from all over the world to prepare the proposal for an experiment that can be performed at a particle accelerator test beam facility. The winning teams travel to a leading research laboratory (such as CERN or DESY) to execute their own experiment alongside professional scientists. It is designed to make particle physics accessible, teamwork-driven, and highly practical for young scientists.
SSVI provides 15 BRESSER 80/640 NANO telescopes as special outreach prices. These are signed by 5 Nobelprize Laureats, the director-general of CERN, Fabiola Gianotti, and the Beamline For Schools organizing team.
Want a chance to win a telescope? All you need to do is organise a science outreach activity in your community. This can be in the form of a physics lessonm a project or an introduction activity to a target group. The key is to make it inclusive and share your passion for science with those who have limited access to it.
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Behind the scenes
A gathering of brilliant minds
Left to right top:
Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting sun like star.
Gerard 't Hooft, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the understanding of gauge theories.
Left to right bottom:
Francois Englert, awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the Higgs mechanism.
Samuel Ting, awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the J/ψ particle.
Fabiola Gianotti, Director-General of CERN and a key figure in the discovery of Higgs Boson.