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ATLAS Virtual Visits
A Virtual Visit is a live video connection by a group (typically a classroom) to the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. A guide, who is a scientist or an engineer working on the experiment, meets visitors from the control room or (during planned LHC shutdowns) from the detector underground.
During a Virtual Visit, guides will
- Introduce themselves and describe their work in particle physics.
- Present CERN, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and the ATLAS experiment, including its goals and accomplishments.
- Invite questions from the audience.
We recommend audiences prepare questions ahead of time. This can be facilitated by viewing this introductory video.
Group Virtual Visits
Groups of at least 10 visitors (such as classrooms) can schedule their own visit by completing this form.
Upcoming Virtual Visits
Virtual tour for an assembly hall at a school. Students will be A-Level students and have an interest in the work of Atlas.
This ATLAS virtual visit for the Masterclass will be organised for Colombian Physics Olympiad students at Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia.
Visita Virtual ao ATLAS Experiment do CERN pelos alunos das turmas 10.ºA, 11.ºA e 12.ºA da Escola Básica e Secundária de Airães.
Our students show a special interest in the science of Physics, which is the reason why we requested to attend the virtual tour of ATLAS in the CERN accelerator. They are interested in acquiring a positive attitude for their future and are looking for information on research which is going to open up new fields. The functions, experiments and discoveries carried out in this research center create great interest for teenagers and many questions can be answered with the virtual tour.
Given our school's location in a geographically remote area, our students have limited access to world-class scientific facilities. A Virtual Visit to the ATLAS experiment would provide a unique, transformative opportunity to democratize science education, bringing the frontiers of human knowledge directly into our classroom and breaking down the barriers of distance.
Open Virtual Visits
We also schedule periodic open visits that can be joined by individuals or small groups. You can find them in the list on this page. Select the Open Virtual Visit of the date/time/language that best fits, click on it and register.