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New Years Honours for Science and Technology Staff

Two former members of Science and Technology staff have received New Years Honours which recognise outstanding achievement.

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Tue 3 January 2012

New Particle at the Large Hadron Collider Discovered by ATLAS Experiment

New Particle at the Large Hadron Collider Discovered by ATLAS Experiment

Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Lancaster University, analysing data taken by the ATLAS experiment, have been at the centre of what is believed to be the first clear observation of a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider.

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Thu 22 December 2011

Inaugural Ogden Trust Physics Residential

Inaugural Ogden Trust Physics Residential

The Ogden Trust is funding its first ever Physics Residential at Lancaster University for 25 A-level students from schools in Cumbria from December 18 to 20.

Fri 16 December 2011

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UG Admissions Interview Day

Thursday 09 February 2012, 1200-1600
Conference Centre, Lancaster University

An afternoon of talks, activities and interviews for physics UCAS applicants and their parents/guardians. Attendance is by invitation only.

SPEARS Seminar: Modelling solar energetic particle propagation through interplanetary space

SPEARS Seminar: Modelling solar energetic particle propagation through interplanetary space

Doctor Silvia Dalla, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire

Tuesday 13 March 2012, 1600-1700
Lecture Theatre, Charles Carter Building (A15)

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are accelerated during flares and coronal mass ejections at the Sun. They can escape from the solar corona into interplanetary space and reach eg near-Earth locations, where they pose a significant radiation risk to humans in space and satellite hardware. This talk will review our understanding of the origin and propagation of SEPs, based on a large body of data gathered by spacecraft detectors and theoretical models of energetic particle propagation. It will...

SPEARS Seminar: Comparative review of ion pickup at various solar system bodies

SPEARS Seminar: Comparative review of ion pickup at various solar system bodies

Professor Andrew Coates, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London

Monday 16 April 2012, 1500-1600
Lecture Theatre, Charles Carter Building (A15)

Ion pickup provides the key mechanism by which comets interact with the solar wind. Following ionization of neutral particles, the new-born ions are accelerated in the convection electric field and gyrate around the magnetic field -- forming a cycloid in real space and an unstable ring in velocity space. Pickup is also present at most other planetary objects, and there are recent data from Mars, Venus, Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, Dione and Saturn's neutral-dominated magnetosphere. Here, we briefly...