Lecture topics and tours are subject to change. The schedule will be updated accordingly.
Schedule of Fall 2021 Online Lectures and Virtual Tours
Date | Lecture Topic | Speaker, Affiliation | Virtual Tour |
25-Sept-21 | Introduction To Fermilab | Pedro Machado, Fermilab | Wilson Hall |
2-Oct-21 | Quantum Mechanics | Patrick Fox, Fermilab | Linac |
9-Oct-21 | Relativity | Dan Hooper, Fermilab | GCC Virtual Tour |
16-Oct-21 | The Standard Model of Particle Physics/LHC Physics | Karri DiPetrillo, Fermilab Alexx Perloff, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Extended Q&A |
23-Oct-21 | Particle Accelerators and Particle Detectors | Cindy Joe and Evan Niner, Fermilab | Main Injector Virtual Tour |
30-Oct-21 | Quantum Computing | Gabriel Perdue, Fermilab | Physicist Panel |
6-Nov-21 | The Ghostly Neutrino | Bruce Howard, Fermilab | CMS Virtual Tour |
13-Nov-21 | Muon g-2 | Jessica Esquivel, Fermilab | Muon g-2 Virtual Tour |
20-Nov-21 | Energy and Climate | Bryan Ramson, Fermilab | Engineering Panel |
27-Nov-21 | No class – Thanksgiving break | ||
4-Dec-21 | Astrophysics and Cosmology | Aleksandra Ciprijanovic, Fermilab | SiDet Virtual Tour |
11-Dec-21 | Physics and Society | Joseph Lykken, Deputy Director of Research, Fermilab | Graduation |
All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We recommend you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45 AM and 8:50 AM.
The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break at about 10:00. Virtual tours and question & answer sessions start at 11:00; with everything wrapping up around 12:00 PM at the latest.