Lecture topics and tours are subject to change. The schedule will be updated accordingly.
Schedule of Spring 2023 online lectures and virtual tours
Date | Lecture Topic | Speaker, Affiliation | Virtual Tour |
28 Jan 2023 | Introduction To Fermilab | Cristina Mantilla Suarez, Fermilab | Driving tour |
4 Feb 2023 | Quantum Mechanics | Patrick Fox, Fermilab | Wilson Hall & Linear Accelerator Gallery |
11 Feb 2023 | Relativity | Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab | Grid Computing Center virtual tour |
18 Feb 2023 | The Standard Model of Particle Physics / LHC Physics | Jennet Dickinson, Fermilab; Alexx Perloff, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Extended Q&A |
25 Feb 2023 | How We Make and Detect Particles | Cindy Joe and Evan Niner, Fermilab | Main Injector virtual tour |
4 Mar 2023 | Quantum Computing | Gabriel Perdue, Fermilab | Physicist panel |
11 Mar 2023 | The Ghostly Neutrino | Bruce Howard, Fermilab | CMS virtual tour |
18 Mar 2023 | Muon g−2 | Hogan Nguyen, Fermilab | Muon g−2 virtual tour |
25 Mar 2023 | Cosmology | Aleksandra Ciprijanovic, Fermilab | Silicon Detector Facility virtual tour |
1 Apr 2023 | Energy and Climate | Bryan Ramson, Fermilab | NREL panel |
8 Apr 2023 | Physics and Society | Bonnie Fleming, Fermilab | Graduation |
All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We recommend you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45–8:50 AM.
The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break. Virtual tours and question & answer sessions start at about 11:00 AM, with everything wrapping up around noon.