Physics & Arts Summer Institute

Lecture Notes :

• Higgs Physics Lectures by Derek Robins (powerpoint slides).
• Particle Physics Lectures by Prof. Doreen Wackeroth.
• Mini Black Holes at the LHC by Prof. Dejan Stojkovic.

• A nice webpage which explains Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
• One page explanations of the Higgs boson
• A vintage video clip of the late Carl Sagan explaining the 4th dimension with a trip through "Flatland." And it is a trip. Of course, the weird realm of Flatland was first proposed by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novella "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions."
• The double-slit experiment presented by Dr. Quantum.
• Einstein's explanation of the equivalence of energy and mass.
• Dr. Joe Lykken's (Fermilab) lecture on extra dimensions.
• Prof. Lisa Randall's (Harvard) article on Theories of the Brane on www.edge.org.
• Imagining the Tenth Dimension by Rob Bryanton.

Visit to Fermilab :

• Fermilab's education office webpage (tour of Fermilab)

Literature :

• Art work by Gary Nickard: Pluto's Cave (click on 2005)

  Additional Material:

  • But is it Science ? by Anna Fazackerley, The Guardian
  • The Scientist and the Poet by Paul A. Cantor
  • Experimental physics, experimental art by Ken McMullen
  • Composer reveals musical chords' hidden geometry by Chad Boutin
• Art work by Patty Wallace:
  • Lightwork
  • UB Physics and Arts Exhibition
  • Article by Gary Hesse
  • 1. Article by Reine Hauser
  • 2. Article by Reine Hauser

Useful Links :

• Flash Tutorial
• Flash Kit
• The Particle Adventure
  presented by the Particle Data Group of LBNL
• Hands-on CERN
• CERN
• ATLAS , CMS
• NOVA Science - CERN
• Fermilab
• CDF , DZero
• Tables of Particle Properties