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Welcome to Kids Day @ SLAC 2007
Talk Science with Nobel Laureate Martin Perl and Dr. Sean Brennan
Kids, sponsors, escorts and workshop volunteers are invited
to an ice cream social on the lawn in front of the breezeway
of Panofsky Auditorium at 2:30, just after the last workshop
is over. There will be an opportunity to relax and re-energize
before the final, fun, science talks.
3:00 Panofsky Auditorium, 9 - 11 year olds
Matter and anti-matter annihilate one another in
a high energy physics experiment. SLAC Nobel
Laureate Martin Perl will talk about building and
improving the monster machines that do high energy
physics. Dr. Perl, with the help of kids in the
audience, will demonstrate how SLAC accelerators
work using pump guns and ping pong balls. It’s a
CRASH COURSE! See how SLAC became a leader in the
world of particle accelerators and high energy
physics. |
Dr. Martin Perl |
3:00 Research Office Building 12-16 year olds
Comets blasting through our solar system orbit the
Sun. Dr Sean Brennan, a materials physicist, will
talk about the solar system and explain what comets
are made of, where they come from and how they
interact with the Earth and other planets. Dr.
Brennan uses the very intense x-ray beam at the
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) to
study comet material gathered in NASA’s operation
STARDUST. You too can GET DUSTED!Come learn about comets, why Pluto
is no longer a planet and why each of us has the remains
of a supernova inside us.
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Dr. Sean Brennan |
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