Category Archives: Physics

From Quarks to Qubits

After more than sixteen years at the ATLAS experiment it seems to be time for a change, and for me that change is going from quarks to qubits, and from a mix of fundamental research, teaching and science communication to a full-time job working on public engagement and didactics for the recently founded Munich Quantum Valley.

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Belle II

This month I became a technical member of the Belle II Collaboration :)

In particular, I joined the communication team for the German BMBF collaborative research centre ErUM-FSP T09 Belle II and will contribute to the public-engagement strategy, the coordination of public outreach, and on Belle-II-specific training programmes for young scientists, for the German member institutes of the Belle II Collaboration in the coming six months for now.

So look forward to a new Belle II Germany website, some social-media activity and more things to come soon …

And by the way, Belle II is a particle-physics experiment in Japan designed to study the properties of B mesons (particles containing a bottom quark). It is located at the SuperKEKB accelerator complex at KEK in Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture. The experiment is run and the physics programme carried out by an international collaboration consisting of about 1000 physicist and engineers from over 100 institutions in more than 25 countries.

Big Bang on Tour

image credits: weltmaschine.de

This summer, the Weltmaschine travelling exhibition “Urknall Unterwegs” (Big Bang on Tour) started its journey through Germany. With games and interactive information, especially a tour through the history of the universe, the portable module is a perfect introduction to the world of particle physics and shows why it and many other forms of basic research are so important for our society.

As you can see from the picture above the travelling exhibition/showcase features a special German version of the Particle Twister game I developed together with Katarina Anthony.