Particle Accelerators & Detectors Courses and Certifications

The Royal Institution

What Does It Take to Make a Universe? - Exploring Matter and the Big Bang

Explore the fundamental building blocks of matter and the origins of our universe through cutting-edge experiments and observations, from particle accelerators to gravitational wave detectors.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

New Kind of Physics? Exploring Particle Decay Discrepancies at CERN

Explore the exciting possibility of a new force of nature through recent LHCb experiment findings. Particle physicists discuss unexpected discrepancies in B meson decay data and their potential implications for fundamental physics.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Upgrading the Particle Physics Toolkit - The Future Circular Collider

Explore the proposed Future Circular Collider, a 100km particle accelerator that could revolutionize physics by probing dark matter, antimatter, and beyond the Standard Model.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Building a Big Bang Machine on the Moon

Explore the potential of a moon-spanning particle collider and its implications for understanding the universe's mysteries, dark matter, and the multiverse with physicist James Beacham.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Smashing Physics

CERN physicist Jon Butterworth provides an insider's account of the Higgs boson discovery, followed by a Q&A with Brian Cox, exploring its significance and impact on our understanding of fundamental physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

TED-Ed

CERN's Supercollider

Explore the Large Hadron Collider with physicist Brian Cox as he takes you on an engaging tour of CERN's massive project, explaining big science concepts in an accessible way.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Sabine Hossenfelder

How I Became Particle Physicists' Enemy Number One

Discover the journey of a physicist who unexpectedly became controversial in the particle physics community, exploring the conflicts and challenges faced in academic science.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Particle Physics Made Easy - With Pauline Gagnon

3 ratings

Explore particle physics, the Large Hadron Collider, and CERN's groundbreaking research with Pauline Gagnon. Discover the Higgs boson, dark matter, and potential revolutions in our understanding of the universe.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ion Beams for Cancer Therapy - New Technologies for Treating Inoperable Tumours - July Lectures 2020

2 ratings

Explore precision particle therapy for cancer treatment, including proton therapy's advantages, medical accelerator physics, and emerging technologies in radiation oncology.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Explore how physicists' reliance on beauty in theory development has led to stagnation, failed experiments, and a crisis in the field, with insights on moving forward.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Cherno

Visualizing Physics Colliders - Game Engine Series

Learn to visualize physics colliders in game engines, covering rendering techniques, scene management, and transform handling for improved game development.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Cherno

Rendering Circles in a Game Engine - Game Engine Series

Learn to render circles in a game engine, covering visualization, debugging, transparency, mouse picking, runtime rendering, and component serialization. Enhance your game development skills.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fermilab

How the Higgs Boson Was Discovered

Explore the decades-long journey to discover the Higgs boson, from early accelerator experiments to the groundbreaking 2012 announcement at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

A Decade of Discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider

Scientists from ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb experiments reflect on a decade of discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider, discussing key findings and future research prospects in particle physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Mapping Particle Physics

Explore the standard model and particle physics with Jon Butterworth as he delves into the universe's building blocks, forces, and ongoing discoveries at the energy frontier.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video