Congratulations on receiving your offer and a very warm welcome to the Physics Department. Although we’re disappointed that we can’t meet you in person today, we hope our online offer holder event will provide you with what you need to know about studying at Lancaster.

Time	Session
10.00am	Welcome to Physics An insight into the department, what it is like to study here, take a look at our courses on offer and find out more about our research areas. You will also have the opportunity to ask your questions to staff and students. Join us: Welcome to Physics
10.50am	A choice of interactive taster talks Detecting the invisible! The physics of neutrinos with Dr Andrew Blake Neutrinos are fundamental particles that play a key role in nature, underpinning the weak nuclear force and driving the interactions that make the stars shine. Although neutrinos are abundant in the universe, their experimental study is a huge challenge, since they can traverse light years of material without leaving a trace. The Lancaster Particle Physics group is involved in a programme of remarkable neutrino experiments at international laboratories such as Fermilab in the USA. Our research is revealing the quantum properties of neutrinos and shedding new light on how they shape our universe. Join us: Detecting the invisible Shining a light on magnets with Dr Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy It is difficult to believe that writing a magnetic bit in one trillionth of a second and with virtually zero losses of energy can ever become true. In my talk I will discuss how this can be feasible. We all have an intuitive understanding of Heisenberg’s energy-time uncertainty, as performing a task very rapidly usually comes at the cost of a lot of energy. This dilemma has recently become a serious issue in data storage. Huge data centres around the world consume 2-5% of all electricity generated by mankind and clearly the advent of new technologies, such as the internet of things, will exponentially accelerate this trend. Although it may sound like a dream, it seems that the laws of physics do not forbid the recording of information with nearly zero energy loss. While technological feasibility is still an open question, myself and co-workers at Lancaster University are already exploring the fundamental science underlying such data storage concepts in the labs, today. Join us: Shining a light on magnets
11.30am	A student-led tour of the Department with questions and answers Take a virtual tour of the department with student ambassadors and an opportunity to ask any more questions you may have. Join us: Tour of the Department
12.15pm	End of the event

One to one talks

Following the event, if you would like to have the opportunity for a one-to-one chat with an academic please click the links below to book:

• One-to-one with an Admissions Tutor

Help with online events

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Online events will be live from 10 minutes before our scheduled start time.

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