Narrative
Research in particle physics at Manchester has impacted on the public understanding and appreciation of science around the world by underpinning the hugely successful media impact of Professor Brian Cox, which in turn has had a strong influence on societal views of science. Audiences in their millions have been reached, especially through Cox’s work on television and, with Forshaw, the writing of several best-selling books. These efforts have helped people to understand, appreciate and enjoy science, and have inspired young people to study science at school and university, contributing to a 52% rise in applications to study physics at university.| Impact date | 2014 |
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| Category of impact | Economic, Technological |
| Impact level | Benefit |
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Research output
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The ATLAS experiment at the CERN large hadron collider
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Double diffractive Higgs and di-photon production at the tevatron and LHC
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Jet energy measurement with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
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Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
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POMWIG: HERWIG for diffractive interactions
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Impacts
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Increased public understanding and economic impact arising from particle physics and cosmology research
Impact: Society and culture, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Policy, Technological, Economic