The Pavia group is made up of five people involved in different research fields: three of them work mainly on the design and test of new detector prototypes for the high energy particle physics, while the other two are mostly involved in the management and possible applications, either in social field or in other research areas, of the nuclear reactor and cyclotron of the Applied Nuclear Energy Laboratory of the Pavia University.
Specifically, the high energy physics research is focused on the study of new generation gaseous detectors in order to optimize their performances, taking into account the very high rate acquisition and radiation hardness required by the use at future accelerators. These detectors are usually part of the muon detection system: muons are particles that easily reach the most external regions of an experimental apparatus. Moreover, the group is involved in the muon detection simulation for an apparatus designed for a possible future muon collider.

The group is proposing a two-days local event designed for about 20 people and a final event which will take place within another public event (like the physics stage for high school students in June or the “Researcher’s Night” in September). At this time, COVID-related problems make difficult to determine the exact date of the final event.
The two days will have three different educational goals: after a moment of general formation for everyone the participants will be divided in three different groups in order to perform activities on different topics (detectors, social impact, BSM theory and future accelerators), eventually the attendants will organize a short film about what they have learned.