SAS Lecture: Particle Physics for Astronomers


Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) & via Teams

About this event :

In this talk Dr Julian Onions (Nottingham University) will give an insightful introduction to particle physics, so that you know how to tell your proton from your quark, and your bosons from your hadrons and how we use them in astronomy.

Talk via Teams at Wetlands Centre

This walk will be held via Teams and  shown at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) to get the best to get the best experience from the talk & Q&A..

Please show you support to our speaker and your Society if you can on the night.

Hopefully we’ll see you all at the Washington Wetlands Centre (Discovery Room) , a Raffle & Refreshments as usual.

 

Teams Access

We now have MS Teams (this replaces Zoom) for live video streaming of the our monthly talks.
Please try to attend in person if you can as it goes along way in showing you support for our speaker and our Society.
 
Our Committee members Will Harvey/David Ettie  are the admin/leads regarding administration and set up of our Teams Pro account.
 
If you don’t already have it we suggest you download the MS Teams app prior to the meeting.

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Talk will  be broadcast via Teams (providing no technical and/or WIFI difficulties)

 

When Who Where

  • Date:  Sunday 16th November 2025,
  • Time: 7pm.
  • Speaker: Dr Julia Onions
  • Venue: Given at the Washington Wetlands Centre (in the Discovery Room) and via Zoom (usual Zoom joining instructions), but please do try an attend in person if possible to show support for YOUR Society and our speaker Dr Julian Onions.

Our speaker

Dr Julian Onions. Astrophysicist, Post Doctoral Researcher & programmer

Julian works with computer simulations of large fractions of the universe to understand trends in galaxy formation and evolution.

Investigating the tools that help us form and analyse such simulations such as halo finders, tree builders and semi-analytic models.

He also does a number of outreach activities, giving talks to astronomy societies and other interested groups such as rotary and U3A, as well as working with schools and scouts/guide groups. He also helps with the teaching of undergraduates in some of the astronomy courses.

 

Your host : Martin Kennedy