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Minutes of ATLAS Education/Outreach Committee9 June 1998 In the absence of M. Barnett the meeting was chaired by E. Johansson. 13 committee members were present plus P.Jenni (part time), T. Akesson, F. Close, and P. Rimmer. New technical brochure, Ana Henriques Several options for a technical brochure were discussed:
It was decided to aim for a 6 page technical brochure complementing the existing one. The layout and style should be similar to the existing one. At present we assume that the financing and the CERN assistance with technicalities like layout etc will be the same as for the other Atlas brochure. For this to happen an ATLAS request will have to be sent to CERN (to Frank Close). We have to find the leading person, the editor for the technical brochure. Several persons were willing to contribute towards the brochure, but we have to find an editor. The brochure will cover all the Atlas detectors rather than focusing on a few of them. It will emphasize the technical challenges and high tech at work in many of the Atlas detectors. It will also cover aspects of the collaboration, like how physicists, engineers, and students from different countries work together and how the collaboration is set up. By necessity this brochure will be more technical than the existing one, but it is important to make it clear and simple. The video, J. Visser The Dutch editor will not be available until summer 1999. Alternatives therefore have to be explored. A group from Louvin has made a few videos at CERN with good results. It was decided that L. Silverman and J. Visser should contact the group and find out whether they are available and what the cost would be. Judging from other videos the group has produced, the cost is expected to be around 70 ksfr, similar to the price quoted by the Dutch editor, for a 15-20 min video in English and French. The Atlas model, Tim Jones (UK representative) The Atlas model being produced in UK will cost around 6000 pounds (15 ksfr).It will be typically one meter long and 70 cm in diameter (scale 1:35) and will have several detachable parts. It was decided to find out what the price for a model would be when ordering 5, 10 or 20 models. Several persons were interested in buying such a model. Hopefully the price would go down when making several models. CERN Users Outreach Group, F. Close Brief discussion about a possible future permanent LHC exhibition either at CERN or in a new Science Centre in Geneva. Atlas slides and photographs, E. Johansson A standard set of easily available Atlas transparencies would be of great help for those interested in giving talks about Atlas. The CERN photo database presently contains only 14 scanned Atlas pictures. It was decided to start by producing an up-to-date database with scanned photographs, computer generated pictures, and simulated events. J. Knobloch volunteered to work with the database. Doing this together with the CERN Document handling Group both ATLAS and CERN would profit from a new and updated database with Atlas photos, drawings, and events. Afterwards we could consider selecting a standard set of transparencies which we could print in rather large quantities. The price per transparency would be below 1sfr.. After inspecting the present CERN database, I think would recommend a somewhat higher resolution than the existing one, which is 144 dpi for size A4. Financing The outreach projects require financing. Many ways to finance the different projects have to be found. Financing the Atlas model Financing the video Future financing Summary of actions to be taken
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