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ORIENTATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND INTEGRATED DEGREE PROGRAMMES | From 01 July 2025 to 03 July 2025

Summer Workshop on Modern Physics (XXIII edition)

Brescia

Objective

The aim is to offer a course of study and research on modern physics, with a strong experimental characterisation, in collaboration with the research structures and professors of the Department of Mathematics and Physics of Università Cattolica.

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Recipients

The initiative is aimed at high school graduates and students, in particular in the last three years of high schools and technical institutes.

The selection will be made by the organizing teachers, based on the profit reported in the scientific subjects of the first term of the 2024-2025 school year.

Registration is free. Transport and food costs are the responsibility of the participants. It is possible to use the canteen inside the University by purchasing the voucher.

Times and methods of carrying out

The activities will take place at the headquarters of the Department of Mathematics and Physics, in via Garzetta 48 in Brescia (room 24), distributed over three days according to the following program:

Tuesday, July 1
9.30-10.30 Welcome
10.30-12.00 Introduction to the course
12:00-13:00 Laboratory activities
14:00-18:00 Laboratory activities

Wednesday 2 July
9.00-10.00 Theoretical study
10.00-13.00 Laboratory activities
14.00-18.00 Laboratory activities

Thursday, July 3
9.00-12.30 Group work
14.00-16.00 Presentation of the results of the activities
                      Group photo and distribution of certificates of participation

Paths

The choice of the paths to be activated during the workshop will depend on the number of registrations and the indications of preference that students will indicate in the application form.

MODULE I: LIGHT, MATTER, ENERGY
Through experiments in physical optics and radiation-matter interaction, the properties of electromagnetic radiation and the processes of conversion of light into energy are studied.

MODULE II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC MODELS FROM THOMSON TO QUANTUM PHYSICS
Experiments on different atomic models from Thomson to Bohr's model will be proposed, and the basic principles of quantum physics will be introduced.

MODULE III: INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVITY
The path that, from Galilean relativity, led to the development of Einstein's special relativity through experiments in mechanics and optics will be traced.

Enrollment

Registrations must be received by Friday 20 June 2025 by filling out the registration form.

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Scientific Direction

Prof Stefania Pagliara

Didactic Coordination and Laboratory Management

Dr. Marco Maianti, Dr. Ernesto Tonni, Dr. Elisa Appiani, Dr. Luca Baldini

Organization

Orientation and recruitment

Course location

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Department of Mathematics and Physics
Via Garzetta n. 48 - Brescia

The training and orientation activity does not constitute an employment relationship and its duration is established at a number of hours not less than 20. During the training period, the activities are followed and verified by professors and researchers from Università Cattolica. At the end of the course, a certificate will be issued with which it will also be possible to request the recognition of type F training credits. During the training period, each student is required to:

· carry out the activities agreed with the Laboratory Managers;

· comply with the regulations on hygiene, safety and health in the workplace that will be duly communicated to him by the Laboratory Managers;

· in any case, maintain a behavior appropriate to the environment in which the training period is carried out.

Civil liability during the stay of the students in the environments of the Department of Mathematics and Physics is covered by a special insurance policy.

For any accidents related to the use of the laboratory and not due to non-compliance with the rules communicated to the participants, an additional special insurance policy will be provided, following registration.

The Department of Mathematics and Physics is relieved of any other responsibility.

Information

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Orientation and recruitment
Via Garzetta n. 48 - 25133 Brescia
Tel. 030.2406.279/519
orientamento-bs@unicatt.it

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