The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider is at the forefront of particle physics research and is equally committed to bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and the wider public. Since 2010, the ATLAS Virtual Visits programme has provided live, interactive tours of the ATLAS detector and control room to global audiences in their language, without the need to travel. The programme has grown significantly since its inception, as demonstrated by quantitative data collected since January 2019 and case studies of large-scale implementations in Brazil and Greece. The impact on individual participants is also discussed.
- Breaking barriers: the impact of ATLAS Virtual Visits in science communication
- Georges Aad - Centre de physique des particules de MarseilleErlend Aakvaag - University of BergenBraden Keim Abbott - University of OklahomaSara AbdelhameedKira Abeling - University of GöttingenNils Julius Abicht - TU Dortmund UniversityHaider AbidiMohammed Aboelela - Southern Methodist UniversityAsmaa Aboulhorma - Mohammed V UniversityHalina Abramowicz - Tel Aviv UniversityBobby Samir Acharya - King's College LondonAnke Ackermann - Heidelberg UniversityClaire Adam Bourdarios - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des ParticulesLeszek Adamczyk - Jagiellonian UniversitySagar Addepalli - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryMatthew John Addison - University of ManchesterJahred Adelman - Northern Illinois UniversityAytul AdiguzelTim Adye - Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryTony AffolderYoav Afik - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryMerve Nazlim Agaras - Institute for High Energy PhysicsAnamika Aggarwal - Johannes Gutenberg University MainzCatalin Agheorghiesei - Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityAmmara Ahmad - Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyFaig Ahmadov - Azerbaijan National Academy of SciencesSudha Ahuja - Royal Holloway University of LondonSonakshi Ahuja - Universitat de ValènciaXiaocong Ai - Zhengzhou UniversityGiulio Aielli - University of Rome Tor VergataArya Aikot - Universitat de ValènciaMalak Ait TamlihatTorsten AkessonDaiya Akiyama - Waseda UniversityNilima Nilesh Akolkar - University of BonnSina Aktas - University of WürzburgGian Luigi Alberghi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaJustin Albert - University of VictoriaUna Helena Alberti - University of BernPietro Albicocco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di FrascatiGuillaume Lucas Albouy - Institut polytechnique de GrenobleSara Alderweireldt - University of EdinburghZackary Lee Alegria - Oklahoma State UniversityMartin Aleksa - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchIgor AlexandrovCalin Alexa - Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear EngineeringTheodoros Alexopoulos - National Technical University of AthensFabrizio Alfonsi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaMalte Algren - University of GenevaMuhammad Alhroob - University of WarwickBabar Ali - Czech Technical University in PragueHanadi AliShahzad Ali - California State University, Long BeachSamuel William Alibocus - University of LiverpoolMalik Aliev - University of JohannesburgGianluca Alimonti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoCorentin Allaire - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueBenedict AllbrookeDerrick AllenJonny Allen - University of ManchesterJulia Frances Allen - University of EdinburghCamron Stephen Alley - The University of AdelaideEarl Russel Tang Almazan - University of California, Santa CruzAlberto Aloisio - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di NapoliFrancisco Alonso - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasCristiano Alpigiani - University of WashingtonZainab Mohammad K Alsolami - Lancaster UniversityAdrian Alvarez FernandezMario Alves CardosoMariagrazia Alviggi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di NapoliMohamed Aly - University of ManchesterYara Do Amaral CoutinhoAlessandro Ambler - McGill UniversityChristoph Amelung - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchMaximilian AmerlThiziri Amezza - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes ÉnergiesBaktash Amini - University of FreiburgKyle Amirie - University of TorontoArtem Amirkhanov - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSusana Patricia Amor dos SantosDimitra Amperiadou - Aristotle University of ThessalonikiShiwen An - High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationChristos Anastopoulos - University of SheffieldTim Andeen - The University of Texas at AustinJohn Kenneth Anders - University of LiverpoolAdam Campbell Anderson - University of GlasgowAttilio Andreazza - University of MilanStylianos Angelidakis - National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAaron Angerami - Columbia UniversityAlexey Anisenkov - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchAlberto Annovi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di PisaClaire Antel - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchKatarina Anthony - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchEgor Antipov - Stony Brook UniversityMario Antonelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di FrascatiFabio Anulli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma IMasato Aoki - High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTakumi Aoki - The University of TokyoMarco Aparo - Institute for High Energy PhysicsLudovica Aperio BellaYuan-Tang Chou
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- ANPCyT, Argentina YerPhI, Armenia ARC, Australia BMWFW, Austria FWF, Austria ANAS, Azerbaijan CNPq, Brazil FAPESP, Brazil NSERC, Canada NRC, Canada CFI, Canada CERN ANID, Chile CAS, China MOST, China NSFC, China Minciencias, Colombia MEYS CR, Czech Republic DNRF, Denmark DNSRC, Denmark IN2P3-CNRS, France CEA-DRF/IRFU, France SRNSFG, Georgia BMFTR, Germany HGF, Germany MPG, Germany GSRI, Greece RGC, China Hong Kong SAR, China ICHEP, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel INFN, Italy MEXT, Japan JSPS, Japan CNRST, Morocco NWO, Netherlands RCN, Norway MNiSW, Poland FCT, Portugal MNE/IFA, Romania MSTDI, Serbia MSSR, Slovakia ARIS, Slovenia MVZI, Slovenia DSI/NRF, South Africa MICIU/AEI, Spain SRC, Sweden Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden SERI, Switzerland SNSF, Switzerland Canton of Bern, Switzerland Canton of Geneva, Switzerland NSTC, Taipei TENMAK, Turkiye STFC/UKRI, United Kingdom DOE, United States of America NSF, United States of America BCKDF, Canada CANARIE, Canada CRC, Canada DRAC, Canada CERN-CZ, Czech Republic FORTE, Czech Republic PRIMUS, Czech Republic COST, European Union ERC, European Union ERDF, European Union Horizon 2020, European Union Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, European Union Investissements d'Avenir Labex, France Investissements d'Avenir Idex, France ANR, France DFG, Germany AvH Foundation, Germany Herakleitos programme Thales programme Aristeia programme EU-ESF Greek NSRF, Greece BSF-NSF, Israel MINERVA, Israel NCN, Poland NAWA, Poland La Caixa Banking Foundation, Spain CERCA program from Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain AGAUR program from Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain PROMETEO Programme Generalitat Valenciana, Spain GenT Programme Generalitat Valenciana, Spain Goran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden Royal Society, United Kingdom Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, United States of America Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID FONDECYT): 1230987 Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (FONDECYT): 1230812, 1240864, 3240661 Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (FONDECYT Regular): 1240721 China: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology: MOST-2023YFA1605700, MOST-2023YFA1609300 China: National Natural Science Foundation of China: NSFC - 12175119, NSFC 12275265 Czech Republic: Czech Science Foundation: GACR - 24-11373 S Czech Republic: Ministry of Education Youth and Sports: ERC-CZ-LL2327, FORTE CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004632 Czech Republic: PRIMUS Research Programme: PRIMUS/21/SCI/017 EU: H2020 European Research Council: ERC - 101002463 European Union: European Research Council (BARD): 101116429 European Union: European Research Council (ERC): 948254, 101089007 European Union: European Regional Development Fund (HE COFUND GA): 101081355 European Union: European Union, Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR-NextGenerationEU): PE00000013 European Union: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: GAP-101168829 France: Agence Nationale de la Recherche: ANR-21-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0022, ANR-22-EDIR-0002, ANR-24-CE31-0504-01 Germany: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: DFG - 469666862 China: Research Grants Council (GRF) Italy: Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca: NextGenEU 153D23001490006 M4C2.1.1, NextGenEU I53D23000820006 M4C2.1.1, NextGenEU I53D23001490006 M4C2.1.1, SOE2024_0000023 Japan: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: JSPS KAKENHI JP25H0063, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H01227, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H04944, JSPS KAKENHI JP22KK0227, JSPS KAKENHI JP24K23939, JSPS KAKENHI JP24KK0251, JSPS KAKENHI JP25H00650, JSPS KAKENHI JP25H01291, JSPS KAKENHI JP25K01023 Norway: Research Council of Norway: RCN-314472 Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IDUB AGH): POB8, D4, 9722 Poland: Polish National Science Centre: NCN 2021/42/E/ST2/00350, NCN OPUS 2023/51/B/ST2/02507, NCN OPUS 2022/47/B/ST2/03059, NCN UMO-2019/34/E/ST2/00393, UMO-2022/47/O/ST2/00148, UMO-2023/49/B/ST2/04085, UMO-2023/51/B/ST2/00920, UMO-2024/53/N/ST2/00869 Spain: Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: AGAUR - 2023 BP 00141 Spain: Generalitat Valenciana: ASFAE/2022/008 Spain: Ministry of Science and Innovation: RYC2019-028510-I, RYC2020-030254-I, RYC2021-031273-I, RYC2022-038164-I Spain: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion: PID2022-142604OB-C22 Sweden: Carl Trygger Foundation: CTS 22:2312 Sweden: Swedish Research Council (Swedish Research Council): 2023-04654 Sweden: Swedish Research Council (VR): 2021-03651, 2022-03845, 2022-04683, 2023-03403, 2024-05451 Sweden: Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation: KAW 2018.0458, KAW 2023.0366 Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation: SNSF - PCEFP2_194658 United Kingdom: The Binks Trust United Kingdom: Royal Society: NIF-R1-231091 United States of America: U.S. Department of Energy: ECA DE-AC02-76SF00515 United States of America: John Templeton Foundation: 63206 United States of America: Neubauer Family Foundation Science and Technology Facilities Council: ST/L001179/1, ATLAS, GRIDPP, ST/M006980/1
We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC and its injectors, as well as the support staff at CERN and at our institutions worldwide without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF/SFU (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA), the Tier-2 facilities worldwide and large non-WLCG resource providers. Major contributors of computing resources are listed in Ref. [33]. We gratefully acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; ANID, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; Minciencias, Colombia; MEYS CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS and CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMFTR, HGF and MPG, Germany; GSRI, Greece; RGC and Hong Kong SAR, China; ICHEP and Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MSTDI, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARIS and MVZI, Slovenia; DSI/NRF, South Africa; MICIU/AEI, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSTC, Taipei; TENMAK, Turkiye; STFC/UKRI, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. Individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, CANARIE, CRC and DRAC, Canada; CERN-CZ, FORTE and PRIMUS, Czech Republic; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d'Avenir Labex, Investissements d'Avenir Idex and ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF, Greece; BSF-NSF and MINERVA, Israel; NCN and NAWA, Poland; La Caixa Banking Foundation, CERCA and AGAUR programs from Generalitat de Catalunya and PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; Goran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, United States of America. In addition, individual members wish to acknowledge support from Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID FONDECYT reg. 1230987, FONDECYT 1230812, FONDECYT 1240864, Fondecyt 3240661, Fondecyt Regular 1240721); China: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST-2023YFA1605700, MOST-2023YFA1609300), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC - 12175119, NSFC 12275265); Czech Republic: Czech Science Foundation (GACR - 24-11373 S), Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (ERC-CZ-LL2327, FORTE CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004632), PRIMUS Research Programme (PRIMUS/21/SCI/017); EU: H2020 European Research Council (ERC - 101002463); European Union: European Research Council (BARD No. 101116429, ERC - 948254, ERC 101089007), European Regional Development Fund (HE COFUND GA No. 101081355, ERDF), European Union, Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR-NextGenerationEU PE00000013), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (GAP-101168829); France: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-21-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0022, ANR-22-EDIR-0002, ANR-24-CE31-0504-01); Germany: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG - 469666862); China: Research Grants Council (GRF); Italy: Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca (NextGenEU 153D23001490006 M4C2.1.1, NextGenEU I53D23000820006 M4C2.1.1, NextGenEU I53D23001490006 M4C2.1.1, SOE2024_0000023); Japan: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI JP25H0063, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H01227, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H04944, JSPS KAKENHI JP22KK0227, JSPS KAKENHI JP24K23939, JSPS KAKENHI JP24KK0251, JSPS KAKENHI JP25H00650, JSPS KAKENHI JP25H01291, JSPS KAKENHI JP25K01023); Norway: Research Council of Norway (RCN-314472); Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IDUB AGH, POB8, D4 no 9722), Polish National Science Centre (NCN 2021/42/E/ST2/00350, NCN OPUS 2023/51/B/ST2/02507, NCN OPUS nr 2022/47/B/ST2/03059, NCN UMO-2019/34/E/ST2/00393, UMO-2022/47/O/ST2/00148, UMO-2023/49/B/ST2/04085, UMO-2023/51/B/ST2/00920, UMO-2024/53/N/ST2/00869); Spain: Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. (AGAUR - 2023 BP 00141), Generalitat Valenciana (ASFAE/2022/008), Ministry of Science and Innovation (RYC2019-028510-I, RYC2020-030254-I, RYC2021-031273-I, RYC2022-038164-I), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades/Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (PID2022-142604OB-C22); Sweden: Carl Trygger Foundation (Carl Trygger Foundation CTS 22:2312), Swedish Research Council (Swedish Research Council 2023-04654, VR 2021-03651, VR 2022-03845, VR 2022-04683, VR 2023-03403, VR 2024-05451), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2018.0458, KAW 2023.0366); Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF - PCEFP2_194658); United Kingdom: The Binks Trust, Royal Society (NIF-R1-231091); United States of America: U.S. Department of Energy (ECA DE-AC02-76SF00515), John Templeton Foundation (John Templeton Foundation 63206), Neubauer Family Foundation.
- Journal article
- 29/07/2026
- Eur.Phys.J.Plus, Vol.141(7), p.874
- English