2017 CMS e-Lab Workshop @ Syracuse

Submitted by ShaneWood
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Syracuse University QuarkNet Center

August 21-23, 2017
Physics Building, Room 104 (Monday) & Room 208 (Tues-Wed)

Objectives

Participating teaches will be able to:

  • Identify particles colliding and emerging from collisions at the LHC from CMS data.
  • Interpret the physical meaning of plots created from CMS data in light of conservation rules (energy, momentum, charge).
  • Ask and answer questions about the physics of high energy collisions using CMS data. 

We will also provide opportunities to engage in critical dialogue among teaching colleagues about what they learn in the workshop.

Agenda

Monday August 21
Physics - Room 104

08:30     Welcome, Intros

09:00     CMS e-Lab registration, Shane
                 (If you have not done so already)
                 > QuarkNet accounts 
                    (you need 2 kinds)
                 > Update profile on QN site
                 > QuarkNet updates

09:30     Cosmic Ray Detector:
                 > Set up, test

10:45     Q & A Session with mentors
                 > Steve's slides

11:45     Break

12:00     Lecture: Solar Eclipse
                 > Carl Rosenzweig

12:45     Lunch

13:15     Move to Quad - Eclipse Viewing
                 > 13:17 - 15:53
                 > peak @ 14:38

14:55     CRMD Flux Analysis 

15:45     End of day

 

Wednesday August 23
Physics - Room 208

08:30     Morning Discussion,
              Plan for Today

08:45     Q&A Session - Poster topics

09:45     CMS e-Lab work time

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Poster Presentations

14:00     Implementation Discussion
                 > Implement - Group 1 Poster
                 > Implement - Group 2 Poster

14:30     Implementation survey &
              Workshop Evaluation

15:00     End of Workshop

 

Tuesday August 22
Physics - Room 208

08:30     Morning Discussion,
              Plan for Today

08:40      CMS e-Lab worksop begins:
                Introduction/Objectives/
                Overview/Data Porfolio

09:30     Talk: The CMS Detector
                  Matt Rudolph

10:30     Break

10:45     Level 1 Data Portfolio Activity:
                 > Mass of Pennies 
                 > Spreadsheet
                 > Shodor Histogram

11:00     Activity: Particle Cards

11:30     Reminder of Activity:  Z mass
                 > Quick revisit of activity

12:00     LUNCH

13:00     Introducation to CMS e-Lab

  • Explore the e-Lab: quick tour
  • Produce mass plots for Z boson
    Explore zooming, scaling, etc.
  • Produce a plot using
    Correlated charts
  • Explore posters
  • Brainstorm topic for research

14:00     CMS e-Lab work time
                 > Research topics
                 > Analyze data
                 > Build poster (begin)

15:30     End of Day 

                

 

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