2022 Cosmic, Neutrino Data & Higgs@10 Workshop @ KSU

Tuesday, May 31 - Cosmic Rays

08:30     Opening Session

• Welcome
• Norms, APS STEP UP poster
• Registration (https://forms.gle/VeuyjybWkgMvCUji6)
• Introductions/updates

09:00     Physics for Policy Makers (part 1 of 3)

• Dr. Brett DePaola
• Handouts:
  • syllabus
  • terrorist nukes_essay
  • terrorist nukes_assessment

10:30     BREAK

10:45     CRMD Session, Martin Shaffer

12:00     LUNCH

13:00     CRMD Session, Martin Shaffer

• Include break

15:30     End of day discussion

16:00     End of day 1

Wednesday, June 1 - Neutrino Data (day 1)

08:30     Opening Session

• Check-in
• QuarkNet update & news
• Update profile in quarknet.org (how to)
• Data Activities Portfolio (DAP)
• Implementation plans - keep in mind

09:00     Physics for Policy Makers (part 2 of 3)

• Dr. Brett DePaola

10:30     BREAK

10:45     Masterclasses - "Setting the Stage"

• A new suggestion to include in masterclass day...from the big to the small. Map of Physics, etc. 
• (DAP: Shuffling the Particle Deck - won't do today)
• Neutrino Tutorial - Link
• MINERvA video - Link

12:00     LUNCH

13:00     DAP: Mean Lifetime Part 3 - MINERvA

• Data
• Spreadsheet

14:30     BREAK

14:45     DAP: The Case of the Hidden Neutrino

• slides
• Data - handouts
• Jim's helpful spreadsheet

16:00    End of day 2

Thursday, June 2 - Neutrino Data (day 2)

08:30     Opening Session

• Check-in

09:00     Physics for Policy Makers (part 3 of 3)

• Dr. Brett DePaola

10:30     BREAK

10:45     Unfinished business from yesterday

11:00     Neutrino Film Festival

• Neutrinos: Nature's Ghost (4'56")
• How to Make a Neutrino Beam (7'36")
• What is a Neutrino and Why Does it Matter? (2'15")

11:15     MINERvA Masterclass

• What can we learn from neutrino interactions with atomic nuclei?
• slides
• examples

12:00     LUNCH

13:00     MINERvA Masterclass, cont.

• Analysis
  • Data
  • Spreadsheet
• Discuss Results
• Include a break!  

15:00     Explore Neutrino MC Library

• Getting there
• Understanding the result
• Classroom preparation
• A few words about NOvA Masterclass
• Discussion

16:00    End of day 3

Friday, June 3 - Higgs@10 (Workshop Pilot)

08:30     Opening Session

• Check-in
• Introductions
• Note: Times on today's agenda are approximate (even more so than normal) since this is our Higgs@10 workshop!

09:00     Shuffling the Particle Deck

• Does the Higgs fit in?

09:30     Presentation: Higgs@10 Talk

• Jose David Ruiz Alvarez

10:30     BREAK

10:45     Where's Higgs?

11:30     LUNCH

12:30     Z mass and more

• Need a scientific calculator? Or, here's one!
• Use a spreadsheet below; either version 1 or version 2

13:15     4-lepton data from CMS (intro slides)

Version 1: Event display, spreadsheet
Version 2: Event display, spreadsheet

14:45     Implementation Plans - Kathy Race will join virtually

• Review agenda, DAP
• Small group discussion - record discussion points
  • Implementation plans - Make an editable copy for yourself
  • Share this document so all can view.
• Presentation of implementation plans

15:30    Survey

• Survey Update or
• Full Survey (if you did not complete full survey in 2019-2021)

16:00    End of 2022 workshop