2023 FSU Summer Workshop

July 26-28, 2023 (Wednesday-Friday)

Location: FSU - UPL Room 110

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM daily

Small URL for this meeting: https://tinyurl.com/fsuqn23

Agenda:

Wednesday, July 26 (LHC/CMS Data Workshop)

9:00 AM   Opening Session

• Coffee, greetings, and introductions
• Registration - https://forms.gle/mJy7UQm97GY8ZyVy8
• QuarkNet news and update - slides
• Norms
  • Norms poster from APS STEP-UP
  • Fermilab norms poster

9:30 AM   Setting the Stage

  Setting the stage: Big to small

•   Activity: Shuffling the Particle Deck 
     What are the elementary particles that make up the Standard Model?
         Groups -
              Experienced: Identify 1+ pattern in particle properties 
             New to QN: Organize cards according in a logical way
• Standard model, and standard model
• Video: How Does the Large Hadron Collider Work? (Ars Technica)

9:30 AM   Exploring Magnetism - Activity

• Data Activities Portfolio (DAP) Activity: Mapping the Poles
  • Use real bar magnets and a compass
  • Or...use this simulation

10:30 AM   BREAK

10:45 AM   Interfering Colliding Protons - Activity

• DAP Activity: TOTEM 2
  • Slides
  • Data
  • Discuss results

12:00 PM   LUNCH

1:00 PM   Exploring LHC Particle Detectors - Tutorial

• Particle Detectors Tutorial

2:00 PM   World Wide Data Day

• Video (this one, or this one)
• Slides
• Analysis
  • Access data: iSpy-w2d2
  • Record results: tally sheet (printed for you) <--use this first
  • Share results: spreadhseet <--use this second...enter your totals when done

3:30 PM   End for the day

Thursday, July 28  (LHC/CMS Data Workshop) - Cancelled due to low attendance

9:00 AM   Discussion - Future Planning

• What are some reasons that you are a part of QuarkNet?
• What would you like to see more of in the future?
• Brainstorm: What are some ideas to include in next year's workshop?

9:45 AM   Using Conservation Laws and LHC Detectors to Calculate Particle Mass

• DAP Activity: Calculate the Z Mass 
  • Slides
  • Data/events
  • Spreadsheet (for quick total momentum calculations)
  • Plots: CMS, ATLAS, Higgs (4l, animated)

10:50 AM   BREAK - Update your QuarkNet account

11:00 AM   Physics Talk:

12:00 PM   LUNCH

1:00 PM   Options

• Continue Mapping the Poles (from yesterday)
• Explore the CMS e-Lab

3:00 PM   Prepare for Tomorrow

• Slides: Around the Ring, Around the World

3:30 PM   End for the day

Friday, July 29 (New Questions Workshop) - Cancelled due to low attendance.

9:00 AM   Morning Session

• Morning discussion
• Measuring the Z (plots) (histogram example)

9:30 AM   W-bosons 1: Lepton Universality

• Slides
• Video
• Our measurement
  • WW decays
  • Cheat sheet
  • Report form
  • Results
• Discussion of results

11:00 AM   Share-A-Thon

12:00 PM   LUNCH

1:00 PM   W bosons 2: Mass Confusion
Take break, as needed.

• Slides 
• Calculating W
  • Event Display
  • ??  Z data form - Spreadsheet ??
  • W data form
• Discussion

2:15 PM   Closing Session

• Implementation Discussion & Plans
  • Group 1 poster
  • Group 2 poster
     
• Teacher Survey
  • We are asking all teachers to complete the full teacher survey this year. In following years, we will use the shorter Update Survey as we have done in the past.
  • Here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G2V7DCL.
  • Plan for ~16 minutes to complete.  We appreciate your participation.
     
• Quick 2-question evaluation  - link

3:30 PM   End of the workshop

Contacts

• Ted Kolberg, FSU Mentor
• Jasun Burdick, FSU Lead teacher
• Shane Wood, QuarkNet Staff

Resources

• International Masterclasses
• Standard Model of Particle Physics
• Symmetry Magazine Standard Model article
• The Particle Adventure
• PDGlive website