Friday Flyer - September 21, 2018
Spotlight on the University of New Mexico QuarkNet Center
Located in Albuquerque and led by Sally Seidel, this is one of QuarkNet's newest centers, starting in the 2016-17 academic year with participation in an ATLAS masterclass and the arrival of a cosmic ray detector. This year, participants visited the Very Large Array and Long Wavelength Array west of Socorro, New Mexico. In addition, two Albuquerque teachers attended Data Camp at Fermilab this summer where they were immersed in the analysis of particle physics data and worked with other teachers on ways to bring Data Portfolio activities back to their classrooms.
News from QuarkNet Central
News this week consists of a few reminders, in case you missed them in the previous FF. Last week, International Masterclasses (IMC) Central sent out the first circular of the new school year, announcing dates and developments. One of those developments is the introduction of prototype neutrino masterclasses. We have events coming up this autumn as well: World Wide Data Day on November 15 and International Cosmic Day on November 29. Look for more information on all of this in the coming weeks.
Physics Experiment Roundup
Researchers at the SuperCDMS experiment at SNOWLAB test a way to extend their search to include lighter dark matter candidates. Fermilab and CERN announce a major step forward in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment as the first particle tracks are recorded in the ProtoDUNE detector. Learn more about this enormous detector from symmetry or from this Fermilab video.
Resources
According to CERN's former Director General of CERN Rolf Heuer, "We have one secret at CERN, and that is that we don't have a secret." See how CERN's history is rooted in openness and global collaboration, and how these traits will remain a part of future collider physics in this short video from the Future Circular Collider Study. Learn more about the Belle II, KATRIN, and Muon g-2 experiments and how they could revamp our understanding of the Standard Model as we know it.
Just for Fun
Looking for fun science-related animated GIFs? Check out this Fermilab collection on Giphy, where you'll find everything from colliding black holes, to roaming bison, to animated particles moving through accelerators!
QuarkNet Staff:
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu