Higgs@10 Workshop
Draft Concept and Agenda
Concept
The discovery of the Higgs Boson was announced at CERN and around the world on the 4th of July, 2012. That makes our knowledge of its existence ten years old. In this workshop, we will explore the orginial discovery of the Higgs and what it means for science through direct presentation, activities, and data analysis.
Agenda
| Local Time | Session | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 |
Coffee and introduction:
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| 09:30 | Warm-up: Shuffling the Particle Deck | Does Higgs fit in? |
| 10:00 | Physicist presentation | |
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Where's Higgs? | |
| 12:00 | LUNCH | |
| 13:00 | Z-mass and more | New activity or Tutorial |
| 14:00 |
4-lepton data from CMS Version 1 Version 2 |
Ver 1 requires little calculation; in Ver 2, students can make more use fo the spreadsheet |
| 15:15 | Break | |
| 15:30 | Discussion | What have we learned? |
| 16:00 | Implementation plans | |
| 16:30 | End of workshop |
Resouces
Articles on the Higgs Discovery:
- Nature News & Commentary: Physicists declare victory in Higgs hunt
- New York Times: Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe
- Scientific American: New Particle Resembling Long-Sought Higgs Boson Uncovered at Large Hadron Collider
- Fermilab News: Tevatron scientists announce their final results on the Higgs particle
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