LHC Masterclass Library 2014

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Die CMS Masterclass für Netzwerk Teilchenwelt

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Tiny URL für diese Seite: http://tinyurl.com/cms-mc-nt.

Vervendung der WZH Messung 

Notiz: Helfen Sie mir mit meinem Deutsch! Please send corrections to Ken Cecire and he will fix the text!

Schritt 0 - Materialien

Sie benötigen diese Materialien für die Masterclass:

  • Je 2 SchülerInnen 1 Computer mit Internet
  • Zip ordner, wenn in der Klasse kein internet vorhanden ist
  • Folien für Messungsvorbereitung (Englisch)
  • Cheat Sheet (Hilfsblatt) - für SchülerInnen ausdrucken, wenn möglich in Farbe
  • Waage und kleinen Gewichten (z.B. Knöpfe, Münzen, oder Bonbons)
  • 2 Schüsseln (am besten aus Plastik)
  • Haftnotizen 

Schritt 1 - SchülerInnen vorbereiten

 

Schritt 2 - Die Messung

In Gruppen von zwei SchülerInnen teilen sich ein Computer für die WZH Messung. Eine Gruppe bearbeitet 100 Events: Gruppe 1 - Events 1-100, Gruppe 2 - Events 101-200, usw. Die Events sind in Spy-online zu finden. SchülerInnen finden W+, W-, Z, und H Kandidaten und tragen die Resultate in eine Tabelle oder ein Zählblatt ein (zu finden unter). Wenn ein Z-Kandidat oder ein Higgs-Kandidat gefunden wurde, soll in die Tabelle eine Masse in GeV eingetragen werden. Die Massen sind auch am Zählblatt gedruckt.

Für die Zahlen der W+ und W- Kandidaten, legen die SchülerInnen kleine Gewichte für jedes W+ (W-) in die W+ (W-) Schlüssel.

Für jeden Z- oder H-Kandidat, befestigen die SchülerInnen eine Haftnotiz an die Massegrafik (2 GeV Intervalle). Die Massegrafik kann an der Wand oder einem Fenster angebracht sein.

Hinweis: Benutzen Sie die "Offline-Option" wenn die  Anzahl der SchülerInnen nicht groß ist. Das ist besser für das direkte Verständnis der Messung.

Die "W-Waage" - 1 bonbon ist für 1 W+ oder W-.

Die Massengrafik an der Wand wird machten auf Haftnotizen.

Schritt 3 - Diskussion

Die Waage benutzen Sie für die W+/W- Messung. Fragen:

  • Was ist die Ladung des Protons? Was ist die Ladung der Quarks im Proton?
  • Ist W+/W- = 1? Warum, warum nicht?
  • Bei CMS ist das Verhältnis W+/W- = 1.4. Wie nähe sind wir dem?

Die Massegafik wird Peaks für J/Psi, Upsilon, und Z beinhalten. Helfen Sie den SchülerInnen diese zu erkennen. Gibt es einen Mini-Peak für das Higgs? Diskussionsthemen:

  • Die Teilchen
  • Die Masse der Resonanzen
  • Statistik


CMS Masterclass SeiteMittel und Kontakt

Spreadsheet Trouble

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Submitted by kcecire on Mon, 03/17/2014 - 12:25

There is a link to this page in the Scratchpad section of your main spreadsheet.

This page is to use in case a CMS Masterclass Institute has difficulty with its the online spreadsheet. Please use the alternative spreadsheets below ONLY if the orginal, main spreadsheet for your masterclass and videconference is stalling due to high traffic or is otherwise rendered to difficult to use.

 

Read first...

Use of backups if main spreadsheet linked above is slowed down by heavy traffic:

If there are many users, the Google online spreadsheets we use can experience significant delays due to heavy traffic. Please use these backup solutions ONLY if your students experience this problem. 

Online solution:

  1. Find one of the single-use online spreadsheets below; check that it is not being used by another group. If it is, try another.
  2. Once you have an unused spreadsheet, put the name of your Institute at the top of of the Scratchpad page.
  3. Have students enter results in Data_A or Data_B just as they would in the main spreadsheet.
  4. When students are finished (30 min or more before videoconference), proceed with steps 5 and 6.
  5. Carefully transfer the numbers from line 32 (Institute Totals) in the Results tab of your backup spreadsheet to a blank line above Institute Totals in the Results tab for your Institute in the main spreadsheet.
  6. Carefully transfer the non-zero numbers from the totals in the Massplot tab of your backup spreadsheet (line 49) to a blank line above line 42 in the Massplot tab for your Institute. Be sure each number goes above the correct mass.
  7. If everything transfers properly, you should be able to use the main spreadsheet in your physics discussion and in the videoconference.
  8. If you are unable to properly transfer results, use the backup in your physics discussion and show it on the Vidyo shared desktop when you make your rpeort in the videoconference.

Offline solution:

  1. Find this link below: "Download xls for local use"
  2. Download the spreadsheet for each computer used by students in data analysis.
  3. Students should find their datasets in Data_A or Data_B and analyze as they would with the main online spreadsheet.
  4. When each pair of students is finished, they should carefully transfer the numbers that appear in a single line in the Results tab of their local spreadhseet to the same line in the Results tab for your Institute in the main online spreadsheet.
  5. Students should carefully transfer the non-zero numbers from the totals in the Massplot tab of thie local spreadsheet (line 49) to a blank line above line 42 in the Massplot tab for your Institute in the main online spreadsheet. They must be sure each number goes above the correct mass.
  6. If everything transfers properly, you should be able to use the main spreadsheet in your physics discussion and in the videoconference.
In both cases above, please allow extra time to arrange a solution and to transfer data, even if you have to start analysis a little late and stop it a little early. Be sure you leave 30 minutes before the videoconference to discuss results with students.

 

Online alternative spreadsheets

* Already used.

** Appears to be in use.

Note: Spreadsheets are open to edit, not only for student data analysis but for mentors and tutors to repair any issues.

 

Download

Download xls for local use.

 

Need more?

If you have questions or continued problems, please contact Ken Cecire.

 

 

CMS Masterclass 2014 Documentation

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Submitted by kcecire on Thu, 02/13/2014 - 10:11
This document in PDF form: Download here. 
 
 

CMS WZH Measurement 

 
Created by K. Cecire, T. McCauley, QuarkNet LHC fellows 
 
The CMS WZH measurement is supported for International Masterclasses. 
 
Languages supported: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish 
 
Contents:
 
  • Students use event display of (mostly) leptonic decays to determine
    • lepton ID (electron, muon),
    • likely particle ID (W, Z, zoo, Higgs),
    • charge if W, using curvature of electron or muon tracks,
    • and masses if Z or Higgs candidates (taken from spreadsheet).
  • Students use particle counts to find e/µ and W+/W- ratios.
  • Students create mass plots. They find the mass of the Z boson and a possible Higgs signal but also other peaks in the mass plot to reveal additional particles.
  • Students use the iSpy-online event display (or iSpy-dvd if there is insufficient internet bandwidth) and a Google online spreadsheet. Instructional screencasts are available for iSpy-online and iSpy-dvd (on DVD).
Dataset: There are 3000 dilepton events from CMS, made up of W, Z, J/Ψ, upsilon, background, and few Higgs (H) candidates. Only W, Z, H, and background are intitially revealed to students; other particles are discovered by them and explained by mentor. 

 

Requirements

 

for hardware and software
Online:

  • Reliable, high-speed internet connection
  • Up-to-date version of Firefox, Chrome, or Safari
Offline:
  • Masterclass DVD 2014
  • Firefox 6.0 or higher only
  • Spreadsheet (e.g. MS Excel)
  • Work out a system for data transfer from student level to institute level and then for transmission of results to moderators
  • Note: Moderators cannot show institute mass plot results in the videoconference. The mentor should share the institute mass plot through shared desktop. (In the Fermilab-based masterclass, there is an Indico page for the videoconference and the mentor can upload material such as a mass plot by means of a modification key.)
 

Outline of the day

This is not a final schedule but an outline for most U.S. institutes.
  • Arrival/Registration (~30 min)
  • Cloud chamber, e/m apparatus, or other "gateway experience" apparatus setup for students to inspect
  • Start and Ice-breaker activity (~30 min)
    • Students in small groups create 1-2 good questions about particle physics and/or LHC. Where practical, groups should be made of students from different schools.
  • Mentor presentation
    • Template (~60 min, including Q&A)
  • Tour of facilities/labs/cool stuff (~45 min)
  • Analysis preparation (1-2 teachers facilitate; ~60 min, including Q&A)
    • Presentation
    • CMS data analysis slides (beta)
    • ATLAS data analysis slides (beta)
    • Guided practice with discussion
  • Lunch with a physicist (~60 min)
  • Data Analysis (~90 min)
  • Pre-conference (~30 min)
    • Students and mentor discuss meaning of analysis results.
    • Students and mentor discuss questions for other institutes.
    • Revisit questions from ice-breaker, discuss which to ask in video conference.
  • Designated IT expert preps video connection.
  • Videoconference (~30 min)
    • Greetings
    • Presentation of results
    • Discussion of results
    • Q&A
  • Summing up and evaluation (~15 min)
Student tasks: 
  • Each pair of students analyzes a set of 100 events
  • For each event, distinguish between electron and muon decay and between W+, W-, Z candidate, Higgs candidate, and zoo.
  • Record into Google spreadsheet
  • Be prepared to discuss in Masterclass Institute and in videoconference; prepare good questions.

 

Student procedure

  • Pairs of students are assigned sets of 100 events to analyze in iSpy-online or iSpy-dvd.
  • Event sets are found in the event display (http://www.i2u2.org/elab/cms/event-display) by choosing the folder icon (top left).
  • A window appears. On the right side, students first choose "masterclass-2014" and then their event set (labelled masterclass_1, masterclass_2, etc.).
  • Students also open the Google spreadsheet for their masterclass, find the tab for their Institute, and then scroll down to the area dedicated to their event set (also labelled masterclass_1, masterclass_2, etc.).
  • Note: All institutes are strongly encouraged to use the provided Google spreadsheet rather than a local spreadsheet. The Google spreadsheet provided online is designed to facilitate transfer of results from students to mentors to moderators near-automatically. These are linked at the CMS Library page (scroll down to Data Analysis).
 
Open iSpy-online event display. The "mc" in dataset labels shown have been replaced with "masterclass" for
greater clarity.
 
Open Google spreadsheet.
 
Students use event display of (mostly) leptonic decays to determine
  • Lepton ID (electron, muon). This is to characterize the event, not a individual particles.
    • If the event has one muon track (long, red) or two muon tracks (actually likely a muon-antimuon pair) it is a single muon event.
    • If the event has one electron track (short, red) or two electron track (actually likely an electron-positron pair) is is a single electron event.
  • Likely particle ID (W, Z, zoo, Higgs)
    • W candidate appears as a single electron track or muon track and a missing Et vector (yellow arrow, always transverse to beamline)
    • Z candidate appears as 2 muons or 2 electrons; it is not always a Z. It may or may not have missing Et in the event.
    • Suspected Higgs (H); these are rare but noteworthy. Events show as
      • H→ZZ: 2 electrons and 2 muons, or 4 electrons, or 4 muons.
      • H→γγ: no electron tracks but 2 large energy deposits (seen as towers) in ECal.
    • Zoo events are "none of the above" but there can be interesting events among these.
  • Charge if W, using curvature of electron or muon tracks (it helps to zoom in and to use a paper straight edge)
  • Mass if Z or H candidate (taken from spreadsheet)
Adjust event settings to get x-y view for track curvature in case of W candidates.
 
Candidate W+ → e+ + νe .
 
 
Candidate W- → μ- + anti-νμ .
 
Candidate Z → e+ + e- .
 
Students enter all data as "1's" into the online spreadsheet in the Data tab for their Masterclass Institute (e.g. Data Padova). Each line is for an event and has an event number corresponding to event numbers in the iSpy-online event display.
  • The student enters a "1" in the line to indicate an electron or a muon event.
  • She or he enters another "1" to discriminate between W+, W-, W (unknown charge), Z cand, ZZ cand, or zoo.
  • Students should only enter "1's", not other numbers.
  • Totals are made at the bottom of each section of 100 events in the spreadsheet tab. (Students should work in pairs, with each pair assigned a computer and 100 events to analyze.)
  • Totals for all students in the Masterclass Institute are automatically transferred to the Results tab for the Institute. Institute totals are then transferred automatically to the Moderators tab for all Institutes sharing a particular videconference.
  • Place "1's" to indicate parent particle data. Totals appear after last line of set. Next set (masterclass_2) follows, with a new background color. See below.
Data entered into spreadsheet.
 
  • When a student enters a "1" for "Z cand" or "H cand", an invariant mass will appear in the line. The student should then
    • Round the mass to the nearest odd number value in GeV (e.g. 89.4 rounds to 89, as above).
    • Go the the Massplot tab for his or her institute (e.g. Massplot Manhattan, as below) and find the rounded odd mass in the massplot data table. The student enters a "1" just above that mass. If there are any "1's" there already, the student adds his or hers just above the highest "1".
  • The total of number of events at each mass is then automatically transferred to the mass plot in the Results tab.
Enter masses in the "Trapp plot" on the Massplot page. They transfer to a clean mass plot (appears in Results tab).
 
  • These numbers are also transferred to the Moderators tab for the mass plot for all Institutes sharing the videoconference.
  • There should be more peaks in the mass plot than just the peak for the Z boson.
  • Students have 60-90 minutes to analyze data. The mentor must reserve time for a discussion of results prior to the videoconference. This is more important than finishing the data analysis: once it is time for the all-hands discussion, student analysis must stop and the group should use whatever results they have at that point.
 

Presentation of results

The mass plot and summary of results are automatically built in the Institute Mass Plot tab and the Institute Results tab of the spreadsheet. The mass plot will show not only a Z peak but also peaks due to other particles. The results will show the numbers of electron, muon, W+, W-, W (unknown charge), Z cand, H cand, and zoo events plus the key rations e/mu and W+/W-. The mentor should project the mass plot and the count/ratio results and discuss their signficance with students. The mentor should also help the students to generate questions for the videoconference or other later discussion. 
 

Sample questions

In discussion, the moderator might ask students
  • How many peaks are there in the mass plot?
  • Where is the Z peak? What is the mass of the Z boson?
  • What do the other peaks mean?
  • Is there anything interesting in the 120-130 GeV range? What is it?
  • What is the ratio of electrons to muons? Is it close to what we should expect?
  • What is the W+/W- ratio? What should it be?
In the videoconference, studenta might ask questions like
  • Why are the widths or heights or numbers of peaks different from one Institute to the next?
  • Why do different Institutes get different ratios? How did they identify electrons or muons or W candidates or Z candidates or zoo events? How did they measure charge for W candidates?
  • Now that the Tevatron is shut down, what do you do at Fermilab?
  • Is it boring at CERN when the LHC is not running?
  • Why did you become a physicist?
...and better questions which only students can create. 
 
 

Moderators

Fermilab-based moderators should refer to the FNAL Masterclass 2014 Moderators page.
 
All moderators should note the following.
As long as all groups use the Google spreadsheets, moderators do not need to look for uploads from any of the masterclass institutes or make histograms on their own. There is one Google spreadsheet for each set of masterclass institutes participating in a single videconference. Each institute has 3 tabs in that spreadsheet:
  • Data - students record W or Z candidates, e or µ events, Z candidates, and "zoo" events. Choosing Z candidates results in masses popping up, which student round the the nearest odd number.
  • Results - numbers of different types of particles are automatically transferred here; e/µ and W+/W- are calculated for the whole institute.
  • Massplot - when a student gets a Z candidate mass and rounds it to the nearest odd integral value, he/she goes to this tab to place a "1" above that value. This builds up a mass plot.
 
 
The totals and ratios from each institute are automatically transferred to the Moderators tab in the spreadsheet. Totals and ratios for all the participating institutes (as represented in the spreadsheet) are automatically transferred to the Moderators tab; a mass plot automatically builds from institute results.
 
Moderators should discuss the results from each institute and the overall results with the students, making sure to stay within time constraints.
 
If an institute does not use the online spreadsheet, the mentor for that institute should show their mass plot and results using Vidyo desktop sharing.
 
 

Material

for students and teachers:

FNAL Masterclass 2014 Moderators

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Moderator Orientations:

CERN...Wed 05 Mar, 07:30-09:30 CT, https://indico.cern.ch/event/294686/ 

FNAL...Wed 12 Mar, 13:00-14:30 CT, https://indico.cern.ch/event/304137/ in Curia II (WH2SW)

Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/mcmod14.

Register to be a moderator at: http://tinyurl.com/lbnqxed.

Registration deadline is 7 February 2104.

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Fermilab Masterclass Moderation Schedule

Times are in U.S. Central Time. (Convert to your time zone here.) This schedule is subject to change.
 
Date/time CT Measurement Institutes Moderator(s) Location
Thu 13 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Tallhassee
  2. St. Louis
  • C. James
  • N. Parashar
 WH2NW
Fri 14 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. DeKalb
  2. Stillwater
  • K. Maeshima
  • J. Anderson
 WH10NW
Fri 14 Mar 21:00 CMS WZH
  1. Shanghai
  2. Honolulu
  • S. Mrenna
 WH1E
Sat 15 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Boston
  2. Agora
  3. Buffalo
  • N. Parashar
 WH1E
Sat 15 Mar 16:00 CMS WZH
  1. Minneapolis
  2. Seattle
  3. Mexico City
  • N. Parashar
 WH1E
         
Thu 20 Mar 10:00 CMS WZH
  1. Alexandria
  2. Notre Dame
  • C. James
  • K. Herner
 WH6W
Fri 21 Mar 15:00 CMS WZH
  1. Mona
  2. Rossdale
  • J. Anderson
 WH2NW
Fri 21 Mar 18:00 CMS WZH
  1. Spearfish
  2. Auckland
  • A. Woodard
 WH2NW
Sat 22 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Fairfax
  2. Medellin
  • A. Woodard
 WH8XO
Sat 22 Mar 16:00 CMS
  1. Beardstown
  2. Mexico City
  • A. Woodard
 WH8XO
         
Fri 28 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Amherst
  2. Bogota-UAN
  • J. Proudfoot
 WH2NW
Sat 29 Mar 13:30 ATLAS
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Santiago
  3. Durham
  • J. Love
  • B. Auerbach
 WH1E
Sat 29 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Piscataway
  2. West Lafayette
  3. Williamsburg
  4. Baltimore
  • J. Love
  • B. Auerbach
 WH1E
Sat 29 Mar 16:00 CMS WZH
  1. Spearfish
  • J. Love
  • B. Auerbach
 WH1E
         
Thu 03 Apr 18:00 ATLAS Z
  1. Shizuoka
  • K. Maeshima
  • S. Maruyama
 WH1E
Fri 04 Apr 12:00 CMS WZH
  1. Rochester
  2. Agora
  • S. Mrenna
 WH2NW
Fri 04 Apr 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Rio de Janeiro
  2. Manhattan
  • S. Mrenna
 WH2NW
Sat 05 Apr 13:30 CMS
  1. Mayagüez
  2. Quito
  3. Bogota-Uniandes
  • A. Paramonov
 WH1E

 

Basic Videconference Plan

Times and number of Institutes will vary.

Time from start Item Remarks
-00:15 Moderators arrive; institutes log in Test video and audio connections
+00:00 Start Introductions: moderators, institutes
+00:03 Warm-up questions "Show of hands"
+00:05 Institute 1 presents results Questions from Institute 2 & moderator
+00:10 Institute 2 presents results Questions from Institute 3 & moderator
+00:15 Institute 3 presents results  Questions from Institute 1 & moderator
+00:20 Discussion of results Moderator
+00:25 General discussion Featured scientist
+00:30 Q&A Moderator and featured scientist
+00:40 Videoconference ends  

 

Suggestions on how to be an effective Masterclass moderator:
You might know most of this already...but we still need to remind ourselves. Please send in items to add to this list.

  • Speak clearly and succinctly
  • Show your sense of humor
  • Avoid explanations: draw ideas from students and then help them
  • Encourage students to speak up, give their views, and back them up
  • Mind the schedule
  • Be friendly
  • It is alright to disagree...with mentors, students, or each other
  • Let students get a feel for how you see data and analysis
  • Be familiar with the Masterclass measurement
  • Show your enthusiasm
  • Work as a team

 

Good advice with a CERN slant:

 

 

Contact: Ken Cecire

 

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Masterclass Library Project Map 2014

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The Masterclass Library contains most of the information needed for physicists and teachers to run a masterclass. The Project Map below is arranged in the typical chronological order in which a masterclass prepared and then carried out.  The order is more descriptive than prescriptive.

The Project Map has 6 "metro stops" plus several associated branches. The main metro stops are:

  • Library takes you to the Masterclass Library group of the QuarkNet website, with all of the documents and pages in reverse order of their creation.
  • Orientation explains orienting of teachers and physicsts to run a masterclass and provides schedule information.
  • Classroom Preparation details how teachers get their students ready for the masterclass.
  • Institute and Videocon with their branches cover the main elements of the masterclass day. These make up the heart of the Project Map.
  • Follow on shows what students can do to continue their exploration of particle physics after the masterclass. 

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Masterclass Institutes 2014

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This and the ATLAS and CMS pages help to guide mentors and teachers in planning the masterclass.

Go to: Masterclass Library Pages:
Project Map Orientation Classroom Prep Institute Videocon
  Data Workshops MC-in-School ATLAS Vidyo
      CMS  

 

Elements common to all masterclass institutes

Previous to day of the masterclass:

  • Orientation for mentors and teachers by QuarkNet staff or fellow (1-3 hr)
  • Classroom preparation of students by teacher (~3 hr)

Masterclass day (6-7 hr):

  • Registration and gateway activity (e.g. cloud chamber, cosmic ray detector, or e/m apparatus)
  • Icebreaker activity
  • Mentor presentation (a bit of standard model, a bot of mentor's own research)
  • Lab tour
  • Teacher presentation on masterclass measurement (ATLAS Z-path, CMS WZH-path, or other)
  • Lunch with a physicist
  • Masterclass measurement by students with help from mentor, teachers, other physicists 
  • Discussion of combined results for Institute
  • Videoconference
  • Wrap-up

Masterclass Institutes in Fermilab group

Location Institution Measurement Contact Contact Masterclass local date(s) Other
Adelaide, Australia University of Adelaide ATLAS Z Jackson      
Alexandria, Egypt Biblioteca Alexandrina CMS WZH Elshirawi Hosny 20 Mar 2014  
Amherst MA, USA University of Massachusetts ATLAS Z Jordan   28 Mar 2014  
Auckland, New Zealand University of Auckland CMS WZH Krofchek Foster 15 Mar 2014  
Baltimore MD, USA Johns Hopkins University CMS WZH Barnett Swartz 29 Mar 2014  
Beardstown IL, USA Virtual QuarkNet Center CMS WZH Smith Karmgard 22 Mar 2014  
Bogotá, Colombia Universidad de los Andes CMS WZH Gómez      
Bogotá, Colombia Universidad Antonio Nariño ATLAS Z Losada      
Boston MA, USA Northeastern University CMS WZH Alverson Wood 15 Mar 2014  
Buffalo NY, USA University at Buffalo CMS WZH Iashvili Kharchilava 15 Mar 2014  
Cambridge MA, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology LHCb     12 Mar 2014 w/CERN
Cincinnati OH, USA University of Cincinnati LHCb Meadows Sokoloff 12 Mar 2014 w/CERN
Chicago IL, USA University of Chicago ATLAS Z Miller   05 Apr 2014  
DeKalb IL, USA Northern Ilinois University ATLAS Z Chakraborty   14 Mar 2014  
Detroit MI, USA Wayne State University CMS WZH Harr Karchin 15 Mar 2014  
Durham NC, USA Duke University ATLAS Z Kruse   05 Apr 2014  
Fairfax VA, USA George Mason University ATLAS Z Rubin Roudebush 22 Mar 2014  
Honolulu HI, USA University of Hawaii CMS WZH Jones Coke 14 Mar 2014  
Manhattan KS, USA Kansas State University CMS WZH Ratra   04 Apr 2014  
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico CMS WZH Mendez   05 Apr 2014  
Melbourne, Australia University of Melbourne ATLAS Z Hamilton Bell    
Minneapolis MN, USA University of Minnesota CMS WZH Hennessy   15 Mar 2014  
Montreal QC, Canada McGill University ATLAS Z Stoebe   28 Mar 2014  
New Haven CT, USA Yale University ATLAS Z Baker Demers    
Notre Dame IN, USA University of Notre Dame CMS, ATLAS Karmgard   20 Mar, 29 Mar 2014  
Online (PA, USA) Agora Charter School CMS Keck   15 Mar 2014  
Piscataway NJ, USA Rutgers University CMS WZH Schnetzer Lath 29 Mar 2014  
Quito, Ecuador Universidad de San Francisco de Quito CMS WZH Carrera   29 Mar 2014  
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro State University CMS WZH Begalli   04 Apr 2014  
Riverside CA, USA University of California Riverside ATLAS, CMS Gary   12 Mar, 18 Mar  2014  
Rochester NY, USA Univeristy of Rochester CMS WZH Garcia-Bellido   04 Apr 2014  
Santiago, Chile Pontificia Universidad Catolica ATLAS Z Koch Diaz 29 Mar 2014  
Seattle WA, USA University of Washington CMS WZH Hsu      
Shanghai, China Virtual QuarkNet Center CMS WZH Karmgard Klammer 15 Mar 2014  
Spearfish SD, USA Black Hills State University CMS WZH Keeter   21 Mar, 29 Mar 2014  
St. Louis MO, USA Virtual QuarkNet Center CMS WZH Karmgard Morrison 13 Mar 2014  
Stillwater OK, USA Oklahoma State University ATLAS Z Rizatdinova   14 Mar 2014  
Sydney, Australia University of Sydney ATLAS Z Saavedra      
Syracuse NY, USA Syracuse University LHCb     12 Mar 2014 w/CERN
Tallahasee FL, USA Florida State University CMS WZH Wahl LaMee 13 Mar 2014  
Upton NY, USA Brookhaven National Laboratory ATLAS Z Takai   21 Mar 2014 w/CERN
Vancouver BC, Canada Simon Fraser University ATLAS Z O'Niel   05 Apr 2014 w/TRIUMF
Vancouver BC, Canada University of British Columbia ATLAS Z Gay   05 Apr 2014 w/TRIUMF
Victoria BC, Canada University of Victoria ATLAS Z Lefebvre   05 Apr 2014 w/TRIUMF
West Lafayette IN, USA Purdue University CMS WZH Jones   29 Mar 2014  
Williamsburg VA, USA College of William and Mary CMS WZH Erlich   29 Mar 2014  

 

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Orientation 2014

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Masterclass Orientation Period 2014: January 25 to March 8.

Go to: Masterclass Library Pages:
Project Map Orientation Classroom Prep Institute Videocon
  Data Workshops MC-in-School ATLAS Vidyo
      CMS  

New Institutes: Masterclass Orientation

A masterclass orienation can be done online via Vidyo or in person with a visit from a QuarkNet staff member or fellow. It is intended for teachers and mentors. Here is what is covered:

  • Classroom prep for the masterclass
  • Try out an ATLAS or CMS masterclass measurement
  • Walk-through of masterclass logistics
  • Masterclass Library
  • Vidyo test
  • Q&A

This generally takes 4-6 hours, though it can be trimmed or extended depending on needed. If you are doing a CMS or ATLAS Data Workshop in the masterclass orientation period, it counts as an orientation. If you had one previous to this, you only need an orientation update (below).

Register for Masterclass Orientation on the Google form at least one week prior to your earliest preferred date!

 

Experienced Institutes: Orientation Updates

An orientation update is to bring teachers and mentors up to speed on the latest in masterclass measurements and procedures. As orientation updates are done online, they also serve as Vidyo tests. Orientation updates take 1-2 hours.

Register for Masterclass Orientation on the Google form at least one week prior to your earliest preferred date!

 

Orientation Schedule 2014

Orientation Indico pages:

* Asterisk indicates a site visit. (Start time in CT and facilitator in parentheses.)

Date 2014 ATLAS Orientation CMS Orientation ATLAS Update CMS Update
Fri 07 Feb       Shanghai (19:00; 08 Feb 09:00 in China)(Cecire)
Sat 08 Feb Chicago (11:00)(Cecire)      
Tue 11 Feb   *Mona (Cecire, Glover)    
Sat 15 Feb       Manhattan (12:45)(Glover)
Mon 17 Feb       Piscataway (09:00)(Wood)
Thu 20 Feb   *Quito (Cecire)    
Fri 21 Feb     Stillwater (13:00)(Trapp)

Auckland and Tallahasee (15:00; 22 Feb 10:00 in NZ) (Trapp)

Honolulu (18:30; 14:30 in Hawaii)(Trapp)
Sat 22 Feb     Virginia (10:00)(Trapp, Fetsko)  
Mon 24 Feb *Bogota (Cecire)      
Wed 26 Feb      

St. Louis

*Boston (16:00)(Wadness)
Sat 01 Mar      

*Purdue (11:15VC)(Glover, Cecire)

Seattle (16:00 CT)(Cecire)
Sat 08 Mar *Santiago (Cecire, Mooney, Wood)      
Sat 15 Mar   Mayagüez (Cecire)    

 

 

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Running a CMS WZH-path Masterclass

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Submitted by kcecire on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:45

This page is primarily for mentors as they design the masterclass for their institutes.

Go to: Masterclass Library Pages:
Project Map Orientation Classroom Prep Institute Videocon
  Data Workshops MC-in-School ATLAS Vidyo
      CMS  

First things: iSPy and spreadsheets

Each computer should have robust internet access (preferred) or the DVD version of the masterclass loaded. Two students should work together at each computer to complete 100 events of the 1900-event sample.

Online: 

  • Students must have access to the event display program iSpy-online using the latest version of Firefox, Chrome, or Safari.
  • Students must have access to the online spreadsheet. These will be linked from the schedule of CMS videoconferences under Data Analysis below.
  • Students should have access to the CMS Masterclass website prior to the masterclass day.

Download versions:

  • iso file (event display and data for DVD)
  • zip file (compressed directory with event display and data in sub-directory)

Grab the data:

See Data Analysis, below.

 

Familiarize yourself:

Share these with students when appropriate!

 

Students arrive

This should occupy the first 30-60 min

  • Registration: please have students sign in (sample registration sheet)
  • Gateway experience: have a cloud chamber, e/m apparatus, or something similar to whet interest
  • Ice-breaker activity: students in small inhomogeneous groups create 1-2 good questions about particle physics, ATLAS, and/or LHC.

Shift training

Get students ready for their data analysis shift! This will take about 3 hours, though parts of it can be moved to other times of the day.

Mentor presentation, 30-60 min:

  • keep it interactive - ask questions about prior experience, shows of hands, wild guesses, etc.
  • give students something to touch, e.g. a wave-shifting fiber
  • connect to classroom prep
  • touch on standard model
  • talk about your research
  • template

Tour, 30-60 min:

  • adds much to the day - often most popular part
  • if you have an accelerator to show, great!
  • if not: any interesting labs, even if not particle physics, are still great
  • have enthusiastic grad students around to chat and explain

Analysis Prep (30-60 min):

  • Have a teacher lead this if practical.
  • Use/adapt the data analysis slides.
  • Important: go through "masterclass-samples" in iSpy-online on the projector with the students:
    • Show students how to navigate to a data file
    • Discuss how to use the tools in iSpy-online (or iSpy-dvd)
    • Discuss each event in terms of:
      • Particle tracks, missing energy, ECal deposits, etc.
      • Most likely parent particle (ask them what is what)
    • Show how to record results on sample spreadsheet.

Lunch with a Physicist (30-60 min):

  • This is also very popular and a great way for students to interact and get comfortable with scientists.

 

Data Analysis

This is the heart of the masterclass and takes 60-90 min. There should be 2 students at each computer, cooperating to get their data measured. Mentors, tutors, and teachers should circulate to help the students analyze the events and work out any problems they have. Don't give them answers. Help them figure things out and learn to see data as scientist does. Remind them that each event is a candidate Z, W, Higgs, or something else - not a definitively identified particle.

Online spreadsheets:

CERN Fermilab
  1. Wed 12 Feb and Thu 13 Feb (London, Geneve)
  2. Wed 12 Mar (Jerusalem, Firenze, Mons, Debrecen)
  3. Thu 13 Mar (Athens, Palaiseau, Roma, Santander, Bologna)
  4. Tue 18 Mar (Rehovot, Riverside, Zagreb, Geneve)
  5. Thu 20 Mar (Szekesfehervar, Lyon, Palaiseau, Aachen, Perugia)
  6. Sat 22 Mar (Antwerpen, Warsaw, Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Ghent)
  7. Tue 25 Mar (Madrid, Lyon, Rehovot, Perugia, Padova)
  8. Fri 28 Mar (Torino, Split, Zurich, Vienna, Sao Paolo)
  9. Wed 02 Apr (Budapest, Brussels, Firenze, Catania)
  10. Mon 07 Apr (Helsinki, Lyon, Trieste)
  11. Fri 11 Apr (Helsinki, Cyprus, Zagreb)
  1. Thu 13 Mar (Tallahasee, St. Louis)
  2. Fri 14 Mar (Shanghai, Honolulu)
  3. Sat 15 Mar (Boston, Agora, Buffalo)
  4. Sat 15 Mar (Minneapolis, Seattle, Mexico City)
  5. Thu 20 Mar (Alexandria, Notre Dame)
  6. Fri 21 Mar (Mona, Spearfish, Auckland)
  7. Sat 22 Mar (Beardstown, Mexico City)
  8. Sat 29 Mar (Piscataway, W Lafayette, Williamsburg, Baltimore)
  9. Sat 29 Mar (Spearfish)
  10. Fri 04 Apr (Rochester, Agora, Rio de Janeiro, Manhattan)
  11. Sat 05 Apr (Mayaguez, Quito, Bogotá)

What if the spreadsheet we are supposed to use is jammed?

Go the the Spreadsheet Trouble page!

 

Note: Spreadsheets are open to edit, not only for student data analysis but for mentors and tutors to repair any issues.

 

 

Sharing Results

This takes a little over one hour. Both parts are important.

Discussion (30-45 min):

  • Mentor leads, students interact
  • Look at combined mass plots for your institute in spreadsheet.
  • Help students point out peaks, bumps, significance; discuss results.
  • Each institute is assigned another institute to question: look at their data as well. Students should form questions and comments.

Videoconference (30-45 min):

Connecting to videoconferences:

CERN Fermilab

CMS masterclass institutes connecting to CERN will connect directly to Vidyo. 

Link/URL:

http://tinyurl.com/mc14cernVC2.

This is the updated version as of 12th March 2014.

 

CMS masterclass institutes connecting to Fermllab will do so via the following Indico pages:

  1. Thu 13 Mar (Tallahasee, St. Louis)
  2. Fri 14 Mar (Shanghai, Honolulu)
  3. Sat 15 Mar (Boston, Agora, Buffalo, Detroit)...page deleted
  4. Sat 15 Mar (Minneapolis, Seattle, Mexico City)...page deleted
  5. Thu 20 Mar (Alexandria, Notre Dame)
  6. Fri 21 Mar (Spearfish, Mona, Auckland)
  7. Sat 22 Mar (Beardstown, Mexico City)
  8. Sat 29 Mar (Piscataway, W Lafayette, Williamsburg, Baltimore)
  9. Sat 29 Mar (Spearfish)
  10. Fri 04 Apr (Rochester, Agora, Rio de Janeiro, Manhattan)
  11. Sat 05 Apr (Mayaguez, Quito, Bogotá)

Course of a videoconference:

  • Connect to videoconference link or Indico page (see above).
  • Someone should log into the videoconference 15 min early to be sure the connection is established. See the Schedules page.
  • Follow the agenda on Indico:
    • Introductions and warm-up
    • Institute reports; questions from other institutes (assigned); questions by moderators
    • Discussion, Q&A, and wrap-up
  • It is good to have a student spokesperson but try to arrange so it is not too hard for another student to make a comment or ask a question.

After this, we have post-discussion and closeout. Have a nice day.

 

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Masterclasses 2014: Fermilab videoconferences

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Submitted by kcecire on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 13:14

This page has the schedule of videoconferences with Fermilab moderators.

Times are in U.S. Central Time. (Convert to your time zone here.) This schedule is subject to change.
 
Date/time CT Measurement Institutes
Thu 13 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. St. Louis
Fri 14 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. DeKalb
  2. Stillwater
Fri 14 Mar 21:00 CMS WZH
  1. Shanghai
  2. Honolulu
Sat 15 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Boston
  2. Agora
  3. Buffalo
Sat 15 Mar 16:00 CMS WZH
  1. Minneapolis
  2. Seattle
  3. Mexico City
     
Thu 20 Mar 10:00 CMS WZH
  1. Alexandria
  2. Notre Dame
Fri 21 Mar 15:00 CMS WZH
  1. Mona
  2. Rossdale
Fri 21 Mar 18:00 CMS WZH
  1. Spearfish
  2. Auckland
Sat 22 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Fairfax
  2. Medellin
Sat 22 Mar 16:00 CMS
  1. Beardstown
  2. Mexico City
     
Fri 28 Mar 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Amherst
  2. Bogota-UAN
Sat 29 Mar 13:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Notre Dame
  2. Santiago
  3. Durham
Sat 29 Mar 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Piscataway
  2. West Lafayette
  3. Williamsburg
  4. Baltimore
Sat 29 Mar 16:00 CMS WZH
  1. Spearfish
     
Thu 03 Apr 18:00 ATLAS Z
  1. Shizuoka
Fri 04 Apr 12:00 CMS WZH
  1. Rochester
  2. Agora
Fri 04 Apr 14:30 CMS WZH
  1. Manhattan
  2. Rio de Janeiro
Sat 05 Apr 13:30 CMS
  1. Mayagüez
  2. Quito
  3. Bogota-Uniandes
Sat 05 Apr 14:30 ATLAS Z
  1. Bloomington

 

Meet the moderators! Here is the dynamic dozen...

Jake Anderson

Fermilab

Benjamin Auerbach

Argonne National Lab

Suvadeep Bose

Fermilab

Kenneth Herner

Fermilab

Jeremy Love

Argonne National Lab

Catherine James

Fermilab

Kaori Maeshima

Fermilab

Sho Maruyama

Fermilab

Alexander Paramonov

Argonne National Lab

Neeti Parashar

Purdue Calumet

James Proudfoot

Argonne National Lab

Anna Woodard

Notre Dame

 

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Connecting with Vidyo

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Submitted by kcecire on Thu, 09/12/2013 - 19:35

Vidyo is the videoconference system used in International Masterclasses. 

Go to: Masterclass Library Pages:
Project Map Orientation Classroom Prep Institute Videocon
  Data Workshops MC-in-School ATLAS Vidyo
      CMS  

Using a computer

Make sure your computer has

  • a robust internet connection.
  • webcam.
  • microphone (echo-canceling best, noise-canceling good).
  • speakers with enough amplification that all in your room can hear.

Connect to Vidyo meeting URL:

  • For CERN-moderated videoconferences, link directly to:
  • For Fermilab-moderated videoconferences, find links to Indico pages (coming soon); connect from Indico (see the box below).
Using Vidyo from a CERN Indico page

The QuarkNet Masterclass video conferences will access pre-arranged Vidyo sessions via Indico. Each Masterclass Institute will be given the URL to the Indico page for their video conference.

 

To join Vidyo:

  • Go to the provided Indico page.
  • Choose "Join Now!"

Further instructions are below.

Join the meeting:

  • If you have a CERN computer account, you can use your credentials to log in.
  • Anyone can log in as a Guest.

 

If your computer is connecting to Vidyo for the first time, you will be prompted to download the client. Please do so.

 

The Vidyo window will appear. Enjoy the meeting:

 

Using an H.323 (Polycom or equivalent) device

To call into a meeting, dial in the IP address of a Vidyo gateway:

  • CERN: vidyogw1.cern.ch (137.138.248.204).
  • Internet2 (Ann Arbor): cern-vidyo-gateway0.internet2.edu (207.75.165.80).

Dial in the Vidyo Room extension followed by the # key.

For additional information, contact vidyo-support@cern.ch.

 

 

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