Rice Workshop 2022 - Coding, Neutrino, Higgs@10

June 6-10, 2022

Main meeting room: Herman Brown Hall 227
Break-out room available: Herman Brown Hall 223

Short URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/qnrice22 

Zoom Link (Monday-Tuesday): https://notredame.zoom.us/j/97200530251?pwd=TG5tTnIwNk14ZzN5RG8vMC8zdDhLZz09

Agenda:

MON - 6/6
Coding
TUE - 6/7
Coding
WED - 6/8
Neutrino
THU - 6/9
Neutrino
FRI - 6/10
Higgs@10

 

8:00 Welcome
Registration (https://forms.gle/VeuyjybWkgMvCUji6) and Sign-in
Update QN Account

8:30 Coding Session

 

11:00 Talk
CMS Detector & Upgrades (Karl Ecklund)

 

8:00 Morning Discussion
Sign-in, recap yesterday,
Q&A

8:15 Coding Session

11:00 Talk

From Heavy Ion to Neutron Star Collisions (Claudia Ratti, U of H)

8:00 Opening/Welcome
Intros, sign-in
News from QN Central
A look ahead: Implementation plan/survey (Friday)

8:30 DAP Activity

9:15 Neutrino Physics Tutorial

Neutrino Film Festival

 

10:15 Break

10:30 DAP Activities (overview)

11:00 Talk
Higgs Boson (Darin Acosta)

 

8:00 Morning Discussion
Sign-in, recap yesterday,
Q&A

8:15 Masterclasses: Setting the Stage

8:30 Neutrino Masterclasses Library

  • How to navigate
  • Classroom prep

9:00 NOvA Measurement - Part 1

10:45  Break

11:00 Talk
Medical Physics (Pablo Yepes)
 

8:00 Opening Discussion

  • QN Spring Institute
  • Julia Bell (Klein Collins HS)

8:15 Warm-up DAP Activity

8:45 Setting the Stage: The LHC

9:00 Activity

9:45 Break

10:00 Z mass and more

  • Need a scientific calculator? Check your phone, or here's one!
  • Use spreadsheet from below

10:45 4-lepton data from CMS

 

12:00 Lunch 12:00 Lunch 12:00 Lunch 12:00 Lunch 12:00 Lunch

13:00 Coding Session

 

15:00 End of day 

13:00 Coding Session/Implementation

15:00 End of day

13:00 MINERvA Measurement

What can we learn from neutrino interactions with atomic nuclei?

15:00 End of day

13:00 NOvA Measurement - Part 2

15:00 End of day

 

(Optional) Homework: Higgs@10 talk

  • Link to talk - 60 min talk divided into two 30 min parts (two links)

13:00  4-lepton analysis, cont.

  • Finish analysis
  • discussion

13:45 Implementation discussion & plans

14:30 Survey 

15:00 End of day

 

Contacts

Frank Geurts, Mentor
Mary Yarbray, Lead Teacher
Shane Wood, QuarkNet National Staff
Ken Cecire, QuarkNet National Staff
Christine DiMenna, QuarkNet Coding fellow
Mike Plucinski, QuarkNet Neutrino fellow
Michael Wadness, QuarkNet LHC fellow
Maria Niland, QuarkNet LHC fellow

 

Resources

Shared Folder 2022

Shared Folder 2021

Articles on the Higgs Discovery:

Videos on the Higgs: