University of New Mexico QuarkNet Center
Submitted by ShaneWood
on Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 16:03
The New Mexico QuarkNet group works on all aspects of data from QuarkNet with mentor Sally Seidel and lead teacher Gordon Zwartz.
QuarkNet@UNM, the QuarkNet Center at the University of New Mexico, 2017 Annual Report
The University of New Mexico joined QuarkNet in Fall 2016. Our activities are reflected on our website, http://physics.unm.edu/QuarkNet@UNM/. First efforts to install a cosmic ray detector at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque were led by RGHS Lead Teacher Gordon Zwartz and his 10th grade physics students. We hosted an LHC Masterclass on April 8, 2017, which was attended by 5 teachers and 32 students drawn from 4 schools throughout the cities of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho (Rio Grande High, Sandia High, New Futures High, and Rio Rancho High). The masterclass was based on analysis of ATLAS data and supplemented this with demonstrations of electromagnetic and cosmic ray phenomena, tours of UNM laboratories, and lectures about contemporary science topics. Two lead teachers are attending Fermilab Data Camp in July 2017, Elizabeth Scharrer (Sandia HS) and Don Bennett (Atrisco Heritage HS). During June - August, Don Bennett conducted research in the Seidel particle physics instrumentation laboratory at UNM. At mid-summer, plans were put into place to integrate the UNM QuarkNet Center with the Taos STEMarts Lab founded by Agnes Chavez.
ATLAS Masterclass 2017 @ UNM
ATLAS Masterclass 2017 @ UNM
April 8, 2017
UNM - Student Union Building
Albuquerque, NM
Helpful Links for Students:
- OPloT - Upload data (text file containing masses) here
- ATLAS Cheat Sheet
- "Home-made" ATLAS notes sheet
- The standard model
- UNM QuarkNet - contains information regarding today's event
Agenda:
8:00am – Arrive at the UNM Student Union Building, get acquainted with other students over some snacks
8:15am – An introductory talk by a UNM scientist, and an interactive activity about particle physics
9:00 am – Fun particle physics demos
9:30am – Introduction to the Masterclass measurement – we will use real LHC data to find Z bosons
10:30am – Students work in pairs analyzing the data using UNM computers
Noon – Free lunch for all registered students and their teachers
12:45pm – Students will videoconference with other students, all over the world, who are doing the same measurements at the same time. CERN scientists will join. Typically thousands of students participate globally.
1:30pm – Awarding of official Participation Certificates to all participants
1:45pm – Tours around UNM
3:00pm – Event end
Links for Presenters:
- Picture - Indirect evidence
- Wikipedia - Cloud chambers
- Video - 1 minute into to CERN/LHC
- Analysis slides
- ATLAS interactive animation
- Histogram - Mass of pennies