Friday Flyer - June 6, 2025 DRAFT
Spotlight on Summer 2025...A Look Ahead
Summer is a busy time of year for QuarkNet, and 2025 is no exception. More than 30 of our centers plan to host meetings or workshops, many including National Workshops from QuarkNet Central.
News from QuarkNet Central
Cosmic Ray Detectors: IMW 2025 took place from March 3-7, with 20 high school groups from six countries investigating cosmic ray muon flux and its potential correlation with Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) events from the sun. Although no major CMEs occurred during that week, most groups continue to operate their detectors, collecting muon data in anticipation of the next event. To explore more about the project, including a global map of participants, visit the IMW 2025 website.
QuarkNet Summer Camps 2025: We’re excited to share details about our 2025 QuarkNet Summer Camps for Teachers. Note that the below information is the same that was sent out to the teacher listserv last week.
- Data Camp 2025 will take place at Fermilab from July 13-18. To learn more and to apply, please visit the Data Camp page. Applications are due by the end of day Monday, April 14, 2025.
- Coding Camp 1 will be held virtually from July 21-25, 2025. Stay tuned for application details in this section of upcoming Friday Flyers.
- Coding Camp 2 will be on hiatus for summer 2025 but will return in summer 2026.
Fermilab-based International Masterclasses 2025 Videoconferences: It's a busy time for masterclasses, with several institutes meeting today and tomorrow. Please check out the Fermilab-based videoconference schedule to confirm the date and time (in US Central Time) of your masterclass videoconference.
New in IMC 2025...Report Your Results Online: Any group of students who participate in IMC25 can make a report of their results, then submit this report for all to see. This report can be created and submitted on the masterclass day or up to one week after using a Google form, or alternatively, by email. Once it is submitted and accepted, the report is listed in a table online. More information can be found on the Communicate Your Results page.
Center mentors and lead teachers: QuarkNet has begun sending out award letters to centers. Now is a good time to think about dates and topics for teacher workshops this coming summer. Remember that QuarkNet has several National Workshops that QuarkNet staff and/or fellows can bring to your center. New offerings include workshops on Cosmic Watches and on AI. If you have any questions, please contact your QuarkNet staff member.
Physics Experiment Roundup
Muon g-2 announcement:
-from Fermilab: https://news.fnal.gov/2025/06/muon-g-2-most-precise-measurement-of-muon-magnetic-anomaly/
-from Symm: https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/when-the-universe-answers-with-silence?language_content_entity=und
Symmetry: The freckled universe https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-freckled-universe?language_content_entity=und
Symmetry: ALICE lead into gold https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/lhc-near-miss-collisions-turn-lead-into-gold?language_content_entity=und
-same from CERN: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-detects-conversion-lead-gold-lhc
Symmetry: Silence https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/when-the-universe-answers-with-silence?language_content_entity=und
Symmetry: Grav Lensing Rubin https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/dialing-gravitational-lensing-research-up-to-11?language_content_entity=und
CERN partners with Einstein telescope - grav waves - https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/cern-expands-its-collaboration-einstein-telescope
CERN - AI enhances Higgs boson's charm - https://home.cern/news/news/physics/ai-enhances-higgs-bosons-charm
RHIC - Sci Am video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEmV2T_c5w8
LHC - 2025 LHC Physics https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/and-theyre-2025-lhc-physics-season-gets-underway
CERN - ALICE eyes the cosmos https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/and-theyre-2025-lhc-physics-season-gets-underway
CERN - PAX - antiprotons test standard model
LHCb - mass of Z measurement - https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-weighs-z
Resources
How imagining life on exoplanets sparks real-world solutions https://home.cern/news/news/cern/how-imagining-life-exoplanets-sparks-real-world-solutions
May issue of TPT: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/issue/63/5
TPT: Banana plugs/CASTLE kits: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article/63/5/310/3345495/Using-Banana-to-Banana-Plug-Test-Leads-to-Extend
TPT: Motion of Sprinning Rings and Washers on Vertial Rod https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article/63/5/312/3345493/Motion-of-Spinning-Rings-and-Washers-on-a-Vertical
TPT: Promoting Student Conceptual...Phyiscs Labs: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article/63/5/324/3345532/Promoting-Student-Conceptual-and-Procedural
Just for Fun
CERN - Eurovision Song Contest https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-and-2025-eurovision-song-contest
Have a great summer!
QuarkNet Staff
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Spencer Pasero: spasero@fnal.gov
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu