QuarkNet an der Elbe: Laufzettel Settled

This week I crossed off the last item on my Laufzettel, the routing slip for new staff. That item was for me to be introduced in the Institute. It was taken care of by our All Hands Meeting of the ATLAS and Outreach groups this past Monday. Michael Kobel, who is the Director of IKTP and the godfather of International Masterclasses and my sponsor here, introduced me briefly to set the stage for my 20 minute presentation on who I am and what I do. Following the QuarkNet style, I not only talked but also gave everyone a brief activity based on the ILC workshops we did in Japan last June. All hands looked at printed ILC event simulations* and characterized Higgs decays from them. One of the first questions at the end of the talk was about the result of the ILC exercise. My first action after the meeting was to hand in my Laufzettel.

Our ILC result, set on the table outside the break room. I think some of that last "andere" group were H → τ τ events.

Here are the coffee-cup-separated counters. They've made a bit of a conversation piece for visitors to the office.

This was also the week to work on the Masterclass Library for 2015 and it is just about ready. It is subject to some revision but you can have a sneak peek at http://tinyurl.com/mc15lib. 

Speaking of masterclasses, registration for videoconference spots is still on until November 10. You can find links to the Doodles in the above-mentioned Library at "Videoconferences" on the project map.