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Welcome to the Fermilab/U Chicago QuarkNet Center.
Description
Center at Fermilab that includes Chicago slots
2019 Abstract from Eric
Reaching for All the Stars: Sky Survey Scheduling Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
2019 Annual Report
QuarkNet
Fermilab: University of Chicago
2019 Neutrino Data Workshop & Student Presentations
July 24-26, 2019
Wilson Hall, One East
Tiny URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/fnalqn2019
Objectives for Neutrino Data Workshop
Participating teachers will:
Fermilab neutrino masterclass - April 11, 2019
Neutrino masterclass: Minerva analysis
Fermilab, April 11 2019
Agenda
10:00 am Introductory presentation on particle physics research
10:45 am Training for data analysis
11:30 am Lunch
12:00 pm Student analysis of MINERvA data
2018 Annual Report
Student Summer Research and Teacher Workshop Annual Report
2018 FNAL Meeting & LIGO e-Lab Workshop
July 18-20, 2018
Training Building (EAOC), Large Training Room
Small URL for page: https://tinyurl.com/qn2018fnal
2017 Annual Report
QuarkNet
Fermilab: University of Chicago
Student Summer Research and Teacher Workshop Annual Report
The Fermilab/University of Chicago QuarkNet Center sponsored its annual student summer research and teacher workshop for its 11th year. The summer research began June 26th and went until August 4th. The three-day teacher workshop spanned from August 2nd to August 4th. This year’s summer activities included two co-mentor scientists, one mentor teacher, four high school students, (three juniors and one senior), and 16 physics teachers. Teachers from the workshop primarily were from the suburbs west of Chicago, all having taught physics or will be teaching physics this upcoming year. We had a good spread in gender, age, and years of experience in the classroom.
The summer research was very rewarding for the students this year. One of the students worked individually, with a mentor scientist, while the other three students worked together, sharing a mentor scientist. The students conducted research in the projects of areas of the ICARUS Neutrino Detector, and the South Pole Telescope detecting Cosmic Microwave Background. During the week, the students had the opportunity to attend lectures by well-known scientists as well as go on tours of the experiments. We conducted weekly lunch meetings on Mondays to keep up with the logistics and share the progress on the students’ experiments. For the teacher workshop, the students prepared presentations on their experiment and experiences. One of the groups integrated a demonstration of their work into their talk. All of this went very well and we are extremely proud of their progress and accomplishments.
The teacher workshop was also a great success. Teachers immersed themselves for three days at Fermilab experiencing a pilot of the QuarkNet Neutrino Master Class, conducted by Shane Woods. They looked at the research projects done by our QuarkNet students, worked with scientists from Fermilab and toured the NuMI underground (MINOS, MINERvA and NOvA), and MC-1, (Muon/g-2). Scientists included Anne Schukraft, “Introduction to Neutrinos”, and Angela Fava, “Particle Hunting, Why and How?”, Tom Carter, COD, and Brandon Eberly, SLAC. The pilot of the Neutrino Master Class included a number of activities working towards the handling of data from research experiments. Teachers developed plans for implementing higher levels of data collection, interpretation, and explanation.
The Fermilab/University of Chicago QuarkNet Center continues to provide a quality research experience and educational workshop. Both teachers and students expressed their satisfaction.
Lead Teacher: George Dzuricsko
2017 Abstract from Maggie, Maritza, and Joe
Quarknet Abstract: Joseph Carolan, Maggie Barclay, Maritza Gallegos
The ICARUS detector is a liquid argon TPC neutrino detector aiming to measure the oscillation of neutrino flavors on a short baseline. This summer we worked on creating a slow control system for the remote monitoring and operation of a power supply which provided a biasing electric potential across the anode wire planes in the ICARUS detector. In order to effectively monitor and set the necessary parameters, we developed a graphical and physical user interface. The graphical user interface, created in Control System Studios (CSS) functioned as a control room monitor and controller allowing the user to set and receive values on the power supply remotely. In order to create this interface we created a channel access client to access the necessary process variables from an Input Output Controller, then passed these values into python and javascript programs, allowing for an intuitive and interactive, yet heavy, interface. Implemented features include a safe incremental ramping of the voltage as well as email alerts and automatic data exportation. In contrast, the physical interface used an LED display to provide warnings and approximate values. This interface was created by wiring LED warning lights to GPIO pins on a Beaglebone Black, then creating python scripts utilizing a channel access support module to retrieve process variables. Although lightweight, this display was less interactive and required a separate web-based UI to readback specific values. By completing these clients, we aim to be able to supply power efficiently and safely to the anode wire plane of the ICARUS detector.
2017 Abstract from Arielle and Antony
The South Pole Telescope: Collaborations for the Cosmic Microwave Background Arielle Pfeil (Bartlett High School), Antony Simonoff (Adlai E. Stevenson High School), and Bradford Benson (Fermilab)
Approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began from a hot, dense state through an explosion of matter and energy, known as the Big Bang. During the primordial stages of the universe, light was emitted during the recombination of particles; this thermal radiation — a near perfect blackbody — is known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The South Pole Telescope uses a polarization sensitive focal plane and superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers to interpret these ~3K (2.725K) microwave signals from the early universe. To characterize the response of these detectors on the South Pole Telescope, calibration is performed with an optical chopper and polarization setup. The purpose of the research conducted through the QuarkNet summer program with the South Pole Telescope is to assist in the development, construction, and testing of this setup which sends modulated light to detectors. Testing of these detectors — known as bolometers — for the South Pole Telescope is necessary to measure whether or not the polarized pixels are orthogonal.
Specific wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation which hit these bolometers originate from an infrared emitter source which simulates a 4K blackbody. From the IR source and through an aluminum tunnel, these wavelengths are sent through a rotating optical chopper which chops light flow at a specific frequency. The light continues onwards to a wire grid that polarizes the IR emission and then to the detectors. Information on the operation of both the optical chopper and the stage holding the polarization grid can be received via scripting through a serial port. The reason to use an optical chopper lies with its ability to reduce noise in the system as the detectors will only be looking for a specific reference frequency. Currently, the optical chopper and polarization setup is installed below a cryostat where the detector orientation lies. Further work will utilize the setup to receive specific readings on the detector’s operation.
Neutrino Workshop 2017
QuarkNet Workshop 2017 - Fermilab/University of Chicago Center
August 2-4, 2017
All locations Large Training Room in Training Building (EAOC), unless otherwise stated.
Agenda
Wednesday August 209:00 Welcome & Intros, QN, Data Portfolio 09:45 Talk: Intro. to Neutrino Physics, 10:45 Data Portfolio Activity: Mass of Pennies 11:15 FNAL/U of C QuarkNet: Tom Carter 11:45 Tour logistics & LUNCH 12:45 Meet at Horseshoe (N. side of Wilson Hall) 13:00 Tour of NuMI Underground 14:30 Data Portfolio Activity: 16:00 Concluding discussion 16:30 End of day
Friday August 408:30 APS/DPF Plenary 10:15 Break 10:45 APS/DPF Plenary 12:30 LUNCH 13:30 MINERvA Data Express alpha version
15:00 Implementation Discussion 15:30 Implementation survey
16:00 End of Workshop
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Thursday August 309:00 Morning Discussion, 09:15 Talk: "Paricle Hunting, Why and How?" 10:00 Student Presentation: ICARUS 11:30 Student Presentation: SP Telescope 12:15 LUNCH 13:00 Tour of Muon g-2 14:15 Activity: Particle Cards 15:00 DP Activity: TOTEM Data Express
16:00 End of Day Discussion; 16:30 End of Day
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Resources
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Symmetry article with Angela Fava
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Neutrinos in the Classroom site/resources
Contacts:
- Tom Carter, FNAL Mentor
- Brandon Eberly, FNAL Mentor
- George Dzuricsko, FNAL Lead Teacher
- Shane Wood, QuarkNet National Staff