Special Projects
Submitted by kcecire
on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 16:18
When QuarkNet does a workshop or other project that falls outside the current parameters, it can have a QuarkNet home here.
Description
QuarkNet projects outside of center or data portfolio groups.
CMS Data Workshop in Bogota
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from CMS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda, Wednesday 26 February 201409:00 Coffee and Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 Presentation: LHC and CMS 10:30 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 12:00 Lunch 13:00 CMS W/Z Measurement 14:30 Virtual Visit and Vidyo test 15:00 Masterclass Library and Masterclass logistics 15:30 CMS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:00 End of workshop |
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ATLAS Data Workshop in Santiago
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from ATLAS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda
Saturday 8 March 201410:00 Registration and introduction 10:30 ATLAS Virtual Visit 11:00 Masterclass Library and logistics 11:30 Intro presentation A (Marco Aurelio Diaz) 12:00 QuarkNet classroom activity: 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Intro presentation B (Maximiliano Rivera) 14:30 QuarkNet classroom activities: 15:30 Analysis preparation presentation 16:30 Begin ATLAS Z-path measurement 17:00 Cookies |
Sunday 9 March 201410:30 Reception 11:00 Continue ATLAS Z-path measurement 12:00 Discussion and evaluation 13:00 Lunch
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ATLAS Data Workshop in Bogota
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from ATLAS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda
Monday 24 February 201409:00 Coffee and Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 Presentation: LHC and particle physics 10:30 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 12:00 Lunch 14:00 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 16:00 End of day |
Tuesday 25 February 201409:00 Coffee/Recap of Yesterday/Plan for Today 09:30 Virtual Visit and Vidyo Test 10:00 Masterclass Library and Logistics 11:00 ATLAS Z-path Measurement , part 1 12:00 Lunch 14:00 ATLAS Z-path Measurement, part 2 15:30 Follow-on to Masterclass
16:00 Classroom plans 16:15 ATLAS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:30 End of workshop |
Resources
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ATLAS Data Workshop in Medellin
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from ATLAS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda, Thursday 27 February 201408:00 Introduction, Objectives, and Registration 08:15 Masterclass Library and logistics 08:45 Presentation: LHC and ATLAS 09:30 ATLAS Virtual Visit 10:00 Coffee 10:15 QuarkNet Classroom Activities:
12:00 Lunch 13:00 ATLAS Z-path 14:50 Coffee 15:10 ATLAS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:00 End of workshop |
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CMS Data Workshop in Mexico City
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from CMS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda, Friday 14 February 201409:00 Coffee and Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 Presentation: LHC and CMS 10:30 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 12:00 Lunch 13:00 CMS W/Z Measurement 15:00 Virtual Visit and Vidyo test 15:30 Masterclass Library and Masterclass logistics 16:00 CMS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:30 End of workshop |
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CMS Data Workshop in Mona
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from CMS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda, Tuesday 11 February 201409:00 Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 LHC and particle physics
10:30 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 12:00 Lunch 13:00 CMS W/Z Measurement 15:00 Virtual Visit and Vidyo test 15:30 Masterclass Library and Masterclass logistics 16:00 CMS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:30 End of workshop |
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CMS Data Workshop in Quito
Special one day version (Spanish only)
Objectives
Participating teachers:
- gain knowledge and skills to successfully complete investigations using LHC data;
- interpret event displays from CMS and explain their meaning;
- conduct LHC investigations with students and successfully prepare them for masterclass; and
- assist mentors in organizing and facilitating a masterclass.
Agenda
Thursday 20 February 201409:00 Coffee and Registration 09:15 Introduction/Objectives 09:30 Presentation: LHC and CMS 10:30 Break 10:45 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 12:00 Lunch 13:00 QuarkNet Classroom Activities: 15:00 Break 15:15 Virtual Visit and Vidyo test 15:45 Wrap-up 16:00 End of day |
Friday 21 February 201409:00 Coffee/Recap of Yesterday/Plan for Today 09:30 CMS W/Z Measurement 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Masterclass Library and Masterclass logistics 14:00 Follow-on to Masterclass
14:30 Break 14:45 Classroom plans 13:30 CMS Data Workshop wrap-up
16:00 End of workshop |
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Taller de Rayos Cosmicos en la Universidad Iberoamericana
Tiny URL por esta pagina: http://tinyurl.com/m7l7yxz.
Tarjetas del tallerA la conclusión del taller, participantes pueden:
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Agenda
Subject to revision
Sabado 15 febrero 201409:00 Registration/intros/logisitics 09:15 Cloud chamber 09:30 Presentation on Cosmic Rays (Carrillo) 10:30 ASPIRE Cosmic Ray Activity 11:00 Break 11:15 Introduction to QuarkNet Cosmics (Rodriguez, Cecire) 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Cosmic Ray system set-up 13:30 Start first data collection (shower and flux) 14:00 Guided exploration of e-Lab 15:00 Upload data together 15:30 SHOWER, and FLUX studies 16:00 Adjust detector and set up for overnight run 16:30 Close for evening |
Domingo 16 febrero 201409:00 Greetings and data upload from overnight run 09:30 Groups study e-Lab Posters, begin short project 11:30 Prepare posters 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Poster presentations 14:00 BLESSING and plateauing 15:00 Free work on detectors, e-Lab, classroom plans 16:00 Discussion and evaluation 16:30 End of workshop
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En Domingo 16 febrero: Taller de los datos de CMS
Recursos
Cosmic Ray Physics
- Introduction to Cosmic Rays
- Cosmic Ray e-Lab
- Que son los rayos cosmicos? (Observatorio Pierre Auger)
- Rayos cosmicos (Universidad de Michigan)
- Cosmic Extremes (PDF)
- Detección y estdudio de rayos cósmicos... (Rundo)
- Presentation on Cosmic Rays (Carrillo)
- Cosmic e-Lab presentation (Rodriguez)
Animations and Videos
- Cosmic Ray Air Shower over Chicago (QuickTime) - see animated cosmic rays
- MINOS Live Event Display - cosmic rays in a neutrino detector
And
- Jeff's cosmic resources
- Build a Cosmic Ray Cloud Chamber (PDF)
- Download Hyperterminal and USB Driver (zip file)
- Universidad Iberoamericana CMS Data Workshop
Contactos
Local organizers: please see the workshop Requirements page.
CMS Data Super Express
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Study the W bosons produced in the Large Hadron Collider.
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/lnwmrf8 |
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Introduction
Protons collide with incredible energy in the Large Hadron Collider. Sometimes the result of one of these collisions is a W boson - the particle which mediates the weak nuclear interaction. W bosons can be positive (+) or negative (-) in charge. But...
- How often are W+ bosons made compared to W- bosons in the the LHC?
- Should it be equal because nature has no preference?
- Should we see all W+ because the proton is positive?
- Can we find out?
Let's try.
Procedure
- Learn a little about LHC, the CMS detector, and finding W candidate events. Look at the introductory slides.
- Make teams of two and divide the available CMS events among the teams. Each team also gets a report page.
- Characterize your events and count them:
- W+ candidates have a single long red muon track which curves clockwise in the magnetic field of CMS.
- W- candidates have a single long red muon track which curves anti-clockwise in the magnetic field of CMS.
- W? events are too hard to measure so we cannot tell if they are W+ or W-.
- Background events have more than one muon or are altogether different.
- Add them up on the report page. Then collect all the reports from all the teams and add up the number of W+ candidates and the number of W- candidates. Calculate W+/W-. If you like, you can use this spreadsheet.
- Find what the result was for CMS. How close was your group? Why do you think we get the answer we get? (Hint: it has to do with the structure of the proton,)
Next steps
- Did you notice the mass in GeV on each event? We use these to find the mass of the Z boson in the standard CMS Data Express. Try it with your students!
- Your students can do even more with a CMS or ATLAS masterclass. Talk with a physicist near you about International Masterclasses.
- For a more intense data experience, try the CMS e-Lab.
- Have questions about this activity? Send an e-mail and ask.
TOTEM Masterclass at CWRU
A.W. Smith Building, Room 11, Case Western Reserve University (map)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/ny5gomp
Agenda
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Questions? Follow-up? More?
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