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.
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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Resources
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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
Contact
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 |
Resources
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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 |
Resources
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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 |
Resources
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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 |
Resources
Contact
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
Study the W bosons produced in the Large Hadron Collider.
Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/lnwmrf8 |
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
Learn More |
Questions? Follow-up? More?
Contacts
ILC and Higgs
Introduction
The International Linear Collider (ILC) will give physicists a new way to study the Higgs boson with great precision. The ILC will be an electron-positron collider. Electrons and positrons will be produced and then accelerated to high energies before they collide. A result of these collisions can be the Higgs boson. To understand what physicists will look for to find the Higgs signal in ILC, we will examine Z and WW decays from the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP), which operated until 1999 in the tunnel which now houses the Large Hadron Collider.
Objectives
Participants will:
- Use conservation laws to explain and characterize the decays of Z and W bosons in LEP.
- Use the hypotheses formed about Z and W decays to predict the patterns of Higgs boson event in ILC.
Workflow
- LEP Z-decay. Examine the slides of decays of Z-bosons and try to characterize the patterns according to decay products (particles), number of tracks, energy loss, and anything else you observe. This does not all have to be quantitative. Take notes. Discuss and form a consensus on how the Z boson decays. Resources: Slides (original, inverted colors), Information sheet, Notes sheet.
- LEP WW-decay. Examine the slides of decays of pairs of W-bosons and try to characterize the patterns according to decay products (particles), number of tracks, energy loss, and anything else you observe. This does not all have to be quantitative. Take notes. Discuss and form a consensus on how the W boson pairs decay. Resources: Slides (original, inverted colors), Information sheet, Notes sheet.
- Higgs in ILC. Examine the ILC/Higgs slides to learn how the Higgs boson will be produced in ILC. Use what you have learned from LEP events to predict what the Higgs events in ILC will look like. Draw diagrams and share these with your colleagues. Resources: Slides, Information sheet, Notes sheet, poster board, markers.
Learn more
- ILC homepage
- Hands-on-CERN
- CMS masterclass in Japanese
- Japan pickes Tohoku site for International Linear Collider (AAAS Science Insider)
- LCWS13