Welcome to the UIC QuarkNet Center. Our website is found at http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/quarknet/
and our active dector sites are given in this google map:
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=zl9zMEZG24yo.kx2jOVu0S4ek
University of Illinois at Chicago / Chicago State University Center
QuarkNet center for teachers in the Chicago area particularly interested in cosmic ray studies.
Contacts:
Mark Adams, Mentor
Edmundo Garcia, Mentor
Nate Unterman, Lead Teacher
Additional Website: Click Here
Links :
MUSE Collaboration data taking ends and analysis begins
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
MUSE collected data to measure the cosmic ray rate at MINOS from early April to May 26th. They studied the cosmic ray rate underground as a function of the distance from the accee shaft. A dozen…
Proposal for MINOS tunnel - muon rates versus distance from access shaft
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
Participaqnts from four high schools plan to meet Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 to develop a proposal to Fermilab to measure the rate of muons versus the distance from the access shaft. Topics to be…
UIC Annual Report 2018
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
Our Center analyzed data from The 2017 Eclipse project. Teachers and students presented their results at APPT in San Diego Jan. 2018. We also participated in a CMS Master Class at Glenbrook North,…
UIC Center Summer 2018 Meeting Agenda
Submitted by: NUnterman | Posted:
Report of QuarkNet Activities at UIC during 2016-2017
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Telescope prototypes tested at UIC summer workshop
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
The theme of the UIC QuarkNet summer workshop was preparation for the solar eclipse. Eighteen students and 5 teachers assembled and tested three varieties of cosmic ray telescopes: fixed-angle;…
UIC QuarkNet Summer 2017 Agenda
Submitted by: NUnterman | Posted:
Objectives Participating teachers will be able to: Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements Identify and describe the e-Lab…
UIC QUarkNet high school detector locations
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1DlFzBuWdfQgNRh7lpv1A532XFBQ&hl=en
UIC Annual Report
Submitted by: MarkAdams | Posted:
University of Illinois Chicago and Chicago State University QuarkNet Centers
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Department of Physics Department of Chemistry and Physics University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago State University 845 West Taylor St…