2018 JHU Workshop - Agenda & List of Talks

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Monday 24 July

9:00-10:00

Jeremy Smith, Hereford HS, JHU QuarkNet Co-lead Teacher: "Introduction to QuarkNet"

(image from the ATLAS collaboration)

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10:00-11:00

Dr. Jason Kalirai: "Hubble's Recent Discoveries, and a Look Ahead to JWST & WFIRST"

(link to slides as weblink, since even the PDF is 120MB!!)

(all images from NASA)

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11:00-12:00

Dr. Marc Kamionkowski: "Explaining Polarization (E and B Modes) in the Cosmic Microwave Background"

Link to slides here - Google Drive only; file is too big to upload to quarknet.org

Here is a link to the PhysicsGirl video on cosmological flatness and inflation.

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1:00-4:30

Afternoon lab work: Constructing a student circuit board (Kevin Martz's design)

(link to parts list and schematic diagram, and a second copy of the parts list that includes web links for each)

-Possble mods to prototype:

1) Add Fahnestock clips for attaching needle-type multimeter probe leads, or for hot-swapping resistors

2) Replace C cell battery holder with D cell

Others?...

Contacting QuarkNet to create a new elab and/or i2u2 account:

https://goo.gl/forms/8MQT7C42zHMzAhzA3

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Tuesday 24 July

9:00-10:00

Dr. Andrei Gritsan: "Connecting the Standard Models of Cosmology & Particle Physics"

(link to slides here)

(here is Andrei's JHU home page, where you can find all his old talks by clicking the "Outreach" tab)

Here is a good video showing ways to visualize the Higgs Field and how particles interact with it.

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10:00-11:00

QuarkNet Teachers: "What Felt Right This Year?"

(link to Jeremy's thing about resonant tubes)

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11:00-12:00

Dr. Sabine Stanley, JHU Earth/Planetary Science: "Juno, Cassini and InSight"

(Google Drive link)

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Tuesday PM Session

Click here to see the list of lab ideas that we developed and then tried out.

(Also, in case you missed it, here is a link to the parts list and schematic diagram, and a second copy of the parts list that includes web links for each)

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Wednesday 25 July & Thursday 26 July: QuarkNet LIGO Workshop

(Facilitator: Marla Glover)

Link to Workshop page here (or just find it on the JHU group page)

9:00-10:00 Dr. Emanuele Berti: "Gravitational Wave Astronomy"

Googe Drive links to his Wednesday talk and Thursday talk slides

Potential Resource: 2017 talk from Dr. Marc Kamionkowski - link to slides in PPT

(Note 1: several movie files are embedded in the PPT, so click on the slide to play each one.

Note 2: for now, I had to post this on Google Drive because the file is too large to upload to quarknet.org. When Google Drive gives you an error message, just click the "download" button to save it to your hard drive.)