UW QuarkNet Cosmic Ray/LHC workshop
August 5-9 2013
This is a five day workshop for high school teachers and students during which they receive training in the use of QuarkNet's cosmic ray muon detector (CRMD), eLab and LHC master class. The eLab provides an online environment in which students, working in a research group, experience the environment of scientific collaborations in a series of investigations into high-energy cosmic rays. The LHC workshop teaches participants how to use friendly and intuitive tools devloped by the QuarkNet to analyze the data released from CERN CMS experiments. More stories could be found in Max's blog.
From start to finish this is a teacher-guided and student-led project. Each teacher could bring upto 4 students to join the program. This year we can support 6 teachers and 12 students.
The first 3 days will be dedicated to the Cosmic Ray Detector and e-Lab. These detectors are new to UW and are not made with CASA ( yellow scintillator) components. The e-Lab is where the cosmic data is uploaded and stored and from which data analysis will be performed on your collected data. This does not use LabView nor the UW generated analysis tools as was the case for the previous WALTA detectors. Bob Peterson from Fermilab will lead you in the building and standing up the new detectors. You will also plateau ( optimize) the detector and use the data for analysis. You will even be able to construct an online poster!
The final 2 days will be devoted to analyzing real data from the Large Hadron Collider. QuarkNet has been able to develop tools with which students and teachers can perform analysis of data released by CERN specifically for that purpose. Kenneth Cecire from will lead the activities to analyze CMS data.
Stipend support:
Apply Here: Teacher Application.html
Instruments prepared by participants:
Each group (two people) needs one laptop (MacOS preferred/Windows is fine)
Schedule: 9am~5pm
Parking: CENTRAL PLAZA GARAGE, LEVELS C2-C5 (note: The physics building is due south of the parking garage. The closest parking will be on the lowest level, C5, and will be near the exit ramp. Tell the attendant that you are in the QuarkNet Workshop.
Participants:
| School | Teacher | Student |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty High School | Mark Buchli | Megan Larson |
| Rachel Wittenberg | ||
| Yen Lee | ||
| Jeremy Stroming | ||
| Skyline High School | Rebecca Fowler | Akkshay Khoslaa (WSSA president) |
| Forest Ridge School | Maritza Tavarez | Sarah Wallum |
| Meadowdale High School | Jim Landon | |
| Heritage University | David Laman | |
| | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program | Cosmic Ray Muon Detector/eLab | CMS Master class | |||
| Instructor | Bob Peterson | PBS VideoKenneth Cecire | |||
| Assistants 9~12pm |
Jordan Riasher Joon Choi |
Alex Emerman Joon Choi |
SungWon Kwak Joon Choi |
Max Golub Joon Choi |
Alex Emerman Jordan Riasher |
| 1~5pm | Jimin Kim Darren Leung |
Queen Bracelen Darren Leung |
Max Golub Darren Leung |
Queen Bracelen Darren Leung |
SungWon Kwak Kevin Jamison |
Organizers/Contributors:
- Galactic and Extra-Galactic Cosmic Rays: Ground Based Air Shower Experiments
- Jeff Wilkes' talk on 8-5-2013
- Studying the Universe using Gamma Rays
- Toby Burnett's talk on 8-5-2013
Other Resources