Fermilab QuarkNet Institute 2000 Program

Primary Goal of the Institute: To introduce teachers to particle physics, both experiment and theory and provide instructional tools to use in the classroom.

General format of a typical day at Niles West High School:

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Lecture, experiment, or Web surfing

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Coffee & discussion

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Lecture, experiment, or Web surfing

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM: Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM: Lecture, experiment, or Web surfing

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM: Coffee & chat & discussion

02:45 PM - 04:00 PM: Lecture, experiment, or Web surfing

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Coffee & chat & discussion

Week 1:

  1. Particle physics in general
  2. Standard Model & current hot topics
  3. Experiments
  4. Learn basic techniques
  5. Set up cosmic ray experiment & perform simple cosmic ray measurements, such as cosmic ray muon angular distributions, etc.

Week 2:

  1. Two tours to Fermilab on Monday and Tuesday, June 26 & 27
  2. Perform cosmic lifetime measurements
  3. Learn about our QuarkNet Web site and use of the information on the page
  4. Presentations of measurements, including interpretations
  5. Write-up of the group reports
  6. Summary and wrap-up

6/19/00 Welcome and Particle Physics Day

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM:

Registration at Niles High School, Room 344

09:30 AM - 09:45 AM:

Welcome (Rob Roser, Fermilab, CDF Experiment)

09:45 AM - 09:55 AM:

Welcome to Niles (Tom Meskel, Math/Science Director)

09:55 AM - 10:15 AM:

QuarkNet Program (Tom Jordan/Marge Bardeen, Fermilab)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM:

Program layout (Rich DeCoster, Niles High School)

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM:

Coffee and getting-acquainted session

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM:

Fermilab's mission (R. Roser)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM:

Introduction to Particle Physics I (Rob)

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM:

Coffee and discussion

02:45 PM - 04:30 PM:

Introduction to Particle Physics II (Rob)

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM:

Coffee and discussion

6/20/00 Accelerators and What to Look for in Experiment

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM:

Accelerators (Hiede Schellman, Northwestern University, D0)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM:

Coffee

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM:

Future Accelerators (Heide Schellman)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM:

Detectors (Rob)

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

02:45 PM - 04:30 PM:

Begin setting up cosmic ray lifetime measurement

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

6/21/00, Wednesday, Collider and Fixed Target Experiments

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM:

Introduction to Cosmic Rays I (Rob)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM:

Coffee and Discussion

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM:

Introduction to Cosmic Rays II (Rob)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM:

Continue setting up the experiment. Look for cosmic ray signal on the scope using the scintillation counter. Place them in different positions and angles to verify that cosmic ray comes in all directions.

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

02:45 PM - 04:00 PM:

Measurement of cosmic ray angular distributions

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

6/22/00, Thursday, Top Quark and Cosmic Ray

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM:

Top Quark Discovery I (Rob)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM:

Coffee and Discussion

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM:

Top Quark Discovery II and home work discussion

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM:

Wrap up the cosmic ray angular distribution measurements. Learn about coincidence (Rob)

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

02:45 PM - 04:00 PM:

Setup for lifetime measurements

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM:

Coffee and Discussion

6/23/00, Friday, Lectures on Basic Techniques

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM:

Basic Kinematics and Vector Alegebra I (Rich D)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM:

Coffee and Discussion

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM:

Basic Kinematics and Vector Alegebra II (Rich D)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM:

Start cosmic lifetime measurement

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM:

Logistics for Fermilab excursions

6/26/00, Monday, Excursion to Fermilab

08:00 AM - 11:00 AM:

Participate in the general Quarknet 1st lecture, (Fermilab, WH 15W)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM:

Lederman's lecture (L. Lederman, Fermilab, Nobelist, WH 12E)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM:

Detector tours

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM:

Feynmann Computing Center Tour (L. Lueking/J. Yu, Fermilab, D0 experiment)

03:45 PM - 05:00 PM:

Main Control Room (Rob Roser/Jae Yu)

6/27/00, Tuesday, Excursion to Fermilab

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM:

Meet at Fermilab's Lederman Science Education Center (Jae/Rob)

10:30 AM - 11:00 PM:

Coffee at WH 15W

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM:

Listen to Cat James' talk (C. James, Fermilab)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM:

Lunch

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM:

Sit into a users meeting session

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM:

Coffee

02:30 PM - 04:30 PM:

Questions and answers session at HiRise Discussions on Continuing QuarkNet

6/28/00, Wednesday, Continue Measurement

All Day:

Continue cosmic lifetime data-taking at Niles West High School (R. DeCoster and Jae Yu)

6/29/00, Thursday, Presentation and Summary Day

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM:

Discussion on the result with Jae

10:30 AM - 11:00 PM:

Coffee at WH 15W

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM:

Hands-on Web surfing for Fermi QuarkNet site (Rob Paulson/ Mike Lee/ Rich DeCoster/Jae Yu)

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM:

Lunch

01:30 PM - 05:30 PM:

Work on Reports (two groups)

6/30/00, Friday, Presentation and Summary Day

09:00 AM - 12:30 AM:

Wrap up reports and preparation for presentation

12:30 AM - 01:30 PM:

Lunch

01:00 AM - 03:30 PM:

Presentations

03:30 PM - 03:45 PM:

Summary of the institution

03:45 PM:

Coffee and Farewell