Syracuse University QuarkNet Workshop 2012
June 25, 2012 to July 13, 2012 @ SU
The Syracuse University High Energy Physics Group organized a three week long summer QuarkNet program in the Physics Department at Syracuse University. High school teachers from around the central New York area are the participants. QuarkNet is a NSF/DOE funded program to provide professional development and on-going support for high school physics teachers via interactions with researchers in the field of particle physics. More information about QuarkNet can be found at the QuarkNet Website. For more information about this workshop, please contact Professor Steve Blusk or Professor Mitch Soderberg.
Teacher participants working on studying cosmic rays using scintillators, photomultiplier tubes, data acquistion and web-based analysis software
2012 Lectures
| Title | Files | Author |
| Welcome | Steve Blusk | |
| Particle Physics 1 – General Intro: Cosmos & Quarks | Steve Blusk | |
| Relativity | Mitch Soderberg | |
| Quantum Mechanics | Mitch Soderberg | |
| Detectors and Accelerators | Mitch Soderberg | |
| Particle Physics 2 – Introduction to SM | Steve Blusk | |
| Particle Physics 3 – Strong & EM forces | Steve Blusk | |
| Particle Physics 4 – Strong & EM forces finale | Steve Blusk | |
| The Higgs Boson | pdf, also see links below | Steve Blusk |
| The Weak Force | Steve Blusk | |
| The Weak Force – part deux | Steve Blusk | |
| Detecting and Observing particles | Steve Blusk | |
| Detecting and Observing particles – part 2 | Steve Blusk | |
| Neutrinos | Steve Blusk/Mitch Soderberg | |
| Dark Matter | Richard Schnee | |
| Overview of Lab Activities | pptx | Ray Mountain |
| Applications of High Energy Physics | pptx | Ray Mountain |
2012 Activities
| Title | Files | Assistant |
| Muon Lifetime | Emily Kraus | |
| Gamma Ray Spectroscopy | Erika Cowan | |
| Wire Resonance | Emily Kraus | |
| Electronics 1: Op Amps & Si Dets | Dylan Hsu | |
| Electronics 2: ADCs & DAQ | Anna Fadeeva |
Here is a webpage with reference material for the lab activities
Information & Links
- QuarkNet Website
- Syracuse HEP Group
- Syracuse Physics
- Dr. Quantum and the Double Slit Experiment (YouTube)
- Fermilab-yrinth (Accelerator Games and other Information)
- RadioFrequency Cavity Demo
- Higgs Boson Explained
- Particle Adventure
- The LHCb Movie
About the Higgs
- Higgs Boson and Mass – YouTube (very nice)
- Some nice articles from Scientific American, collected by York University
- Q&A from the New Scientist, with Matt Strassler
- Fermilab Video – with Don Lincoln
- CERN Announcement (video link at end)
- CMS and ATLAS Presentations (video link at top, slide links for each talk)