PARTICLE Summer 2002 Schedule

 

Tuesday August 6

9-12         Welcome  (Rm. 208)                                         Arie Bodek, Chair of Physics Department

                Introductions, Distribution of Materials,

                Tour of Facilities, Muon Telescopes,                                            Susen Clark, Joe Willie

                Cloud Chamber Demonstration, Detectors                                           Adam Harrington

                Cosmic Rays                                                                                      Kevin McFarland          

12-1         Lunch (on your own)

1-4                     Telescope Assembly, Cosmic Ray Introduction, Introduction

                to the Computers and the Oscilloscopes Using

                Pre-existing Telescopes (lab)                                                    Susen, Joe, Kevin, Adam

 

Wednesday August 7

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Standard Model Discussion (Rm. 372)                                                     Adam Harrington

12-1         Lunch (on your own)

1-4           Telescope Assembly (covering, gluing pmts, etc), Introduction to Statistics (lab)

 

 

Thursday  August 8

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12             Particle Physics Web Sites (computer lab)

12-1         Lunch (on your own)

1-4                     Excel Data Analysis Tutorial (computer lab)                                                        Joe Willie     

                Testing your Telescopes [Look at the Signal with an Oscilloscope,

                Look for Light Leaks, Check Singles Rates] (lab)

 

Friday     August 9

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Relativity Discussion (Rm. 372)                                                                          Paul Tipton

12-1                 Lunch (on your own)

1-4           Experimenting with the Telescopes and Efficiency Testing (lab) 

Monday   August 12

9-10                 Question and Answer Session, Meet Returning Teachers (Rm. 208)

10-12       Data Analysis Practicum  (computer room)                            Kevin McFarland

12-1                 Lunch (on your own)

1-4                     Experimenting with Telescopes (lab)        

 

 

Tuesday August 13

9-10         Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Curriculum Discussion (Rm. 372)                                         Joe Willie and Claude Meyers

12-1         Lunch (on your own)

1-4           More Experimenting (lab)

 

 

Wednesday August 14

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Modern Physics Demos (lab)

                Speed of Light                                                                          Kevin McFarland

                Photoelectric Effect                                                                  Adam Harrington

12-1                 Lunch (on your own)

1-4           Developing Student Labs with Muon Telescopes (lab, computer room)

 

 

Thursday August 15

9-10        Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Modern Physics Demos (lab)

                Electron Diffraction and e/m of the Electron                                              Adam Harrington

12-1         Lunch (on your own)

1-4                     Developing Student Labs with Muon Telescopes (lab, computer room)

 

 

Friday     August 16

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12       Curriculum Discussion (Rm. 372)             

12-1                 Lunch (on your own)

1-4                     Performing Labs/Analyzing Results

                Presentations (lab, computer room)

 

 

Monday   August 19

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-11       Performing Labs (lab, computer room)

11-12       Electroweak Unification and the NuTeV Experiment (Rm. 372)

12-1                 Lunch (on your own)

1-4           Performing Labs/Analyzing Results (lab, computer room)

 

 

Tuesday  August 20

9-10                 Question and Answer Session (Rm. 208)

10-12              Complete Unfinished Labs and Write-ups, Turn in a Disk with a Copy of your Write-up(s) (lab, computer room)

12-1         Picnic Lunch (Genesee Valley Park)

1-4                     Clean Up Lab, Pack Up Telescopes, Complete Inventory List (lab)

 

Wednesday  August 21

8:00          Leave for Cornell to Tour CESR Accelerator

10-12       CLEO Lecture                                                                                               Ed Thorndike

12-1                 Lunch is Provided.

1-3           Tour Cleo & Return Home