QuarkNet A national program that partners high school teachers with particle physicists working at the energy frontier in hadron collider physics. Randy

QuarkNet

A national program that partners high school teachers with particle

physicists working at the energy frontier in hadron collider physics.

Randy Ruchti

Department of Physics

ND Science Advisory Council , 1 September 2000 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet 2

Outline

• Particle Physics

• Where do we do it

• How does QuarkNet fit in– Nationally– Locally - Notre Dame Center

• What is going on

• Outlook and prospects


Particle Physics - the Energy Frontier

A key equation:

E2 = p2c2 + m2c4

New Physics:Higgs BosonsSupersymmetryString TheoryHidden Dimensions


Fermilab Tevatron Collider and Main InjectorBatavia, Illinois

Our Tool:Synchrotrons &Colliding Beams


CMS Experiment at LHCCERN, Geneva, Switzerland


Research Coverage

• There are 60 US universities and national laboratories involved in hadron collider physics research at Fermilab and CERN in four large experiments:– DØ*, CDF at Fermilab– CMS*, ATLAS at CERN

– *Notre Dame particle physicists are involved on these.


Motivation

• Particle physics experiments take a long time to build and operate. Typically 10-15 years.

• Particle physics experiments are expensive.

• A great deal of education and outreach activity takes place nationally, but is often incoherent in application.


Vision

• Give teachers a partnership in the research associated with the experiments.

• Reach into high schools through classroom transfer.

• Work for geographic and cultural balance.

• Operate the program for an extended period of time so that it can have impact (>5yr).


Involvement by states in hadron collider physics

and QuarkNet Centers in FY 99 and FY 00.


Advisory

Group

4 Staff Teachers

(Project Staff)

one acts as

project director

4 Principal

Investigators

one acts as

project

spokesperson

CERN

Fermilab

Funding

Agencies

Site i2 Lead

Teachers

At Least 2

Physicists

Associate

Teacher

2

Associate

Teacher

1

Associate

Teacher

n

STUDENT RESEARCHERS

An integral part of TeV Run II Experiments;

LHC turn-on; and ATLAS/CMS experiments.

QuarkNet Project Schematic


– Approved for funding by NSF/ESIE– January 1999

– Matching funding from DOE/DHEP– through Fermilab

– Matching funding from NSF/EPP– through Notre Dame

– Principal Investigators– M. Bardeen, Fermilab

Education Office - Spokesperson

– R. M. Barnett, LBNL, ATLAS

– O. K. Baker, Hampton University

– R. Ruchti, Notre Dame, USCMS

– Staff Teachers– Tom Jordan, IMSA,

Fermilab - Project Director

– Andi Erzberger, Palo Alto, LBNL

– Ken Cecire, Newport News, Hampton

– Pat Mooney, Trinity, Notre Dame

QuarkNet


QuarkNet FY99 - FY00


Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

• Vision– A community of researchers including faculty, postdoctoral, graduate and

undergraduate students and high school teachers and high school students.

• Location– 929 N. Eddy Street, just south of campus.– A fully functional research lab.

• Serves CMS, DØ experiments.

• Houses office, lab spaces, and student experimental areas.

• SBIR program on scintillator development.

• Cosmic Ray Detector Development.


CMS/QuarkNet Lab929 N. Eddy St



Fermilab




September 1999: Initial Meeting for ND Center & Weekly Meetings during the 99-00 Academic Year



• Academic Structure*– 3-8 week summer research

• PHYS 598Q (teachers) 1-3 credits

• PHYS 098Q (students) 1-3 credits

– academic year research• PHYS 598R (teachers) 1 credit

• PHYS 098R (students) 1 credit

– discussion sections, laboratory activity

– *thanks to effort from K. Newman, J. Maddox, B. Bunker


• Mentors• Jim Bishop

• Dan Karmgard

• Randy Ruchti

• Mitch Wayne

• QuarkNet Staff• Pat Mooney

• CMS/DØ Staff• Barry Baumbaugh

• Jeff Marchant

• Mark Vigneault

• Administration• Jennifer Maddox

• Lead Teachers• LeRoy Castle, La Porte

• Dale Wiand, Adams

• Associate Teachers• Ken Andert, LaLumiere

• Beth Beiersdorf, LaSalle

• Jeff Chorny, LakeShore

• Helene Douerty, St. Joseph

• Maggie Jensen, Gavit

• Tom Loughran, Trinity

• Kevin Johnston*, Jimtown

• Rick Roberts*, Clay

ND QuarkNet Center: Staff


QuarkNet Staff and Teachers


Teacher Schedule

• Three week workshop – Mornings: particle physics interactive

discussions– Afternoons: classroom transfer and research

discussions and research activities– Fermilab tours (one with students)

• Five week research experience– Presentation on research work in RET forum


High School Students

• 1999– D. Dickerson, Adams

– D. Saddawi, Adams

• 2000 (45 Applicants)– R. Bhavsar, Adams

– R. Bourke, LaLumiere

– M. Busk, Trinity

– Z. Clark, Jimtown

– P. Davenport, Trinity

– A. DeCelles, Trinity

– N. Garg, Clay

– J. Martin, Clay

– S. May, Adams

– G. Outlaw, LaSalle

– R. Ribeiro, Trinity

– R. Smith, Jimtown

– J. Tristano, LaLumiere

– K. Whitaker, LaSalle

– R. Wiltfong, Riley


QuarkNet Students - Summer ‘00


Student Schedule

• Morning Shift: 7:30am-1:00pm

• Afternoon Shift: 12:00pm-5:30pm• work at QuarkNet Lab or Nieuwland Science Hall

• Luncheon interactive physics discussions and/or seminars: 12:00pm-1:00pm– At QuarkNet Lab

• discussions: Karmgard, Mooney, Ruchti

• seminars: Bigi, Cushing, Hildreth, Konigsberg (UFL), Lynker (IUSB), Wayne


DØ Experiment - Making Fiber-optic Waveguide Bundles


Wayne Seminar


Konigsberg Seminar


Summary

• It has been an exciting period of growth for QuarkNet nationally and locally.

• We have worked extensively with 11 teachers and 15 high school students.

• The program should grow, now that the word is out.

• We are now in need of sustaining resources to manage the local program properly.


Sustaining the Effort

• NSF/DOE Funding• QuarkNet out-year funding

• RET (research experiences for teachers)

• Experimental construction funds, DØ and CMS

• Endowment or Corporate Sponsorship• AEP, Siemens, …?

• Other initiatives• Nanotechnology Center proposal to NSF by the College of

Engineering

• New Particle Physics initiatives.


QuarkNet - Summer 2000

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QuarkNet A national program that partners high school teachers with particle physicists working at the energy frontier in hadron collider physics. Randy