CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

In 2007, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will begin to generate opposing 7 TeV proton beams.

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

What might 14 TeV collision yield?

• Find the Higgs?

• Supersymmetry?

• Gravitons?

• Exotic particles?

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

First, a look at CERN:

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CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

How will we respond as Physics teachers?

• Does it matter?

• What will we do?

• What will QuarkNet do?

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

The QuarkNet website: a good start

http://quarknet.fnal.gov

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

The QuarkNet Cosmic Ray eLah is a prototype for CMS and ATLAS eLabs.

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

Can we get this sort of student/teacher analysis of LHC data?

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

• Ideas

• Facts

• People

We found them all…

Beth Marchant and I went to the CMS meeting at CERN in search of…

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

We got the ball rolling:• Weblog QN Postings at http://

quarknet.blogspot.com• ATLAS Images at

http://www.jlab.org/~cecire/ATLASimage/ATLASimage.ppt

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

ATLAS: A Toroidal Lhc ApparatuS

• Largest detector

• Assembled 100 m underground

• Characterized by its giant toroidal magnets

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

July 2005

December 2005

In the cavern…

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CMS: the Compact Muon Solenoid

• Most massive

• Still above ground

• Will be lowered in sections

• Nice place for a party?

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

More about

CMS…

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

Tell us about CMS, Beth…

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

What do you think, Lucien?

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

People…

Silvia Schuh, ATLASDan Karmgard, UND and CMS (QN-PI), with raclette

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

Other sights in and around CERN…

Beth in CERN Restaurant #1

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

La Pomme de la Morte, St. Genis

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

The Bear the blows bubbles in the shopping mall of Val Thoiry

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

The Borg

The view from Uetliberg

And in Zurich…

CERN and Physics Education

CERN and Physics EducationMayaguez, PR

March 11, 2006

Where do we go from here?

• How might the Puerto Rico QN center respond to the LHC?

• What would help your class?

• What would interest your students?

• What would you like to see from QN?