QuarkNet Workshop for High School Teachers

US/Eastern
Building 438

Building 438

Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (BNL)
    • 1
      Fundamental of particle physics
      Speaker: Dr Gopolang Mohlabeng (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 2
      Open questions in particle physics
      Speaker: Gopolang Mohlabeng (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 3
      Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology I
      Speaker: Paul Stankus (Oak Ridge National Lab)
    • 12:00
      Lunch
    • 4
      Neutrino Physics I
      Speaker: Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 5
      Neutrino Physics II
      Speaker: Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 6
      Searches of Dark Matter signals with the ATLAS detector at the LHC: Present and future

      Particle Physics Seminar in Building 510

      ABSTRACT:

      In this seminar, I will present an overview of up-to-date results on searches for Dark Matter signals with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using Run 2 data. Comparison with non-accelerator DM results as well as interpretation within some theoretical models will be discussed. In addition, expectation from the high-luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) DM searches program will be briefly presented. Finally, I will talk about the new ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD), planned for the phase 2 upgrade program for the HL-LHC run, and it performances for physics studies.

      Speaker: Dr Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica)
    • 7
      Raspberry Pi Experiments & Demonstrations I
      Speaker: Dr David Biersach (BNL)

      During this workshop educators will conduct several short experiments using Wolfram's Mathematica running on Raspberry Pi devices. The exercises will cover several advanced high school statistics, probability, and physics topics. The goal is to provide sample demonstrations that the educators can bring back to their home institutions to show students as part of an existing curriculum. Teachers will create interactive and graphical examples using the powerful Mathematica language that is freely available on every Raspberry Pi.

    • 12:00
      Lunch
    • 8
      Raspberry Pi Experiments & Demonstrations II
      Speaker: Dr David Biersach (BNL)
    • 9
      Detector basics and technologies
      Speaker: Milind Diwan (BNL)
    • 10
      MINERvA Masterclass (use momentum and uncertainty principle to analyze nu + n --> mu + p events in NuMI beam)
      Speaker: Dr Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame)
    • 11
      MINERvA Masterclass (use momentum and uncertainty principle to analyze nu + n --> mu + p events in NuMI beam)
      Speaker: Dr Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame)
    • 12:00
      Lunch
    • 12
      Astroparticle Physics & Cosmology II

      Possibly, a visit to the BMX Radio Telescope

      Speaker: Paul Stankus (Oak Ridge National Lab)
    • 13
      Tour of NSLS-II
      Speaker: Scott Bronson (BNL)