CROP 2002 Summer Workshop

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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop July 15 August 9, 2002
Welcome to the third summer workshop of the The
Cosmic Ray Observatory Project

• Introductions CROP staff and participants
• Todays schedule
• Introductory information
• Evaluation procedures D. Shell
• Background survey and pre-workshop questions
• Overview of CROP G. Snow
• Lunch
• History of Cosmic Rays, Part 1 D. Claes
• Begin lab work
• Typical day and first weeks schedule
• Attendance and daily sign-in sheet
• Stipend payments
• Other practical matters

Gregory R. Snow Associate Professor Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Nebraska,
Lincoln
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Schedule for
Week One July 15-19, 2002
Monday, July 15 900
Introductory remarks (instructions
paperwork) Richards 14 945 Welcome to the
Workshop - Dr. Stephen Ducharme,
Vice-Chairman, Dept of Physics 1000 Evaluation
procedures - Dr. Duane
Shell 1015 Participant survey pretest 1045
Break 1100 Overview of CROP
- Dr. Gregory Snow Richards 14 1200
Lunch 100 A History Of Cosmic Rays, Part 1 -
Dr. Dan Claes Richards 14 230 Labwork
opening, polishing scintillator
Brace 201
Tuesday, July 16 830 Informal Question
Answer Period Richards 14 900 Morning Class
Session Charge Moving Through B-fields -
Fr.Michael Liebl Richards 14
1015 Break 1030 Labwork
Sanding, polishing scintillator surfaces Brace
201 1200 Lunch 100 Afternoon Class Session
Global Positioning System -
Bill Campbell Richards 14 200 Labwork
Lessons in oscilloscope use Ferguson basement
Labwork Power supply assembly Brace
201 430 Informal Question Answer
Period Richards 14 Wednesday, July
17 830 Informal Question Answer Period
(assign group particle reports) Richards 14
900 Morning Session History of Cosmic Rays,
Part 2 - Dan Claes
Richards 14 1015 Break 1030 Labwork
Preparing scintillator, assembling power
supplies Brace 201 1230 Lunch 130
Special Colloquium "The Unusual Physics of
Science Fiction Movies

- Dr. Peter Dowben, UNL
Ferguson 217 300 Labwork Use of the
Oscilloscope, contd Ferguson basement
Labwork Preparing scintillators, assembling
power supplies Brace 201
Thursday, July 18 830 Informal Question
Answer Period
Richards 14 900 Morning SessionOrientation
to Computer Resources Ferguson 21 1015
Break 1030 Labwork Scintillator Power Supply
work, selecting PMTs Brace 201 1200 Lunch
100 Afternoon Session The Earths Magnetic
Field - Dr. MaryAnne Holmes Richards
14 200 Labwork Use of the Oscilliscope/
Scintillator Power Supply work 430
Informal Question Answer Period Richards
14 Friday, July 19 830
Informal Question Answer Period Richards 14
900 Morning Session Interaction of Charged
Particles with Matter - Dan Claes
Richards 14 1015 Break 1030 Labwork Finish
scintillators, Assembling Power Supplies Brace
201 1200 Lunch 100 Afternoon Session
Einsteins Special Relativity - Bill Campbell
Richards 14 200 Labwork Scintillator Power
Supply work Selecting PMTs, testing Brace 201
430 Informal Question Answer
Period Richards 14
The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project High
Energy Physics Group The University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop July 15 August 9, 2002
Daily Attendance

• You are expected to attend each day of the
• workshop from Monday, July 15, through
• Friday, August 9.
• Hours 830 a.m. to 500 p.m.
• (We may end early on some days)
• Please sign the attendance sheet at the
  beginning
• of each day (for reporting to the National
  Science
• Foundation)
• If you must be absent for a day due to illness,
• please contact your teacher and/or contact
• Greg Snow
• Office 402-472-6279 (with voice mail)
• E-mail gsnow_at_unlhep.unl.edu
• OR
• Dan Claes
• Office 402-472-2783 (with voice mail)
• E-maildclaes_at_unlhep.unl.edu

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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop Daily Attendance
Sign-in Sheet
Date Monday, July 15 Name
Signature
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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop July 15 August 9, 2002
Payment of Stipends

• Stipends for students and teachers will be paid
• at the end of the workshop
• Teachers 65.00 per day of participation
• Students 43.25 per day of participation
• Please write your
• Social security number
• Current mailing address
• Signature
• on your Expense Voucher today

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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop July 15 August 9, 2002
Other practical matters

• Dormitory rooms, meals
• Parking
• Lunch tickets for UNL student union restaurants
• Recreation Center passes available, 2.00/week
• See Marilyn for details
• Thursday evening picnic followed by
• outdoor film
• Research and report on one of the many cosmic
• ray experiments in the world
• Time in computer lab
• Reading materials

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CROP 2002 Summer Workshop July 15 August 9, 2001
Other practical matters

• Note taking in logbook provided
• Take notes during lectures and lab activities
• Standard practice in scientific research
• Some nighttime assignments
• Write down questions for informal question
• and answer periods
• Useful to review for post-workshop test
• Award for best post-workshop test at
• Fall 2002 meeting at UNL
• Useful for presentations to classes at your
• school
• Schedule of one-day academic-year meeting
• during the autumn (on a Saturday, participants
• from all participating schools)
• Graduate credit for participating teachers

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Richards Hall Brace Hall
Recreation Center
Ferguson Hall