QuarkNet

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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 Ruchti
• Department of Physics

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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

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Particle Physics - the Energy Frontier
A key equation E2 p2c2 m2c4
New Physics Higgs Bosons Supersymmetry String
Theory Hidden Dimensions
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Fermilab Tevatron Collider and Main
InjectorBatavia, Illinois
Our Tool Synchrotrons Colliding Beams
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CMS Experiment at LHC CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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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.

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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.

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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 (gt5yr).

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Involvement by states in hadron collider physics
and QuarkNet Centers in FY 99 and FY 00.
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QuarkNet Project Schematic
4 Principal
4 Staff Teachers
Investigators
(Project Staff)
Advisory
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one acts as
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project director
spokesperson
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STUDENT RESEARCHERS
An integral part of TeV Run II Experiments
LHC turn-on and ATLAS/CMS experiments.
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• Approved for funding by NSF/ESIE
• January 1999
• Matching funding from DOE/DHEP
• through Fermilab
• Matching funding from NSF/EPP
• through Notre Dame

QuarkNet

• 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

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QuarkNet FY99 - FY00
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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.

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CMS/QuarkNet Lab929 N. Eddy St
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Notre Dame QuarkNet Center
Fermilab
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Notre Dame QuarkNet Center
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September 1999 Initial Meeting for ND Center
Weekly Meetings during the 99-00 Academic Year
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Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

• 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

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ND QuarkNet Center Staff

• 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

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QuarkNet Staff and Teachers
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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

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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

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QuarkNet Students - Summer 00
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Student Schedule

• Morning Shift 730am-100pm
• Afternoon Shift 1200pm-530pm
• work at QuarkNet Lab or Nieuwland Science Hall
• Luncheon interactive physics discussions and/or
  seminars 1200pm-100pm
• At QuarkNet Lab
• discussions Karmgard, Mooney, Ruchti
• seminars Bigi, Cushing, Hildreth, Konigsberg
  (UFL), Lynker (IUSB), Wayne

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DØ Experiment - Making Fiber-optic Waveguide
Bundles
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Wayne Seminar
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Konigsberg Seminar
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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.

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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.

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QuarkNet - Summer 2000