http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/ 2008-08-27T14:32:39-04:00 http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/ http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-27T12:03:05-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:ok_let_s_admit_it&rev=1219852985&do=diff ...that we are all surprised that Mike, with his boyish charm, has a son of marriageable age. Congratulations to the Bennett family! P.S. Good luck with the new computer. We look forward to many nice uploads soon. text/html 2008-08-27T11:58:39-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:schedule_of_confirmed_virtual_quarknet_video_conferences&rev=1219852719&do=diff Aug 3 Aug 10 Aug 17 Aug 24 Aug 31 MB x x x x KC x x x x AJ KK x DN JS DT x x x MW x … text/html 2008-08-26T20:59:49-04:00 mbennett http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:detector_changes_and_other_important_stuff&rev=1219798789&do=diff Ben (a senior student) and I have been working to hook up our CRD to a different computer. The old computer began acting strangely...so much so that it couldn't be used anymore. As a result of the change, we've been offline for about a week. One other thing I need to do is get into that old computer and see if the recent data files can be copied and uploaded to the e-Lab site. text/html 2008-08-26T14:05:31-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg&rev=1219773931&do=diff Project Pages Home for Students for Teachers Hands-On-CERN LHC Online Masterclass Institute Pages Home Organization Evaluation Resources EVO connections The European Particle Physics Outreach Group (EPPOG) has created the Masterclass, an opportunity for students to discover the world of quarks and leptons with real data from the Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP). The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is scheduled to begin operating in 2008. The LHC h… text/html 2008-08-26T13:54:15-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg:news08&rev=1219773255&do=diff News Items from the 2008 Masterclass * US Masterclass 2008 has passed into history. There were plenty of highlights, a few glitches, and a lot of learning. To scroll (backwards) through a play-by-play of the student/teacher experience, go the the LHC Postings blog. To see pictures, try our new US Masterclass Pictures Page. * Quote of the Day: A student in the Masterclass at UC Riverside (Wed 5 Mar), when asked how she sees physics now, compared to before doing the Masterclass, said simpl… text/html 2008-08-26T10:48:20-04:00 summer http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:lhco:post:home:postings:write:september_10th&rev=1219762100&do=diff OK, so on September 10th Danica and I will be traveling to Fermilab. And as excited as I am, I'm still a little nervous for one reason. If I meet the people who work there, and are actively involved in research, I'm afraid I won't know what to say, or where to begin. So that's where everyone else comes in. If anyone has any questions that have been bugging them about future LHC developments or perhaps even Fermilab facilities, it would be great if you would post them here and Danica and I ca… text/html 2008-08-26T10:33:44-04:00 wadness http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:more_detectors_for_our_group&rev=1219761224&do=diff Last week, Ken came out to our Boston area QuarkNet group and we spent a few hours trying to get two of our detector setups working. Well, we were half successful. Between the components of the two setups we were able to get one working. We now have one working detector setup at Roxbury Latin in Boston. Hopefully we can start getting that data uploaded to the server on a regular basis. The other set (with some bad parts to it) I have, but we'll see what we can do to eventually get it fixed. text/html 2008-08-25T15:35:06-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg:resources&rev=1219692906&do=diff Resources for a Masterclass Institute Masterclass Institute Pages Home Organization Evaluation Resources EVO connections Downloads * Updated Masterclass Powerpoint (Quarknet Fellows) * Masterclass Assignment/Work Sheet (Fetsko/Sinclair) [ lab] * Teacher page for above [ notes] * Masterclass Prep Powerpoint (Fetsko/Sinclair version)[ masterclass_event_id.ppt] * Masterclass Prep Powerpoint (Cecire/Boston version)[ Boston - Aug 2007] * Masterclass Prep Powerpoint (Wad… text/html 2008-08-25T15:31:01-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg:org&rev=1219692661&do=diff Organizing a Masterclass Institute Masterclass Institute Pages Home Organization Evaluation Resources EVO connections US Masterclass Organization for Teachers and Mentors Before Masterclass Day: * Orientation (new Institutes only; see above) * EVO Test by mentor at Institute site (at University or Lab; see EVO Test Schedule above) * Pre-test of students (at school) * Prep of students on particle physics vocabulary and detector/accelerator basics (~ 60 min at schoo… text/html 2008-08-25T15:27:27-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg:evo&rev=1219692447&do=diff Prepare for the Masterclass Videoconference "Become an EVO mastermind" Masterclass Institute Pages Home Organization Evaluation Resources EVO connections EVO Test Schedule Day Date Time Institute(s) Status Monday 18 Feb 2008 14:00-14:30 CT Cincinnati passed 15:00-15:30 CT Baltimore passed 16:30-17:00 CT New York passed Wednesday 20 Feb … text/html 2008-08-25T15:19:40-04:00 kencecire http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:wkshp:mcwg:eval&rev=1219691980&do=diff Evaluation Masterclass Institute Pages Home Organization Evaluation Resources EVO connections text/html 2008-08-21T15:04:03-04:00 dtrapp http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:remember_to_record_your_attendance_below&rev=1219345443&do=diff Don't forget to scroll down the page to find the attendance chart. Choose edit BELOW and mark your “x” in the current week (Sunday's dates are at the top), then “Save.” Thanks to those who sent nice compliments about my web site, <http://www.SequimScience.com> . I just finished a new page about the LHC and what they hope might be discovered: <http://homepage.mac.com/dtrapp/ePhysics.f/labVI_10b.html> . One of my major objectives was to try to provide introductory chemistry and physics instru… text/html 2008-08-19T09:47:21-04:00 danica http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=wiki:start:lhco:post:home:postings:write:coming_back_from_a_hiatus_to_be_plunged_into_the_action&rev=1219153641&do=diff So, as I have not been around for a while, I went back and read up on stuff, including this blog and the Wikipedia article on the LHC. I noticed, perhaps for the first time or not, that the dates for injecting particle beams were the 8th-11th of August, and that the first complete circulation is set for September 10th (but I already knew that one, because of the Chicago trip... which, with my professors' approval, I can go on). text/html 2008-08-10T23:22:34-04:00 mbennett http://cosm.hamptonu.edu/vlhc/doku.php?id=start:wiki:vqnc:vqn:write:a_closer_look_at_some_data&rev=1218424954&do=diff Ken prompted me to thinking about the dates he chose for his flux analysis, so I did one that covered a couple of days before his. If interested, check out this [flux graph]. Can anyone explain reasons why the amount should be so consistently high for the first part of the graph and then drop to another consistent level?