QuarkNet
QuarkNet introduces you to particle physics. This year the one-week long workshop will be a hands-on workshop where participants will explore topics from particle detection to data analysis to recording information electronically. A cloud chamber will be used to detect particles produced by cosmic rays and a video camera will register events for later analysis. We will also use scintillators from the MARIACHI experiment to detect cosmic rays. Video editing software will be used to extract relevant information. The hands on classes will be complemented by short lectures on Modern Physics, Nuclear Physics and the Standard Model. Daily activities will be recorded electronically using a WIKI, and some lectures will incorporate videoconference technology. A one afternoon tour of BNL will take place during the workshop.
Participants are encouraged to bring Laptops!!
Click here for the QuarkNet website for additional information.
Workshop will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.
For additional information or questions, please call (631) 632-9750
or e-mail cesame@stonybrook.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS
December 9, 2009: High School Protein Modeling Challenge
December 15, 2009: Deadline for undergraduate MARC program fellowships