SMU Quarknet Workshop 6-10 August 2012

Meet at 9:00am in room 155 Fondren Science Building on the SMU campus.

Participants:

Mentors

Quarknet

Kris Whelan
Dale Ingram

Teachers

Bruce	Boehne
Nathan	Brown
Beverly	Cannon
Darren	Carollo
Kevin	Carter
Ron	Esman
Reinaldo	Fonseca
Nancy Jane	Hall
Richard	Lines
Evelyn	Restivo
Gail	Rothstein
Rushe	Statser
Valerie	Thomas
Leon	De Oliveira

SMU Physics

Farley Ferrante
Ryszard Stroynowski

Students

· Whit Howard

Draft Schedule

        Lectures Room 155, Labs Room 26

        Let us know if you would like to present something.

PHOTOS from the workshop and LIGO trip

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6  Mo   Welcome | General Relativity Intro I II (S. Dalley, SMU) | Michelson & Interferometers (Elegant Universe Video)

            | LUNCH |

            Interferometer construction   optics parts list

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7  Tu    Gravity Waves (Trina Cannon)

            | LUNCH |

            LIGO e-LAB (Dale Ingram, via videolink from Caltech)

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8  We   “2012” (F. Ferrante, SMU) | LHC Project Pics    INDIRECT MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES (Evelyn Restivo)

            | LUNCH |

            Interferometer construction

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9  Th    Frontier of Physics (R. Stroynowski, SMU) | Gravity Wave Astronomy (Paul Groot, SETI seminar video)

            |LUNCH|

            (finish early to prepare for trip)

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10 Fr   Trip to LIGO, Livingston Louisiana

           Default departure flight Southwest #255 DAL – MSY 6:15 AM

            Rent cars, arrive LIGO about 10 AM – catered lunch - depart LIGO about 4 PM.

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Refreshments and Buffet Lunch will be provided at SMU every day.

Random Resources

· IB NUCLEUS AND NUCLEAR REACTIONS by Rich Lines (Viewing the slides in the "notes view" format will allow teachers to see the notes I've added for my printouts to help me make sure I don't leave important stuff out.)

· CosmicExtremes.pdf

· QNOverview2010.ppt

· 6000_CRMD_Plateau_Guide.doc

· Plateau-Template-6000MS.xls

· Spacetime Physics by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler

· Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler

· Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip Thorne

· Scientists Drop Theory of Everything Down Elevator Shaft

· Video: Testing Quantum Gravity With Bosons in an Elevator Shaft