SMU Quarknet Workshop 5-9 June 2006

Meet at 9:00am in room 202 Fondren Science Building on the SMU campus.

Participants

Mentors

   Fred Olness
   Randy Scalise
   Roberto Vega

Teachers

   1.Jean Armitage           11.Tom Lindsey           
   2.Raymond Billingsley     12.Richard Lines                  
   3.Bruce Boehne            13.Ayche McClung                 
   4.Nathan Brown            14.Mark McGaugh                  
   5.Darren Carollo          15.Allen Morris               
   6.Glenda Carter           16.Jon Papp                   
   7.Jeff Chandler           17.Gary Sorensen              
   8.Scott Demaree           18.Rushe Statser         
   9.Janee Hall              19.Ken Taylor            
  10.Jason Hogan             20.Linda Treadaway

Students

   Thomas Catanach
   Tyler White

Schedule

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5 M   Welcome | Introductions | Explanation of Quarknet |   Muons and Relativity  |  Prep for Cosmic Ray e-Lab
      Olness  |               |      Kris Whelan        |       Mark McGaugh      | Nathan Brown & Richard Lines           
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6 T   Demonstrations          | Geometry in Nature      | Intro to the Standard Model of Particle Physics
        Ken Taylor            |    Allen Morris         |              Richard Lines
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7 W   Symmetry in Music       |    Evolution            |    Escaping the Quantum Well
          Olness              |   John Cotton           |         Richard Lines
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8 R   Good Science Project    | Optics Lab Tour         |          CERN
          Bruce Boehne        |    Jingbo Ye            |    Linda Treadaway
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9 F   Cosmic Ray Science Project  |  Vacuum Cannon      |   E-lab Presentations  |       NOVA Neutrino Video
           Thomas Catanach        |  Demonstration      |                        |
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Each day will comprise two hours of lecture and three hours of lab. Laboratory will consist of Richard Lines' and Nathan Brown's Cosmic Ray e-Lab and assembly of a Laser Communicator kit which you will take with you when completed.

Resources

ATLAS videos
QuarkNet
- QuarkNet Blog
- Cosmic Ray e-Lab
Muons and Relativity (PPT) by Mark McGaugh
The Golden Ratio (PPT) by Allen Morris
- Golden Ratio Calipers (DOC) by Allen Morris
Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics (PPT) by Richard Lines
- Other PPT Lectures by Richard Lines
Symmetry in Music (PDF) by Professor Fred Olness
Choosing a Science Project by Bruce Boehne
CERN (PPT) by Linda Treadaway
- CERN - The world's largest particle physics laboratory
The Ghost Particle - PBS NOVA Neutrino video
Ask an expert site - The MAD Scientist Network - and Randy Scalise's contributions.
THE POOLTABLE ANALOGY TO AXION PHYSICS (PDF) by Pierre Sikivie
Great Popular Science Books
SMU's Debunking Pseudoscience Course by Professors John Cotton and Randy Scalise
- Syllabus, Topics, and Lecture Notes
- Books on Critical Thinking
- Fiveness of the Washington Monument by Martin Gardner
- Hoaxes including the Vinland Map and the Shroud of Turin

2007

Nathan Brown and Tom Lindsey are preparing "Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics" lectures.