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1. Title Page To Do: Fill in this title page Change Master Slide Choose current Centers slide – “cool orange and green” or blue Summarize outreach activities slide #13 Choose and organize whatever ND slides you want I haven’t yet figured out how to download cosmic ray detector video from FNAL – still working on it, though QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

2. Legend Red – 3rd year Green – 2nd year Purple – 1st year Blue – proposed QuarkNet Sites Nationwide QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

3. Active QuarkNet Centers 1999 Centers Boston Univ. Fermilab Florida State Univ. Indiana Univ. Iowa State Univ. Langston Univ. Northeastern Univ. Notre Dame Univ. SUNY Stony Brook Univ. of Iowa Univ. of California at Santa Cruz Univ. of Oklahoma Univ. of Rochester Univ. of Texas at Arlington 2000 Centers Brookhaven Nat’l Lab. Columbia Univ./Nevis Labs Hampton Univ. Michigan State Univ. Southern Methodist Univ. SUNY Albany Univ. of California at Irvine Univ. of California at Riverside Univ. of Chicago Univ. of Florida Univ. of Illinois – Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania Univ. of Washington 2001 Centers Argonne Nat’l Lab. Florida Institute of Tech. Iowa State Univ. Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Lab Rutgers Univ. Texas Tech Univ. Univ. of Iowa Univ. of Kansas Univ. of Mississippi QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

4. Proposed QuarkNet Centers 2002 Centers (proposed) Univ. of Arizona Univ. of Cincinnati Johns Hopkins Univ. Univ. of Maryland Univ. of Minnesota Univ. of Northern Illinois Univ. of Oregon Univ. of Pittsburgh Univ. of South Alabama Univ. of South Carolina SLAC Vanderbilt Univ. QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

5. Proposed QuarkNet Centers 2002 Centers (proposed) Univ. of Arizona Univ. of Cincinnati Johns Hopkins Univ. Univ. of Maryland Univ. of Minnesota Univ. of Northern Illinois Univ. of Oregon Univ. of Pittsburgh Univ. of South Alabama Univ. of South Carolina SLAC Vanderbilt Univ. QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

6. 10 Associate Teachers QuarkNet Organizational Structure 4 PI’s O. K. Baker M. Bardeen M. Barnett R. Ruchti 5 QuarkNet Staff B. Beiersdorf K. Cecire A. Erzberger T. Jordan P. Mooney Center 1 Center 2 Center 3 Typical Center Center 34 Center 35 Center 36 --------------- ----- 2 Mentors 2 Lead Teachers QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

7. Important QuarkNet Websites QuarkNet Homepage http://quarknet.fnal.gov/ Run II Webcasts http://quarknet.fnal.gov/run2/news.shtml QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

8. http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/ http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/outreach/index.html D0: http://www-d0.fnal.gov/ CDF: http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/atlas.html CMS: ATLAS: Important Experiment Websites FNAL Hadron Collider Experiments CERN Hadron Collider Experiments Cosmic Ray Detector Output http://quarknet.fnal.gov/materials/detector.mov QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

9. Principal Investigators: 4 QuarkNet Staff: 5 Lead Teachers: 66 Associate Teachers: 130 High School Students: ???? QuarkNet People QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

10. Lead Teacher Institutes 1999 – Held Late June at Fermilab 2000 – Held Late June at Fermilab 2001 – Held Early July at Snowmass QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

11. Overview - Lead Teacher Institutes Topics Covered Accelerators Standard Model Detectors Future of HEP Neutrino Experiments Projects Hands on: Helmholz Coils & Cosmic Ray Detectors Individual investigation: Reconstructing a Top Quark Event Web-based: Learning about accelerators, detectors and particles Team-based: Identifying Particles from Monte Carlo Data QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

12. QuarkNet Outreach Activities Indiana University A university professor, five high school physics teachers and 22 high school students worked for a week building, programming and testing cosmic ray telescope components. They also produced the documentation and electronics necessary so teachers and students can build similar telescopes when they return to their schools. QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

13. QuarkNet Outreach Activities A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF QUARKNET TEACHERSSince the CMS fabrication project we had planned for the QUARKNET teachers was delayed, our QUARKNET teachers spent some of their time working on the Pierre Auger Project. The Pierre Auger project will measure the energy and the incoming direction of the highest energy cosmic rays ever detected. These high energy cosmic rays interact with atoms in the upper atmosphere and create an particle air shower which propagates down to earth, somewhat like a giant wave of charged and neutral particles moving downward to the earth's surface. At ground level muons and electrons from this shower are detected. How the high energy cosmic rays are produced and their source remains a great mystery to scientists. It is thought that the discoveries made by the Auger Project will be a direct complement to work performed at ground based accelerators, like the Tevatron and LHC.The cosmic rays are detected at ground level in a water cerenkov detector. Cerenkov light is emitted in the tank of water as charged particles pass through whose velocity exceedsthe speed of light. This does not upset Einstein because the speed of light in water is reduced by water's index of refraction to v=c/1.33, thus any particle exceeding this velocity can emit cerenkov light. Most of this light is detected in the near-UV and optical wavelengths. To collect the light efficiently the inside of the tank is lined with a highly diffusely reflective material made by Dupont called Tyvek. (Flat paint is a "diffuse" reflector, whereas enamel paint is a "specular" or shiny reflector.)Our Auger engineers recommended that the Tyvek be coated with a thin layer of polyethylene for mechanical reasons. This had never been considered before and the Auger scientists were apprehensive that the polyethylene might destroy the diffuse reflectivity of the Tyvek surface making it too shiny. But the Mississippi [teacher] team realized that in water the thematerial may not appear shiny at all! A novel test, designed by the QUARKNET teachers, was performed to measure the reflectivity of Tyvek in water. The teachers' hypothesis was confirmed, that indeed in water the coated Tyvek remained a diffuse light scatterer. The results were shown at a Pierre Auger Tank review meeting in July 01 at Fermilab. Nobel laurate Jim Cronin who co-heads the Pierre Auger project, took special notice of the teachers result and asked that Auger scientists study the effect in more detail to determine the impact this may have on the overall design. Everyone now agrees that the Tyvek which is coated with polyethylene has a harmless effect on the light detection and the project will use the new over-coated Tyvek. Thus the QUARKNET teachers have made a significant impact on a large HEP project in their short summer research program. This is quite often how science works. We were very impressed!Contributed by L. Cremaldi QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

14. Division between national and local QN QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

15. Fermilab Notre Dame QuarkNet QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

16. QuarkNet Picnic Summer 2000 QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

17. Notre Dame QuarkNet Center • Vision • A community of researchers including high school teachers,faculty,postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduatestudents and high school students. • Location • - Just south of ND’s campus. • - Fully functional research lab. • - Houses offices, lab spaces, and student experimental areas. QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

18. Summer Student Research QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

19. ND QuarkNet Center: Staff • Mentors • Jim Bishop • Dan Karmgard • Randy Ruchti • Mitch Wayne • QuarkNet Staff • Pat Mooney • Beth Beiersdorf • CMS/DØ Staff • Barry Baumbaugh • Jeff Marchant • Mark Vigneault • Lead Teachers • LeRoy Castle, La Porte • Dale Wiand, Adams • Associate Teachers • Ken Andert, LaLumiere • Jeff Chorny, LakeShore • Helene Douerty, St. Joseph • Maggie Jensen, Gavit • Tom Loughran, Trinity • Kevin Johnston, Jimtown • Rick Roberts, Clay • Administration • Jennifer Maddox QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

20. 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 QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

21. Science Alive QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

22. Faculty Fermi Trip Summer ‘00 QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

23. Student Involvement QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

24. RET RET RET RET RET RET QN RET QN – QuarkNet (1 week) Summer, 2001 Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RET – Research Experience for Teachers (8 weeks) QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

25. ND QuarkNet Summer 2000 QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

26. 1st Shift Lunch 2nd Shift Summer Student Research QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

27. QuarkNet Staff and Teachers QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

28. Summary • It has been an exciting period of growth for QuarkNet. • We have worked extensively with 18 teachers and 30 high school students. • The program has continued to grow. We want you to be a part of that growth QuarkNet Presentation B. Beiersdorf, University of Notre Dame QuarkNet Center