The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project High Energy Physics Group The University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1. Schedule for CROP workshop July 18 – July 22, 2005 Monday, July 18 9:00 Introductory remarks (instructions & paperwork) & Workshop WelcomeRichards 15 9:45 Morning Class Session: Overview of CROP- Dr. Greg Snow 11:00 Break 11:15Overview of LabView Software- Jason KellerRichards 15 12:00 Lunch 1:00Afternoon Class Session:History of cosmic rays- Dr. Dan ClaesRichards 15 2:00 Break 2:15Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station A; Group 2 – Station B; Group 3 – Station C; Group 4 – Station D; Group 5 – Station E; Group 6 – Station F Tuesday, July 19 8:30Morning Class Session: The cosmic ray spectrum-Dr. Dan ClaesRichards 15 9:30 Break 9:45Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station B; Group 2 – Station C; Group 3 – Station D; Group 4 – Station E; Group 5 – Station F; Group 6 – Station A 12:00 Lunch 1:00Afternoon Class Session: Scintillators and PMTs-Dr. Greg SnowRichards 15 2:00 Break 2:15 Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station C; Group 2 – Station D; Group 3 – Station E; Group 4 – Station F; Group 5 – Station A; Group 6 – Station B 4:15The HiSparc project in the Netherlands-Jef ColeRichards 15 Wednesday, July 20 8:30Morning Class Session: Counting experiments and statistics-Dr. Dan ClaesRichards 15 9:30 Break 9:45Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station D; Group 2 – Station E; Group 3 – Station F; Group 4 – Station A; Group 5 – Station B; Group 6 – Station C 12:00 Lunch 1:00Afternoon Class Session: Scintillators, PMTs, accidentals-Dr. Greg SnowRichards 15 2:00 Break 2:15 Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station E; Group 2 – Station F; Group 3 – Station A; Group 4 – Station B; Group 5 – Station C; Group 6 – Station D Thursday, July 21 8:30Morning Class Session: Charged particles in matter-Dr. Dan ClaesRichards 15 9:30 Break 9:45Labwork: Parallel Sessions Group 1- Station F; Group 2 – Station A; Group 3 – Station B; Group 4 – Station C; Group 5 – Station D; Group 6 – Station E 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Set-up Array Experiment for overnight data taking outside Ferguson Hall 6:00 Picnic outside Ferguson Hall Friday, July 22 8:30 Analyze Array Experiment Data Ferguson Hall 10:15 Break 10:30 Analyze Array Experiment Data 11:15The Pierre Auger Observatory-Dr. Pablo BauleoRichards 15 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Group Photos, Wrap Up Session, and Packing for Home Meet in Richards 15 The Cosmic Ray Observatory ProjectHigh Energy Physics GroupThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2. Schedule for CROP workshop July 18 – July 22, 2005 Station A – Scintillator Polishing, Wrapping, Light-Leak Testing----------------Brace 201 Station B – Oscilloscope Lessons--------------------------------------------------Ferguson 117 Station C – High Voltage Power Supply Calibration, Threshold Scans with DAQ Card and LabView Software----------------------------Ferguson 112 Station D – High Voltage Power Supply Calibration, Efficiency Scans with DAQ Card and LabView Software----------------------------Ferguson 113 Station E – Individual school logistics, autumn data taking, analysis ------- Ferguson 114 Station F – Rooftop box building----------------------------------------Ferguson 02, Outside Group 1 – Mt. Michael, Omaha Westside, Creighton Group 2 – Keya Paha, Lincoln High Group 3 – Spalding, Waterloo Group 4 – McPherson, visitors from the Netherlands, Turkey Group 5 – Bancroft-Rosalie, Loup, Lincoln Southwest Group 6 – Anselmo Merna, Scottsbluff, Zoo School The Cosmic Ray Observatory ProjectHigh Energy Physics GroupThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln