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Introduction to Junior Lab

Introduction to Junior Lab. Junior lab web page: web.mit.edu/8.13. Who am I (and what do I do at MIT?). Prof. Gunther Roland Office: 24-504 Phone: x3-9735 AIM: PhobosRolandG E-mail: rolandg@cern.ch When I’m not teaching: Basic research in High-Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics

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Introduction to Junior Lab

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  1. Introduction to Junior Lab Junior lab web page: web.mit.edu/8.13

  2. Who am I(and what do I do at MIT?) • Prof. Gunther Roland • Office: 24-504 • Phone: x3-9735 • AIM: PhobosRolandG • E-mail: rolandg@cern.ch • When I’m not teaching: • Basic research in High-Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics • Find these slides at http://web.mit.edu/8.13/www/handouts.shtml

  3. When I’m not in my office, I’m usually here

  4. What do we do at LHC ? • Make theHottest Matter in the Universe • 100.000.000 times hotter than the surface of the sun x 108

  5. CMS experiment

  6. The Junior lab team • Dr. Emily Edwards eedwards@mit.edu • Junior Lab expert • Regina Yopak ryopak@mit.edu • Junior Lab expert • Scott Sanders ssanders@mit.edu • Teaching Assistant • Jackie Villadsen • Teaching Assistant • Cherie Abbanat abbanat@mit.edu • help for oral presentations • Prof. Gunther Roland Rm 24-504 x3-9735 rolandg@mit.edu • Section leader For more info, see web.mit/edu/8.13

  7. Getting started • Find a good partner • 18 units: 6 in lab, 12 outside lab • this is not an overestimate • make sure you + your partner can coordinate schedule and work together efficiently • need to form partnership by next Monday • 1st experiment starts next Wednesday

  8. Section organization • Max 16 students/section • Some sections are more crowded than others • amount of help you can get is ~ 1/enrollment • Contact lead instructor (i.e. me) if you want to switch • Sections need to be fixed before 1st experiment

  9. Introduction • See first pages of 8.13 reader • Get pdf file from website: “Policies and Procedures”

  10. Experiments • Major advances in science (e.g. Nobel prizes) • Learn the art + science of experimental physics • How to obtain good data • How to document your work • How to estimate errors • How to present your results • As close to real life as possible

  11. Experiments • 26 sessions total (19 for experiments) • attendance is required • you will need the time • You will do • 3 intro exp’s • prep questions • oral presentation + paper for 1 out of 3 (within 10 days after exp) • graded, but grade not recorded • 4 out of 10 long exp’s (4 sessions each) • prep questions • oral presentation + paper for each • 2x30min per partnership for oral • 1 public oral in last week of semester

  12. Experiments • If needed (emergencies etc) • extra time on Fri • signup sheet • never work alone

  13. Papers and Presentations • Presentation within 10 days of last session for the experiment • Paper due midnight after the presentation • 10 point penalty per 24h delay • Any exception must be negotiated with section leader in advance

  14. Grading Scheme • 10% attendance/lab performance • change ‘lead’ from exp to exp • 10% Notebooks • graded 3x in semester • info in reader + next session • 10% prep problems • come prepared, you will need the time • Exp can’t be started w/o prep question • 40% orals • Use help (Atissa) • 15’ are short • split topic between partners (but not along theory/experiment) • 30% papers • < 4 pages, due midnight after oral • both partners have to write their own paper

  15. Schedule From http://web.mit.edu/8.13/www/calendar.shtml

  16. Reading Material • 8.13 reader • Intro + exp section from web • Bevington: Data reduction and error analysis ($58) - Required! • Melissinos: Experiments in Modern Physics - library • Original papers: See 8.13 e-library on 8.13 webpage

  17. Ethics in Science • Fabrication/Falsification of data • document everything as you go (Notebook) • complete record of everything you have done, including mistakes • Plagiarism • never use other work without acknowledgement • mark quotes as quotes • do not import text (from web resources) • Comparison to known values is ok, but not substitution/modification of your data, unless clearly marked • No tolerance in JLab

  18. Safety • Electrical safety • be careful • never work alone • Cryo Safety • Radiation Safety

  19. Homework • Find partner ! • Look at web.mit.edu/8.13 • Read introduction in reader • Read Bevington chapters 1-3 • Start learning LaTex • Decide on intro experiments and experimental line • Make use of your time now!

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