It is a two-week long workshop -- last week of June and first week of
July (i.e 24 to 28 June and 1 to 5 July).
You can participate in both weeks or only one of them.
The setting is rather informal, and the program depends largely on the
interest of the participants. The aim is to expose participants to our
research work in physics, in particular particle physics, but we are happy
to talk about anything that interests you and that we feel competent to
talk about. We have a few lectures, planetarium shows, do experiments,
learn skills, watch movies,..
Here are a few possibilities:
- possible lectures:
- introduction to particle physics
- about accelerators
- about semiconductors, transistors,..
- relativity
- Quantum computing
- SUSY (supersymmetry)
- cosmology
- dark matter, dark energy
- how to find planets
- tutorials
- how to use a spreadsheet program
- statistical analysis of data
- Lab. experiments:
- e/m (measurement of charge to mass ratio of the electron)
- various electronics experiments:
e.g. build and test adding amplifier or DAC
- measurement of Earth's magnetic field
- measurement of the speed of light
- electron spin resonance
- Hall effect measurements
(e.g. determine charge carrier density in a semiconductor)
- geometrical optics: refraction, reflection, lenses,..
- particle physics: particle reactions/decays in a bubble chamber
- particle physics: play with "on-screeen" particle physics software
- other expts: Sun spot measurement, rotation period of Sun
- possible films to watch:
- Powers of Ten
- Accelerating science
- Physics by Inquiry
- planetarium shows:
- The Universe of Dr. Einstein
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Web surfing:
- visit various educational sites
In the last two workshops we covered many of the things mentioned above,
but there is no reason not to repeat some of them if people are
interested. I would appreciate feedback from you if there is anything that
strikes your fancy in the list, or if there is something else that you
would like on the program.
By participating you earn the phenomenally generous stipend of $300.--
(That's all NSF is willing to give us).