The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame Randy Ruchti Department of Physics University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana

Geographic Region: Michiana Fermilab R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Notre Dame QuarkNet Center Vision A community of researchers including faculty, technical staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students and high school teachers, high school students. Location - Just south of ND’s campus at 929 N Eddy St, South Bend - Fully functional research lab. - Houses offices, lab spaces, and student experimental areas. R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ND QuarkNet Center Physicists (Mentors) Jim Bishop Dan Karmgard Randy Ruchti Mitch Wayne QuarkNet Staff Pat Mooney Beth Beiersdorf CMS/DØ Staff Barry Baumbaugh Jeff Marchant Mike McKenna Mark Vigneault Administrative Assistance Jennifer Maddox Sharon Clark Lead Teachers LeRoy Castle, La Porte Dale Wiand, Adams Associate Teachers Ken Andert, LaLumiere Ken Andrzewski, Marion Jeff Chorny, LakeShore Helene Douerty, St. Joseph Ed Fidler, LaLumiere Tom Guthrie, Penn Maggie Jensen, Gavit Kevin Johnston, Jimtown Monica Konrath, Oregon-Davis Tom Loughran, Trinity Rick Roberts, Clay Gerry Van Laecke, Clay Student Teacher Bob LeBlanc, Notre Dame R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

QuarkNet Staff and Teachers R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Student/Teacher Involvement R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ND QuarkNet Summer 2000 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Notre Dame Center Summer Activity Associate Teacher Institute (1-3 weeks) 12+ Teachers involved Research Experience for Teachers (8 Weeks) 12 Teachers involved DØ, CMS, Detector Development (SBIR), Cosmic Ray Detectors Research Experience for High School Students (8 Weeks) 13-15 Students involved each summer. DØ Central Fiber Tracker CMS HCAL Readout Boxes/Optical Decoding Lectures, Tours, Scientific Discussions, Social Gatherings R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Program Derived from Detector R&D DØ Central Fiber Tracker Active targets based on Ce(3+) coherent fiber-optic plates with image intensifiers PS/3HF organic scintillator Multi-clad optical fibers Visible Light Photon Counters SBIR New scintillators and waveshifters CMS HCAL Optical readout and decoding of the sampling calorimeters for barrel, endcap and outer barrel subdetectors. Multi-clad optical fibers Hybrid photodiodes Cosmic Ray Detectors Based on Tb(3+) coherent fiber-optic plates with image intensifiers NASM- Smithsonian, CERN SX5 visitors gallery, Fermilab, Snowmass 2001 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Summer Student Research 1st Shift 2nd Shift Lunch R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 DØ CFT Effort R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 The DØ Upgrade CFT R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 DØ Fiber Waveguides R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

DØ Central Fiber Tracker “Student involvement at its best”   Joe Martin and Amy DeCelles are QuarkNet students of Patrick Mooney at Trinity High School in South Bend, Indiana. His group of students, most of them seniors at various high schools in an around South Bend, recently visited Fermilab to learn more about the laboratory and to see the 40-foot-high DZero detector. Every morning at 7:30 a.m., five days a week, students of our QuarkNet group are on shift at a science lab near Notre Dame to prepare optical for use in waveguides as part of Fermilab's DZero detector," Martin said. "In the afternoon we have lectures on related physics aspects and how DZero will use the fibers we assembled. In addition to earning some money, we learn a lot." "We get spools with 2,500 meters of fibers, and we check, bundle and shield them. Then we send the fibers to Fermilab, where they put connectors on the endings and install the fibers in the detector," DeCelles said. "It is our responsibility to identify fibers that do not work and replace them." The QuarkNet program seems to be well on its way to achieving its goals, stimulating interest in science among high school students. Will they consider studying physics when they start college next year? DeCelles and her peer students didn't hesitate. "Absolutely!" they said. They'd been caught in the QuarkNet. FermiNews, Vol.23 No.13 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 CMS at CERN/LHC R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

CMS HCAL Subsystem Locations R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Overview of RBX Placement R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 Cosmic Ray Detectors B. Baumbaugh at the opening of the new gallery Explore the Universe, National Air and Space Museum R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 Academic Credit 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, field trips, seminars R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 Directions 2001-2002 Annual Kickoff Meeting – September Weekly Meetings on Mondays: 16:30–18:00 at the QuarkNet Center Reunion – November at Fermilab AAPT – January in Philadelphia Science Alive – February in South Bend HASTI – February in Indianapolis IN-AAPT – April in Indianapolis BRISC – April in San Francisco QN Summer Institute – 1 Week - June at Notre Dame Modeling Workshop – 3 Weeks - July at Notre Dame RET and REHS – 8 Weeks - June to August at Notre Dame AAPT – August in Boise Beam Testing for CMS – June to August at CERN Data Taking for DØ – All Year R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 Kickoff Meeting 9-29-01 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

Science Alive – Outreach to the South Bend Community R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 Directions – Summer 2002 RET – Research Experiences for Teachers (regional) Astrophysics, Biophysics, HEP-CMS, HEP-D0, HEP-Det R&D, Nuclear 8 weeks Modeling Workshop (national) in association with Arizona State University Mechanics, Modern Physics 3 weeks Participants from QuarkNet Centers around the country REHS – Research Experiences for HS Students (Pilot Program) Principally CMS HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

REHSS Pilot Program Student Researchers 1999 David Dickerson (Indiana University) Daniel Saddawi-Konefka (Northwestern) 2000 Ravi Bhavsar (Purdue) Robert Bourke (Michigan) Michael Busk (Notre Dame) Zachary Clark (Purdue) J. Patrick Davenport (Taylor) Amy DeCelles (U Chicago) Andrew Evers (HS Senior) Noopor Garg (HS Senior) Joseph Martin (HS Senior) Sheila May (U of Southern California) Gregory Outlaw (U of Miami) Robert Ribeiro (HS-senior) Jenny Tristano (U Chicago) Kara Whitaker (Notre Dame) Roger Wiltfong (HS-senior) 2001 Kevin Alby (SB Adams) Patricia Brewer (Trinity) Jasmine Cashbaugh (St. Joseph) Nicholas Erdman (Lakeshore, MI) Andrew Evers (Jimtown) Mark Gromski (SB LaSalle) John Higgins (LaLumiere) Kristyn Kapetanovic (Gavit) Jon Lawson (Trinity) Eric Martin (LaLumiere) Julia Novak (Gavit) Eugenia Tanner (SB LaSalle) Daniel Vanderkam (St. Joseph) Roger Wiltfong (SB Riley) Tim Winter (Lakeshore, MI) R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

How Many High School Students Impacted? Summer Research Experience – 30 Academic Year Research Experience – 1 Science Alive - 25 QuarkNet Lab Tours – 45 Fermilab Tours – 100 School Visitations by Mentors – 350 Teacher classrooms - 400 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001 The ND QuarkNet Center R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001