Higgs Mass Measurement and Other Fun Activities LHC discovery physics and its precedents for students and teachers Ken Cecire University of Notre Dame/QuarkNet

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 The Plan Masterclass is a precedent investigation. Discovery is upon us, v1. Discovery is upon us, v2. Where is all fits.

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Masterclass Mass plots Key ratios Waddling through data Incorporating discovery – Higgs candidate events – In masterclass – Masterclass-like activity

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Masterclass Associated investigations provide background. – Data Express (in progress) – Rolling with Rutherford – Quark Puzzle – Top Quark Mass – Mass Calc: Z

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Higgs Search Activity First response to July 4 announcement Got some permission. Tried it out in summer Maybe better for school visit than teacher-led?

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Higgs Search

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Template Discovery Activity Start with easy-to-interpret “re-discovery.” Understand key features. Go to public discovery plots. Current version for mass plots Part 1: Students re-create J/  mass plot from 2010 data.... Other “standard candle” plots can be used.

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Template Discovery Activity Part 2: Students use their experience from the previous plot to examine a recent discovery mass plot…with context.

IPPOG Meeting 30 November 2012 Discovery and Data Portfolio Discovery Activities: 1. Templates 2. Masterclass-like with real events