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

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Schedule for
Week Two June 30- July 3, 2003
Monday, June 30 830 Reports
on assigned Particles Richards 15 900
Morning Class Session Charge Moving Through
B-fields - Fr.Michael Liebl Richards 15
1015 Break 1030 Labwork Checking glue
joints, wrapping counters Brace 201 1200
Lunch 100 Afternoon Session Scintillators
and PMTs, Part 4 - Greg Snow Richards 15
215 Labwork Wrapping counters, light-leak
checking Brace 201,
Ferguson basement 430 Finish reports on
assigned particles Richards 15 600
Math/Physics Basics - Useful DefinitionsKinetic
Energy,E-fields - Tony Caruso Ferguson 11
Tuesday, July 1 830 Informal
Question Answer Period Richards 15 900
Morning Session Interact ion of Charged
Particles with Matter III - Dan Claes
Richards 15 1015 Break 1030 Labwork Random
Events (Geiger counter cloud chamber) -
John Rogers Brace 201 1200 Lunch 100
Afternoon Session The Accelerators and Cosmic
Rays Video Hour Richards
15 215 Labwork Light-tighting, threshold
scans Brace 201, Ferguson basement 430
Informal Question Answer Period Richards 15
600pm Special Dinner Outing at
Valentinos new SuperBuffet
Wednesday, July 2 830 Informal Question
Answer Period Richards 15 900 Morning
Session History of Cosmic Rays, Part 3
- Dan Claes Richards
15 1015 Break 1030 Labwork Alpha tracks,
Beta penetrability
- John Rogers Brace 201 1200 Lunch 130
Special Colloquium Studying the Highest Energy
Cosmic Rays
The Pierre Auger Project
- Dr. Jim Matthews, Ferguson 217 245
Labwork Threshold and efficiency scans Brace
201, Ferguson basement 600 Math/Physics
Basics Counting Permutations and Combinations
- Luis Rosa Ferguson 11
Thursday, July 3 830 Informal Question
Answer Period Richards 15 900 Morning
Session Cosmic Ray Spectra (content and energy)
- Dan Claes Richards 15 1015
Break 1030 Labwork Threshold and efficiency
scans Brace 201 1200 Lunch 100
Afternoon Session The Earths Magnetic Field
- Dr. MaryAnne Holmes Richards 14
230 Labwork Threshold and efficiency scans
Brace 201
Friday, July 4
The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project High
Energy Physics Group The University of
Nebraska-Lincoln