HEP Outreach, upd. 2017, RM

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

undergraduate research projects

Michael Barnes University of Arkansas Mike   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector   during   the   Summer   of   2002.      This   detector   is   a   major   part   of   the   CLEO   Experiment   at   the   CESR Electron-Positron    Accelerator    at    Cornell    University.        He    worked    on    the    optimization    of    RICH    electronics    performance,    by    focusing    on    the development   of   monitoring   tools   to   localize   the   sources   of   noise   in   the   RICH   Detector   electronics.      In   addition,   he   set   up   a   test   stand   to   help diagnose behavior of the RICH electronics and the data acquisition boards.  Mike   learned   a   lot   of   software   and   basic   analysis   techniques,   as   well   as   gaining   hardware   experience   with   data   acquisition.      You   can   read   about his   work   in   his   REU   Report.      Mike   was   stationed   at   Cornell,   and   worked   with   Marina   Artuso   and   Bayar   Dambasuren,   under   the   Cornell   NSF   REU program.  
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Amanda Deisher  University of Montana Amanda   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector   during   the   Summer   of   2001.      The   RICH   is   one   of   the   main   components   of   the   upgraded   CLEO Experiment   at   the   CESR   Electron-Positron   Accelerator   at   Cornell   University.      She   worked   on   three   separate   aspects   of   the   RICH   monitoring   and calibration software, making extremely useful analyses for the optimization of the RICH electronics.  Amanda   got   a   lot   of   experience,   quickly   learning   several   programming   languages   (all   at   once),   and   also   learned   about   the   operations   of   a   big   high energy   physics   experiment.      You   can   read   about   her   work   in   her   REU   Report,   and   also   in   her   final   presentation.      You   can   also   check   out   her   RICH Project   webpage.      Amanda   was   stationed   at   Cornell,   and   worked   with   Ray   Mountain   and   Bayar   Dambasuren,   under   the   auspices   of   the   Cornell NSF REU program.  Amanda went on to graduate school in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley.  
Nick Bronn  Georgia Tech Nick   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector   during   the   Summer   of   2000.      This   detector   is   a   major   part   of   the   recently-upgraded   CLEO   Experiment at   the   CESR   Electron-Positron   Accelerator   at   Cornell   University.      He   worked   on   the   RICH   monitoring   software,   providing   an   extremely   valuable component for the diagnosis of a major problem in the performance of the RICH caused by a glitch in the data acquisition system.  Nick   gained   a   lot   of   experience   programming   in   c++   and   java,   as   well   as   learning   about   the   real   operations   of   a   big   high   energy   physics experiment.      You   can   read   about   his   efforts   in   his   REU   Report,   and   also   in   his   presentations   at   the   beginning   and   the   end   of   the   summer semester.      Nick   was   stationed   at   Cornell,   and   worked   with   Ray   Mountain   and   Georg   Viehhauser,   under   the   auspices   of   the   Cornell   NSF   REU program.    
Julia Tsitron Hunter College Julia   worked   on   the   CLEO-c   RICH   Detector   during   the   Summer   of   2003.      This   detector   is   a   major   part   of   the   CLEO   Experiment   at   the   CESR   Electron- Positron   Accelerator   at   Cornell   University.      She   worked   on   aspects   of   the   RICH   electronics,   monitoring   and   calibration.      She   made   useful   analyses of   the   performance   of   the   RICH   electronics,   as   the   experiment   gears   up   for   a   new   phase   of   operation   called   CLEO-c.      In   particular,   she   studied   the time   development   of   electronic   noise,   tried   a   new   calibration   technique,   and   analyzed   the   pulse-height   distributions   used   to   measure   gain   over the entire RICH Detector.  Julia   got   a   lot   of   experience   in   programming   and   hardware,   and   also   learned   the   kinds   of   things   we   do   in   high   energy   physics   experiments.      You can   read   about   her   work   in   her   REU   Report,   and   also   in   her   final   presentation.      Julia   was   stationed   at   Cornell,   and   worked   with   Marina   Artuso   and Bayar Dambasuren, under the guidance of the Cornell NSF REU program.  Julia went on to graduate school in biophysics at Rutgers University.   
The   CLEO   Experiment   ran   from   1979   to   2008   at   the   CESR   electron-positron   storage   ring   at   Cornell   University.     During   its   record   run,   the   CLEO   collaboration   carried   out   a   full   program   in   the   study   of   bottom   and   charm   quarks   and was responsible for many ground-breaking results in the field of heavy flavor physics.  The   CLEO   Detector   was   upgraded   several   times   over   its   lifetime   to   improve   the   quality   and   quantity   of   data   taken.      The High   Energy   Physics   Group   at   Syracuse   University   was   the   lead   institution   in   the   development   and   construction   of   the RICH detector for the CLEO-III and CLEO-c upgrades.   During   this   and   later   work,   there   were   several   undergraduate   researchers   at   SU   and   elsewhere   working   on   projects centered on the RICH Detector construction and operation.  Some of these are described here.  Read on…
HEP Outreach, upd. 2017, RM

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

undergraduate research projects

  current project
The   CLEO   Experiment   ran   from   1979   to   2008   at   the CESR     electron-positron     storage     ring     at     Cornell University.            During      its      record      run,      the      CLEO collaboration   carried   out   a   full   program   in   the   study   of bottom    and    charm    quarks    and    was    responsible    for many    ground-breaking    results    in    the    field    of    heavy flavor physics.  The   CLEO   Detector   was   upgraded   several   times   over   its lifetime    to    improve    the    quality    and    quantity    of    data taken.        The    High    Energy    Physics    Group    at    Syracuse University   was   the   lead   institution   in   the   development and   construction   of   the   RICH   detector   for   the   CLEO-III and CLEO-c upgrades.   During     this     and     later     work,     there     were     several undergraduate     researchers     at     SU     and     elsewhere working    on    projects    centered    on    the    RICH    Detector construction     and     operation.          Some     of     these     are described here.  Read on…
Julia Tsitron Hunter College Julia   worked   on   the   CLEO-c   RICH   Detector   during the   Summer   of   2003.      This   detector   is   a   major part     of     the     CLEO     Experiment     at     the     CESR Electron-Positron         Accelerator         at         Cornell University.      She   worked   on   aspects   of   the   RICH electronics,     monitoring     and     calibration.          She made   useful   analyses   of   the   performance   of   the RICH   electronics,   as   the   experiment   gears   up   for   a new     phase     of     operation     called     CLEO-c.          In particular,   she   studied   the   time   development   of electronic      noise,      tried      a      new      calibration technique,      and      analyzed      the      pulse-height distributions    used    to    measure    gain    over    the entire RICH Detector.  Julia   got   a   lot   of   experience   in   programming   and hardware,   and   also   learned   the   kinds   of   things   we do   in   high   energy   physics   experiments.      You   can read   about   her   work   in   her   REU   Report,   and   also in   her   final   presentation.      Julia   was   stationed   at Cornell,    and    worked    with    Marina    Artuso    and Bayar    Dambasuren,    under    the    guidance    of    the Cornell NSF REU program.  Julia   went   on   to   graduate   school   in   biophysics   at Rutgers University.   
Michael Barnes University of Arkansas Mike   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector   during the   Summer   of   2002.      This   detector   is   a   major part   of   the   CLEO   Experiment   at   the   CESR   Electron- Positron    Accelerator    at    Cornell    University.        He worked   on   the   optimization   of   RICH   electronics performance,   by   focusing   on   the   development   of monitoring   tools   to   localize   the   sources   of   noise in   the   RICH   Detector   electronics.      In   addition,   he set   up   a   test   stand   to   help   diagnose   behavior   of the    RICH    electronics    and    the    data    acquisition boards.  Mike   learned   a   lot   of   software   and   basic   analysis techniques,      as      well      as      gaining      hardware experience   with   data   acquisition.      You   can   read about    his    work    in    his    REU    Report.        Mike    was stationed    at    Cornell,    and    worked    with    Marina Artuso   and   Bayar   Dambasuren,   under   the   Cornell NSF REU program.  
Nick Bronn  Georgia Tech Nick   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector   during the   Summer   of   2000.      This   detector   is   a   major part   of   the   recently-upgraded   CLEO   Experiment at     the     CESR     Electron-Positron     Accelerator     at Cornell    University.        He    worked    on    the    RICH monitoring     software,     providing     an     extremely valuable   component   for   the   diagnosis   of   a   major problem   in   the   performance   of   the   RICH   caused by a glitch in the data acquisition system.  Nick   gained   a   lot   of   experience   programming   in c++   and   java,   as   well   as   learning   about   the   real operations      of      a      big      high      energy      physics experiment.      You   can   read   about   his   efforts   in   his REU   Report,   and   also   in   his   presentations   at   the beginning   and   the   end   of   the   summer   semester.     Nick   was   stationed   at   Cornell,   and   worked   with Ray   Mountain   and   Georg   Viehhauser,   under   the auspices of the Cornell NSF REU program.    
Amanda Deisher  University of Montana Amanda   worked   on   the   CLEO-III   RICH   Detector during   the   Summer   of   2001.      The   RICH   is   one   of the    main    components    of    the    upgraded    CLEO Experiment      at      the      CESR      Electron-Positron Accelerator   at   Cornell   University.      She   worked   on three    separate    aspects    of    the    RICH    monitoring and     calibration     software,     making     extremely useful   analyses   for   the   optimization   of   the   RICH electronics.  Amanda   got   a   lot   of   experience,   quickly   learning several   programming   languages   (all   at   once),   and also   learned   about   the   operations   of   a   big   high energy   physics   experiment.      You   can   read   about her   work   in   her   REU   Report,   and   also   in   her   final presentation.      You   can   also   check   out   her   RICH Project    webpage.        Amanda    was    stationed    at Cornell,    and    worked    with    Ray    Mountain    and Bayar    Dambasuren,    under    the    auspices    of    the Cornell NSF REU program.  Amanda   went   on   to   graduate   school   in   Physics   at the University of California, Berkeley.