Welcome to the UIC QuarkNet Center. Our website is found at http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/quarknet/
and our active dector sites are given in this google map:
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QuarkNet center for teachers in the Chicago area particularly interested in cosmic ray studies.
Contacts:
Mark Adams, Mentor
Edmundo Garcia, Mentor
Nate Unterman, Lead Teacher
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Welcome to the UIC QuarkNet Center. Our website is found at http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/quarknet/
and our active dector sites are given in this google map:
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=zl9zMEZG24yo.kx2jOVu0S4ek
MUSE collected data to measure the cosmic ray rate at MINOS from early April to May 26th. They studied the cosmic ray rate underground as a function of the distance from the accee shaft. …
Participaqnts from four high schools plan to meet Sunday Oct. 28, 2018 to develop a proposal to Fermilab to measure the rate of muons versus the distance from the access shaft. Topics to be…
Our Center analyzed data from The 2017 Eclipse project. Teachers and students presented their results at APPT in San Diego Jan. 2018. We also participated in a CMS Master Class at Glenbrook…
The theme of the UIC QuarkNet summer workshop was preparation for the solar eclipse. Eighteen students and 5 teachers assembled and tested three varieties of cosmic ray telescopes: fixed-angle…
Objectives Participating teachers will be able to: Configure a cosmic ray detector appropriately for acquisition of data for calibration and analysis of measurements Identify and describe the e-Lab…
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