PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY Collaboration Meeting

1. PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORYCollaboration Meeting Education and Outreach Report Malargüe, April 26, 2002 Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

2. Outline • Activities during and since October 2001 collaboration • meeting • Public Lectures • School Visits • Visitor Center in New Building • Visitor Center Library • Eureka Science Museum in Mendoza • Miscellaneous Related Efforts • 2002 Department of Energy PR brochure • Michigan Technological University Scholarship • High School Based Cosmic Ray Detector • Networks • Education and Outreach Funding Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

3. WELCOME The Education and Outreach Task welcomes Beatriz Garcia (UTN Mendoza) as Deputy Task Leader effective now. We also thank John Swain (Northeastern) for his contributions in this role to date. Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

4. Public Talks and School Visits duringthis collaboration meeting • Tuesday • “Comienzos del la investigación de la radiación cósmica en Argentina” • Juan Roederer, University of Alaska • Wednesday • Ceremony to name Escuela No. 4 - 190 after Jim Cronin • Instituto Cultural Inglesa Malargüe and Escuela • Manuel Nicolas Savio (80 students and teachers) • G. Snow, L. Villaseňor, B. Garcia • Thursday • General Alvear science teachers and students • R. Lopez, L. Villaseňor, A. Zepeda • Starting Friday • Course in Malargüe: Astronomía y Astrofísica • High school teachers, 38 hours total, every two weeks • B. Garcia • Saturday • Astronomy Club in Mendoza • G. Snow, R. Lopez, L. Villaseňor, A. Zepeda Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

5. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building 10 x 12 m2 Visitor Center • Flexible space accommodating both fixed displays and lectures/seminars • to school groups and the public • Team with representatives from each participating country developing • Visitor Center: displays and materials Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

6. Auger Center Building InaugurationOctober 2001 Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

7. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building Over 700 people toured Visitor Center after inauguration • In place for building inauguration • 12 posters in Spanish on the Auger Observatory and collaboration • mounted on free-standing tripods (from U.S. Embassy reception) • New posters from Karlsruhe, Mexico • 1000 updated color brochures with recent images • Phototube, electronics card, radio displays • Tank outside building Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

8. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building • There has been a steady stream of visitors to the Visitor • Center since its opening • 73 entries in Visitor Center register book • Individuals and groups • Tour reservations and scheduling are handled by the • Tourist Office • Guides have been trained and “examined” by: • I. Allekotti, C. Bonifazi, E. Casimiro • B. Garcia, C. Hojvat, G. Snow • Many thanks to our Visitor Center tour guides: • Silvia Soledad Rivas • Vanina Cara • Analía Cáceres • Fernando Sánchez • Leonardo Darío Bax Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

9. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building • Displays foreseen • Professionally produced posters in Spanish/English on cosmic rays • and the Auger Observatory and collaboration • Video loop on Auger experiment • Commissioned artwork • Sample detector components with explanations • Geiger counter or spark chamber display • Model or simulation of detector array with tanks illuminated for • online or simulated triggers • Large scoreboard registering accumulated events • Audio-visual equipment for presentations • PCs for visitor use • Consumable materials – brochures and souvenirs • Surface Detector tank outside with signage • Fluorescence Detector prototype from Los Leones • Telescope for public viewing Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

10. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building Lucite box to enclose PMT display Portable Geiger counter display Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

11. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building • CNEA-owed 6-inch Newtonian reflector telescope now available for visitor use • Three eyepieces for different magnifications purchased • Training in telescope use will be given to Visitor Center guides Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

12. Visitor Center in Auger Center Building • Near Future Do-List • FD prototype (German/Czech frame and mirrors) to Visitor Center • Only a portion will fit into Visitor Center space • Purchase PCs, connect to Internet • Poster critical review and graphic artist input • Shower animation/visualization, event display • Input from Pierre Billoir, Lukas Nellen, Jan Ridky • NASA Education materials – input from Scott Nutter • Hess Nobel Prize brochure, satellite cosmic ray experiment • hardware – Mike Duvernois • Arrange for Library cabinets or shelves in rear alcove Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

13. Toward more professional posters Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

14. Toward more professional posters Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

15. Visitor Center Library Library books will be located in the small alcove at the back of the Visitor Center Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

16. Visitor Center Library • Many thanks to those who contributed $$ or books to • the Library!! • Letter of thanks to Universities Research Association • Books on hand now: • Enrique Gaviola y el Observatorio Astronómico de Cordoba O.A. Bernaola • Balas Cósmicas R. Clay, B. Dawson • J.A. Balseiro: Crónica de una Illusión A. López Dávalos, N. Badino • El Secreto Atómico de Huemul M. Mariscotti • Guía de Campo de las Estrellas y Planetas J.M. Pasachoff, D.H. Menzel • Cosmos C. Sagan • El Mundo de las Particulas B. Southworth, G. Bioxader • La Lumiere des Neutrinos M. Cribier, M. Spiro, D. Vignaud • Le Monde des Particules B. Southworth, G. Bioxader • Der Multimensch P. Waloschek • The New Cosmos A. Unsold • Cosmic Bullets R. Clay, B. Dawson • An Instant Guide to Stars and Planets P. Forey, C. Fitzsimons • The Universe in a Nutshell S. Hawking • Cambridge Guide to Stars and Planets P. Moore, W. Tirion • Cambridge Guide to Stargazing with your Telescope R. Scagell • Cosmic Rays M. Friedlander • Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics T. Gaisser • A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo C. Schwarz • Particle Physics Pocket Booklet Particle Data Group Spanish French German English Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

17. Eureka Science Park in MendozaParque de la Ciencia y la Tecnología • Plans being finalized for Auger exhibit at Eureka • Outside: Mexican SD tank outdoors with explanatory sign • Inside: Italian FD prototype from Los Leones, posters, brochures, PC with • interactive activities • Meetings this Saturday and Sunday with director Prof. Lilia M. Dubini Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

18. Eureka Science Park in MendozaParque de la Ciencia y la Tecnología • Location of SD tank outside main building • Transport of tank from Malargüe to Mendoza early June on • Brazilian truck bringing new tanks to Malargüe • Rebeca Lopez has made draft of explanatory sign • UTN Mendoza will outfit with accessories Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

19. Eureka Science Park in MendozaParque de la Ciencia y la Tecnología • Red curved wall for Auger exhibit poster set • Ceiling too low here for full FD prototype frame • Will discuss FD location in main building atrium with high • ceiling on Sunday • Customs issues for FD move to Mendoza needs to be solved Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

20. Eureka Science Park in MendozaParque de la Ciencia y la Tecnología We hope to have an opening ceremony of the Auger exhibit at Eureka at the time of the November 2002 Collaboration Meeting Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

21. U.S. Department of Energy“Exploring Energy and Matter” Brochure • Each year the U.S. DoE Office of High Energy and • Nuclear Physics prepares a public relations brochure • covering its premier programs • The Auger Observatory is one of 9 projects highlighted • in the 2002 brochure • Photo of Carmen and Miranda against the Andes • Half a page of text on Auger in the 6-page brochure • A few copies of the brochure are available – see me Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

22. Michigan Technological UniversityScholarship • One student from Malargüe supported • for 4-year program every other year • Tuition, room and board, fees covered • Students selected by Malargüe’s • school principals and mayor • First student selected and enrolled • at MTU autumn 2001 Dave Nitz and student Angelo Chialva at MTU with artwork for Auger visitor center in (Malargüe) All collaborating institutions are encouraged to investigate sponsoring similar scholarship programs. Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

23. Networks of High School Based CosmicRay Detectors WALTA ALTA SALTA CROP SCROD NALTA The North American Large-Scale Time-Coincidence Array Pierre Auger northern hemisphere site in Utah CHICOS Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

24. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (CROP) in Nebraska • NSF-supported with $1.34 million grant (Education and HEP) • 11 high schools enlisted to date • 6 more schools will join in summer 2002  17 total • 314 high schools in the state Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

25. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project • CROP uses retired detectors from the • Chicago Air Shower Array (CASA) • Over half of CASA array recovered in • May 2001 (2000 scintillator panels, …) Equipment recovery trip to Dugway, Utah Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

26. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project Equipment recovery trip to Dugway, Utah, May 2001 Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

27. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (CROP) in Nebraska • GPS receiver gives time stamp • for locally-detected showers • Data collected by PC inside • school • Students share data over the • Internet to search for showers • from ultra-high energy cosmic • rays Typical high school set up Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

28. 4200 4-Fold Coincidences / 2 hours 3000 727 747 Barometric Pressure (mmHg) The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project Tilting detector telescope built by participating school Individual school measurements Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

29. Publication by Participating School“The Science Teacher”, November 2001 Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

30. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project Several schools have installed detectors on their rooftops and are studying coincidence rates vs. separation Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

31. CROP data acquisition electronics card GPS Analog inputs Barometer, temperature Amplifiers Programmable gate array Discriminators TDC Time-to-digital converter Programmable microcontroller Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

32. The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project 5 Volt DC power To PC serial port • 15 prototype cards being • stuffed and tested • Production run mid-summer • Plan to link schools with data • stamped with GPS time • by end of summer 2002 Programmable logic device Development area (GPS) Event counter Discriminator threshold adjust Four analog PMT inputs Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow

33. Auger Education/Outreach Funding • Substantial funds remaining from University of • Chicago investment in Auger Center Building for • Visitor Center expenditures • Accounting in progress: current and upcoming expenses • Few thousand $$ per year in Operations budget • for Education/Outreach • Consumable materials • Ongoing expenses Auger Collaboration Meeting, Malargüe, April 2002 Education/Outreach Report, Gregory R. Snow