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Higgs Mass Measurement and Other Fun Activities. LHC discovery physics and its precedents for students and teachers. Ken Cecire University of Notre Dame/ QuarkNet kcecire@nd.edu. The Plan. Masterclass is a precedent investigation. Discovery is upon us, v1. Discovery is upon us, v2.
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Higgs Mass Measurement and Other Fun Activities LHC discovery physics and its precedents for students and teachers Ken Cecire University of Notre Dame/QuarkNet kcecire@nd.edu
The Plan • Masterclass is a precedent investigation. • Discovery is upon us, v1. • Discovery is upon us, v2. • Where is all fits.
Masterclass • Mass plots • Key ratios • Waddling through data • Incorporating discovery • Higgs candidate events • In masterclass • Masterclass-like activity
Masterclass Associated investigations provide background. • Data Express (in progress) • Rolling with Rutherford • Quark Puzzle • Top Quark Mass • Mass Calc: Z
Higgs Search Activity • First response to July 4 announcement • Got some permission. • Tried it out in summer 2012. • Maybe better for school visit than teacher-led?
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/Y mass plot from 2010 data . . . . Other “standard candle” plots can be used.
Template Discovery Activity Part 2: Students use their experience from the previous plot to examine a recent discovery mass plot…with context.
Discovery and Data Portfolio Discovery Activities: 1. Templates 2. Masterclass-like with real events