Research Experience for Students and Teachers

1. Research Experience for Students and Teachers REU/RET Programs Wayne State University 2001

2. Host and Sponsors • Host: • Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy Department • Particle Physics Group • Prof. Giovanni Bonvicini • Prof. David Cinnabro • Nuclear Physics Group • Prof. Rene Bellwied • Prof. Sean Gavin • Prof. Claude Pruneau - 313 577 1813 • Sponsor • National Science Foundation

3. REU - Program Goals • Educating students in modern research and in laboratory techniques • Giving students a clearer idea of their options for a future in research • Motivating students toward careers in Science • Giving students who will go on in other fields exposure to scientific research • Improving the written and oral communication skills of the students

4. RET – Program Goals • Expand Science Teachers knowledge of Science • Enable Science Teachers to get first hand experience in a Research Environment • Establish points of contact between Science Teachers and the Researchers so they can serve as advocates of Scientific Careers.

5. Research Fields • Research conducted at two Laboratories • High Energy Nuclear Physics Group • Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY. • Star Collaboration. • Study of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions for the discovery of the Quark Gluon Plasma. • Particle Physics Group • CLEO/CESR, Cornell University, Utica, NY. • CLEO Collaboration • Accelerator Physics + Vacuum Physics • X-ray light source physics (CHESS) • Study of Heavy Quark Physics (B-Physics)

6. REU/RET Format • Training/Preparation – Winter 2001 • At Wayne State • Weekly Lectures offered by WSU Faculty • Computer Training • Preparation and Presentation of Short Talks by Students/Teachers • Research Experience – Summer 2001 • RET : 6 weeks at BNL or Cornell • Beginning July 1st • REU : 10 weeks at BNL or Cornell • Beginning June 1st.

7. Weekly Lectures • Lectures at Wayne State • Introduction to the Research conducted at BNL and Cornell • One contact hour per week. • Proposed Time : Friday, 4:30 PM • Location: Room 312, Physics Bldg. • See next page for Schedule

8. Date Topic Lecturer 12 January Orientation Session - REU/RET  Professor Pruneau 26 January Introduction to High energy Nuclear Physics Professor Gavin 2 February Introduction to High Energy Physics Professor Bonvicini 9 February Introduction to Statistics Professor Cinabro 16 February Introduction to High Energy Physics Analysis Professor Pruneau 23 February Cleo Experiment Professor Bonvicini 2 March Cleo software Professor Cinabro 9 March STAR experiment Professor Bellwied 16 March Spring Break - 23 March STAR Analysis and Software Professor Pruneau 30 March Student presentations - Lecture Schedule

9. Computer Training • Goals • Acquire basic computing skills to logon, use text editor, create web page, read c++ language • Task • Obtain Computer Account • See or email Dale Atems at atems@physics.wayne.edu • Read documentation on REU/RET web site • Produce web page that describes the goals (initially – due early May) and results (at the end of the summer) • Use template. • Documentation • http://rhic.physics.wayne.edu/REU/index.htm

10. RET Summer Program/Format • Teachers are coupled with a mentor. • BNL Teacher Mentor: Dr. James Thomas • Cornell: CHESS Faculty TBA • Teacher’s Projects • BNL/CORNELL: • To develop user friendly web based documentation about Star Physics and Technology • Targeted audience for the documentation is High School students and public at large (I.e. non-scientists)

11. REU Summer Program/Format • Each student coupled with a mentor. • BNL Teacher Mentor: TBA • Cornell: TBA • Student’s Projects • BNL: • Strangeness Production, Resonance Production, Particle Production Fluctuations, etc • CORNELL • Varied.

12. End Summer Goals: • Completion of the assigned project • May result in Scientific publication (immediately or eventually…) • Production of written reports • In the form of a web page. • The reports/web pages will be posted on the Wayne REU web site at the end of the summer. • Oral presentations or poster type presentations at BNL/Cornell at the end of the REU period along with other REU students at BNL/Cornell.