Research Experience for Students
and Teachers
REU/RET Programs
Wayne State University
2001
Host and Sponsors
 Host:
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Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy Department
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Particle Physics Group
 Prof. Giovanni Bonvicini
 Prof. David Cinnabro
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Nuclear Physics Group
 Prof. Rene Bellwied
 Prof. Sean Gavin
 Prof. Claude Pruneau - 313 577 1813
 Sponsor
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National Science Foundation
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
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.
Research Fields
 Research conducted at two Laboratories
 High Energy Nuclear Physics Group
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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
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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)
REU/RET Format
 Training/Preparation – Winter 2001
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At Wayne State
Weekly Lectures offered by WSU Faculty
Computer Training
Preparation and Presentation of Short Talks by
Students/Teachers
 Research Experience – Summer 2001
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RET : 6 weeks at BNL or Cornell
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Beginning July 1st
REU : 10 weeks at BNL or Cornell
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Beginning June 1st.
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
Lecture Schedule
Date
12 January
Topic
Orientation Session - REU/RET
Lecturer
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
23 March
Spring Break
STAR Analysis and Software
Professor Pruneau
30 March
Student presentations
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Computer Training
 Goals
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Acquire basic computing skills to logon, use text editor, create web
page, read c++ language
 Task
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Obtain Computer Account
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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)
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Use template.
 Documentation
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http://rhic.physics.wayne.edu/REU/index.htm
RET Summer Program/Format
 Teachers are coupled with a mentor.
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BNL Teacher Mentor: Dr. James Thomas
Cornell: CHESS Faculty TBA
 Teacher’s Projects
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BNL/CORNELL:
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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)
REU Summer Program/Format
 Each student coupled with a mentor.
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BNL Teacher Mentor: TBA
Cornell: TBA
 Student’s Projects
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BNL:
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Strangeness Production, Resonance Production, Particle
Production Fluctuations, etc
CORNELL
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Varied.
End Summer Goals:
 Completion of the assigned project
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May result in Scientific publication (immediately or
eventually…)
 Production of written reports
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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.