TOTEM MAHJONGG, PARTICLE POKER
and outreach quark matter card games
T. Csörgő, Wigner RCP, Budapest, Hungary
L.P. Csernai, University of Bergen, Norway
M. Vargyas, University of Jyvascyla, Finnland
T. Csörgő
REMINDER: HIGGS BOSON – ON YOUR OWN
Higgs finder memory style game
on TOTEM CB, 12.12.2012
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1303.2732
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1303.2798
dedicated to 2013 Nobel Prize in physics
Today: TOTEM Mahjongg Poker style
T. Csörgő
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
T. Csörgő
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES - PLAYFULLY
ANTIPARTICLES
T. Csörgő
SU(3) COLOR vs OPTICAL COLOR
Mesons
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Baryons
INFN – ITALY: TOTEM OUTREACH, APRIL’14
Quark Matter Memory – valid lepton-pair
Quark Matter Memory – valid meson
Quark Matter Memory – an antibaryon
Higgs-boson search: H0 → Z0Z0 → l+l- l+l-
FIND QUARK MATTER WITH PHENIX
- MAHJONGG STYLE, PLAYFULLY
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PHENIX: 22 x 3 = 66
TOTEM AT LHC (NOTE THE SCALES)
TOTEM AT LHC – MAHJONGG STYLE
RP220 + RP147
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+T2 + T1 + T1 + T2 + RP147 + RP220
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TOTEM: 24 x 2 + 6 x 3 = 66
Note: actual TOTEM scale 440 m : 5 m
CMS EXPERIMENT AT LHC
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CMS: 2x3 + 12 x 5 = 66
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CMS EXPERIMENT AT LHC
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CMS: 12 x 5 +2x3 = 66
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REMINDER: POKER STYLE CARD GAMES
1 pair
2 pairs
Drill
Straight
REMINDER: POKER STYLE CARD GAMES
Flush
Full House
Poker
Straight flush
NEW: POKER STYLE PARTICLE GAMES
Pair (hadron) = meson
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Color-neutral
Pair (lepton)
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Lepton-antilepton
Lepton charge 0
(but in the
same family)
Electric pairs
Drill
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Color-neutral barions
Straight
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Increasing with mass, cyclic permutation
(color, charge, … does not matter)
Flush
Observed particles are color-neutral!
Full House
Drill + pair
+
Poker (hadron)
Poker (lepton)
Straight Flush
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Color-neutral meson/barion
+ connected straight of leptons/antileptons
–
2 quarks
Straight Flush
–
3 quarks
–
Royal Flush
Gameplay
Cheat-sheet:
particles ordered by their mass
1 pair, drill, 2 pairs, straight, full house, poker,
straight flush, royal flush, …
translated to particle properties
- but game theory still to be worked out
SUMMARY
From Meet the Scientist – talk (2010/11/19):
E-book published in Hungarian (2010/XI/19)
English version (2011/01/04):
2nd Hungarian edition (2011 -)
Now international release of a deck
Quark Matter Card Game
- Find your own Higgs Boson
Recently added:
Mahjongg style TOTEM (2013)
Poker with Particles
Delivery to BNL’s BERA Shop
CMS Store: under discussion
Expected store price ~ 9 USD
To reach out, really…
Thank you for your support!
BACKUP SLIDES
J. Csörgő, Cs. Török, T. Cs. http://www.lulu.com/
INTERNATIONAL PRESS, EXAMPLES
TEST BASED AWARDS
Quark Matter Card Game – Memory style
Quark Matter Memory – a baryon
35 | 17
QUARK MATTER - PLAYFULLY