Higgs Mass Measurement and Other Fun Activities
LHC discovery physics and its precedents for students and teachers
Ken CecireUniversity of Notre Dame/QuarkNet
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
The Plan• Masterclass is a precedent investigation.• Discovery is upon us, v1.• Discovery is upon us, v2.• Where is all fits.
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
Masterclass• Mass plots• Key ratios• Waddling through data• Incorporating discovery
– Higgs candidate events– In masterclass– Masterclass-like activity
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
MasterclassAssociated investigations provide background.
– Data Express (in progress)– Rolling with Rutherford– Quark Puzzle– Top Quark Mass– Mass Calc: Z
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
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?
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
Higgs Search
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
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-createJ/Y mass plot from 2010 data . . . .Other “standard candle” plots can be used.
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
Template Discovery ActivityPart 2:Students use their experience from the previous plot to examine a recent discovery mass plot…with context.
IPPOG Meeting30 November 2012
Discovery and Data Portfolio
Discovery Activities:1. Templates 2. Masterclass-like with real events