Basics of Particle Physics粒子物理学基础.pptVIP

A Brief Introduction to Quarknet and Particle Physics Mike Strauss Outline An introduction to Quarknet Some Themes for the Week The Particles and Forces of Nature The Nature of Science Particle Physics Experiments Other Good Stuff Connection to Cosmology OU/OSU Involvement QuarkNet Centered at Fermilab / Begun in 1999 About 50 participating universities A program to connect high school teachers with people doing research in Elementary Particle Physics (or High Energy Physics) Provide resources to teachers Assist in bringing HEP into the classroom Assist in improving science education Sponsored by NSF and DOE Quarknet at OU and OSU OU was one of the first 12 universities to be chosen to participate in Quarknet in 1999. Approximately 40 teachers have participated An ongoing program offering teachers the opportunity to participate annually We usually offer an annual one week program Research opportunities available Opportunities at Fermilab and CERN OSU joined Quarknet in 2006 Ongoing collaboration between OU and OSU in physics research and Quarknet This Week Talks/Discussion on Particle Physics Activities that teach particle physics and can be used in your classroom The Structure of Matter Evidence for quarks was seen in the late 1960’s and fully confirmed by 1974 What should every high school student (or science teacher) know about the structure of matter? The Standard Model of Particles and Fields Force EM Strong Weak The standard model also includes one undiscovered particle, the Higgs Boson The standard model does not include the force of gravity Every particle also has an associated anti-particle Hadrons Any particle made of quarks, like a neutron or proton, is called a “Hadron” We will present a lot of new nomenclature in the next week. “All science is either physics or stamp collecting” – Ernest Rutherford The Nature of Science What is science? How would the average student answer this question? Is there a problem with how they would answer the quest