Friday Flyer - December 11, 2015

Spotlight on the Florida State University Center: The FSU center dates back to QuarkNet's beginnings in 1999. Horst Wahl is the mentor, and there are about 20 active members, primarily from the Tallahassee area. The 2015 summer workshop was held July 6-10 and included a three-day cosmic ray workshop led by Robert Franckowiak. During the remaining two days, teachers worked through several potential classroom activities and heard talks from FSU physics faculty on topics ranging from quantum theory to astrophysics. Zondra Clayton and Karen Brown attended Data Camp at Fermilab in July.    

News from QuarkNet Central: News this week consists of three reminders:
1) Registration for Masterclass 2016 is underway; check out the videoconference schedule and contact Ken Cecire to register and schedule a videoconference time.
2) The application process for CERN's Beamline for Schools Competition is open for 2016.
3) Centers who have not yet submitted your 2015 annual report, please do so ASAP. (Thanks!)

Physics Experiment Roundup: Who says shape doesn't matter? Physicists at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) discover surprising results when comparing differently shaped ion collision events.

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility achieves a major LBNF/DUNE milestone.

Resources: The 2015 Nobel Lectures in Physics were recorded on December 8, given by 2015 Nobel Prize winners Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald.

Physicist Don Lincoln's latest video enlists the help of a teenager to show just how cool particle physics is.

This symmetry article explores the less destructive proton-photon collisions in the LHC.

Just for Fun: Ever wondered how giraffes drink water? Check out this article from the latest issue of The Physics Teacher.

QuarkNet Staff Teachers:
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Bob Peterson: rspete@fnal.gov
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu