Friday Flyer - February 26, 2016

Spotlight on the Iowa QuarkNet Center: The QuarkNet center at the University of Iowa has an intensive workshop every other summer. This was not one of those years, but they did some great work all the same in summer research. One of the highlights was building models of CMS with a 3D printer. Read how it is done. 

News from QuarkNet Central: Fermilab-based masterclasses began yesterday with Rochester on CMS and continue today with Stillwater and St. Louis on ATLAS and Honolulu on CMS. View the whole schedule and then scroll down to meet our Fermilab masterclass moderators. 

Physics Experiment Roundup: Daya Bay is an experiment in China to study neutrinos generated by a nuclear reactor. Now they've made the most precise measurements yet of the energy spectrum and they've found a surprise.

Resources: Particle physics ABC, easy as Z to ee; check it out in symmetry. Also . . . neutrinos are hard to see; look how they do it in a TPC.

Just for Fun: Sometimes it is all about getting the right degree as in XKCD.

QuarkNet Staff:
Mark Adams: adams@fnal.gov
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Shane Wood: swood5@nd.edu