Friday Flyer - May 6, 2016

It's the Friday Flyer on Monday! We apologize for the delay.

Spotlight on the Purdue University QuarkNet Center: You may (and should!) know about EQUIP, the spiffy program to interface your computer to the QuarkNet cosmic ray detector. Well, the Purdue QuarkNet center, is "where EQUIP was born"—that is what the P is for—as it was orginally designed by mentor Matthew Jones. Purdue continues to have an active QuarkNet program as well as stays involved in CMS data, including masterclasses. Last summer, lead teacher and LHC fellow Marla Glover introduced new teachers to particle physics. This summer, Purdue continues to move forward.

News from QuarkNet Central: The QuarkNet fellows are getting together next weekend at Fermilab to work on the art and science of facilitating workshops so that more fellows can be facilitators and all are up to speed on best practices. After the meeting, they will be rarin' to go, so, center leaders, book those workshops! (Learn more.)

Physics Experiment Roundup: Fermilab has a nice new video about DUNE/LBNF. Note the new linac location—"linac parking" in the west lot will never be the same—but mostly, note the cool new possibilities for neutrino physics.

Resources: There is a GUT feeling, as found in the recent issue of symmetry, and then there is hard evidence, as in Don Lincoln's video on the evidence for QED. There it is, QED.

Just for Fun: Lazy, hazy summer is upon us—the season for making vortices in the pool! Thank you, Physics Girl (really!), who also shows how to calculate pi with darts.

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