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2019 Annual Report
QuarkNet Fermilab: University of Chicago Student Summer Research and Teacher Workshop 2019 Annual Report The Fermilab/University of Chicago QuarkNet Center sponsored its annual high school student summer research and teacher workshop for its 13th year. The summer research began June 17th and…
Parameterization of Flux Graphs
Emi Ahlo - Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, HI Using flux graphs, the reliability of a Student Cosmic Ray Detector can be identified. Analysis of numerous detectors with a variety of geometry and parameters have produced specific detector data characteristics that identify reliable detectors…
Altitude vs. Muon Lifetime
Kahiwakuikanaulu Hoe - Kamehameha Schools Kapalama In order to analyze the relationship between muon decay time and elevation from sea level, muon detectors from around the world were reviewed for accuracy. The amount of flux and the consistency of the detector were the primary factors to monitor,…
Cosmic Shower Parametrization and CME Hazard Prognosis
John Mailolo - Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Cosmic showers are a natural event caused by radiation, which may produce negative and mutagenic effects within human populations. This study defines the parameterization to measure and detect increased levels of cosmic radiation, utilizing solar flare…
Comparing EUV and LOS Magnetic Field Images to Determine if Coronal Holes are a Part of the Solar Cycle
Zain Jabbar - Maui High School Everyday Earth is bombarded by charged particles from the sun, its solar wind. However, with current understanding of electromagnetism, charged particles slow down in a magnetic field and if the sun were a perfect bar magnet we would get much fewer charged particles…
Hydroponic System Simulation of UVC Effects on Plant Growth for Mars
OneJae Lee – Maui High School Mars is currently being researched for future expeditions and even colonization efforts. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently looking into the viability of food production and ways of maximizing efficiency food production on Mars for…
Constructing a Raspberry Pi Muon Detector
Mary Chin - Maui High School Muons are particles that shower from earth's atmosphere after colliding with cosmic rays, particles shot of from supernovae and other explosive activities outside of the solar system. Their frequencies are lessened by increased solar activity, which fluctuates…
Student abstract information for HS internships at WIPAC/UW–Madison
Vetal, a multimessenger online analysis tool Haley James and Elsa Forberger (West High School), Blake Gallay (Middleton High School) Amanda Nothem (Whitnall HS) Josh Wood and Sílvia Bravo (WIPAC) The purpose of our research was to develop an online tool to analyze pubic data sets from IceCube…
How long-baseline neutrino experiments, like MINOS, analyze detector data to extract neutrino oscillation parameters
2015 Summer QuarkNet MINOS Research Project Theodore Baker (Walnut Hills High School) Panos Manganaris (Anderson High School) Mentor Alex Sousa The purpose of my research this summer was to understand how long-baseline neutrino experiments, like MINOS, analyze detector data to extract neutrino…
Identifying signal and background events in decay channels of D*+
2015 Summer Quarknet LHCb Research Project Akshansh Gupta (Walnut Hills High School) Bridget Sypniewski (Mount Notre Dame High School) Mentor Mike Sokoloff The purpose of the LHCb work we did was to find signal regions and values from unedited, unclean information sets of different type of…