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AP Physics C Particles Project Wiki Page for [CERN]

Team members

• Melissa D.
• Brenden D-S.
• Emily "Embolism" Foxhall

• Amanda H.
• Neeraj S.
• David T.

Task list

1. Homework reading assignments
   1. Particle Adventure Readings:
      1. What is fundamental
      2. What is the world made of
      3. What holds it together
      4. How do we know any of this?
      5. How do we experiment with tiny particles?
      6. Any other parts you find interesting
   2. Basic experiments
   3. Particle Fireworks
      1. Table of Elementary Particles
      2. Generations of Elementary Particles
      3. Play with elementary particles
2. Homework questions
3. Notes from the lab at CERN
4. Presentations
5. Labs
   1. Radioactive decay Save this file to your local computer and run it from there, not from network! See lab writeup for details.
   2. Bubble Chamber
   3. BaBar
   4. OSPP
6. Group Projects
   1. Z Boson mass
   2. Cosmic rays

Radioactive Lab results

1. Half Lifes
   1. 13.33
   2. 12.73
   3. 13.18
   4. 12.96
   5. 13.41
   6. 13.54
   7. 12.33
   8. 13.48
   9. 12.65
   10. 13.51
   11. 13.08
   12. 13.64

Resources

The Nobel Prize website ^[1] is a valuable historical reference (probably because lots of the people who did this work won them). For a detailed look at high energy experiments, see FermiLab's exhibit ^[2]. General information and links are on the course website, ^[3]. Books (yes, actual books) are on reserve for your use in the SJS library. See especially ^[4]. ^[5]

1. ↑ Nobel Prizes
2. ↑ Search for the Building Blocks
3. ↑ AP Physics C1 website Particle Physics page
4. ↑ Lederman, chapter 6
5. ↑ Lots of links

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