2009

Introductions

• Program Manager and Education Officer

- SueVon Gee• Program Director

- Steve Rock• Program Admin

- Vivian Lee, Elizabeth Smith• Resident Assistant (Dorm)

- Howard Young• Web Page

-http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/suli/2009

Schedules, Computing, lists, etc.

SLAC• Operated by Stanford University• Paid for by U.S. Dept. of Energy• Mission

– Photon Science Discoveries To make discoveries in photon science at the frontiers of

the ultra-small and ultra-fast in a wide spectrum of physical and life sciences

– Particle and Particle Astrophysics Discoveries To make discoveries in particle and astro-particle physics

to redefine humanity’s understanding of what the universe is made of and the forces that control it

– Operate Safely; Train the Best To operate a safe laboratory that employs and TRAINS

the best and brightest, helping to ensure the future economic strength and security of the nation

SLAC OPERATIONS• DOE has many Research Labs

– Military: (LLL) Livermore, Sandia, Oak Ridge, Hanford– Open (no classified research): SLAC, LBL (Berkeley),

Fermilab, Jefferson Lab

• Contractors manage the Labs. – Mostly Universities or consortiums of Universities– Increasing number of for-profit contractors– Designed to isolate Labs from political control of science

• But DOE (and Congress) control the money for big projects.

– Stanford Manages SLAC

– Staff are Stanford Employees.

Who is at SLAC• Scientists (primarily interested in the science)

– Faculty– Staff– Postdocs– Grad Students– Visiting Scientists (Profs, Postdocs, students)– Most of You

• Technical Support (Creating the equipment)– Programmers (including my wife, so very important)– Technicians– Engineers

• Administration– Safety– Communications – Human Resources (us)

HOW SLAC WORKS

• PROJECTS AT SLAC (BaBar, SSRL,LCLS, LUSI) PROJECTS AWAY: (FGST, EXO, ATLAS, ILC)

• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS – SLAC scientists and technicians– Visiting scientists and technicians– Equipment built at SLAC– Equipment built at other institutions– Babar

• 600 physicists and engineers• 75 institutions• 10 countries

SLAC PROJECTS• LCLS: Linac Coherent Light Source• LUSI: LCLS Ultrafast Science Instruments • PULSE: Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering• SSRL: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource• ARD: Accelerator Research Division

• FACET: Facilities for Accelerator Science & Experimental Test Beams • ATLAS: A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS at the LHC at CERN• BaBar: B and B-bar• HEP Theory• ILC: International Linear Collider• EXO: The Enriched Xenon Observatory• FGST: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope• LSST: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

• SNAP: SuperNova Acceleration Probe

SLAC SPEAK DICTIONARY

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE• High Energy Physics

– All results published– Mostly for richer counties– CERN: International European Lab (1954)

• LHC financed by CERN and many other countries

– Collaboration with USSR & China during Cold War– Now, Visa Problems for entering U.S.

• Many Projects too expensive for 1 country– ILC includes Americas, Europe, Asia

FGST nee GLAST(Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope)

• Put Together at SLAC

• Parts from many Places

• Test Beams at SLAC

• In US: DOE and NASA

• 7 Countries (US, Japan & Europe)

• 32 Institutions

• Several Hundred Scientists & Students

HOW (most of) YOU FIT IN

• Part of a larger project – Learn about ‘big picture’ and how you fit in.

• A small, but important contribution– Large projects have failed or been delayed

because of small design problems on single parts (e.g. LHC) or miscalculations

• Real RESEARCH Project– Result is not known in advance– Cannot check your work against Answer sheet– No Test to see if you have memorized things– You will make a meaningful contribution to the bigger

project.

HOW YOU FIT IN• Mistakes

– You will probably make many errors, do things the wrong way, have equipment which fails, coding problems, …

– Learn to notice when things look inconsistent or are nonsense. e.g. Is the computer output the right order of magnitude?

– Keep a Logbook of your work so you can remember what you did! We all forget or think we remember things that did not happen

– Check with your mentor. Experienced people know about common problems and the approximate results. Logbook!

– If you do not understand, ASK.

Overall Schedule

• First Week: – Safety– Physics Lectures – Start Research

• Second Week– Research– Safety Training

• Third Week– 1 Page Summary of Project due 7/6– Meet with Director Individually

Schedule (Week 1)Mon, June 22   INTRODUCTION & SAFETY 9:00                    Greetings- Persis Drell, Director  9:15                    Introduction to SLAC physics- Helen Quinn10:15                  Introduction to SULI  - Steve Rock11:00 SLAC students Association - Josh Lande11:05                  Break11:15                   Paper Work12:00 - 13:00      Lunch 13:00 -17:00       Safety  Training -Jim Allan & Clay Corvin

Tues, June 24    COMPUTERS AND ACCELERATORS 8:00 -10:00     Pick up Badges (SLAC ID) Bldg 207  (map) and Get Computer Account Bldg 50 Rm 108 (map) (need photo ID) 10:00 -12:00  Tutorial on SLAC Computing     Adeyemi Adesanya13:00 -14:00  History of SLAC ??            ACCELERATOR PHYSICS14:00 Introduction to Accelerations  - John Fox              break15:15 Plasma Acceleration and FACET -Neil Kirby16:15  Introduction to free electron lasers and LCLS    -Yuantao Ding   

Schedule (cont)

Wed, June 24  ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY9:00    Intro to Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology at SLAC - Roger Blandford  9:30   Introduction to GLAST -Gregg Thayer            Cosmology   - Doug Applegate               First Stars  - Matt Turk           Demo of Computer Simulation - Fen Zhau12:15: Lunch and  Meet your mentors.AFTERNOON:  WORK WITH MENTORS

Thurs, June 25  PARTICLE PHYSICS & ENGINEERING 9:00  Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics -  Wells Wulsin10:00   Introduction to Theoretical Particle Physics - Tom Rizzo11.00 BREAKENGINEERING 11:15 Sofware Controls Systems - Dayle Kotturi 11:45     LUSI   -J. Langton 12:15      EXO - Kurt SkarpaasAFTERNOON:  WORK WITH MENTORS

         

SCHEDULE (Cont)Fri, June 26 PHOTON SCIENCE9   Introduction to synchrotrons & SSRL -Apurva Mehta

10   LCLS  -Aaron Lindenberg   

       BREAK 11:15  Coherence  -John Arthur

WORK WITH MENTOR

End Of First Week

• SLAC SURVEY– Comments on Each Talk– “Difficulty of Content”, “Presentation”, “Interest”– Rate 1 to 5– Please keep notes so you remember

• DOE SURVEY

• SAFETY FIRST CHECKLIST

‘TUES’  LECTURE  SERIES(4 PM in Redwood Room (A&B) Unless noted)

June 30:  Michael Peskin   ”Physics at The CERN Large Hadron Collider” July 7 :   Martin Perl,  "Developing Creativity in Science, Engineering, and Medicine" July 14:  Uwe Bergmann,  Rapid-scan X-ray Fluorescence Imaging - The Archimedes Project and Beyond'  July ?? Peter Rowson: EXO.July ?? John Fox: SLAC TOURJuly 23:  Chao-Lin Kuo  “Cosmic Microwave Background Studies”  July 26: Chris Nantista:   International Linear ColliderAug 6:   Sid Drell   Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century Aug 8:  Panel of grad students:  Grad school and life at SLAC.

SLAC Requirements

• 6/26 –SLAC SURVEY (keep notes) & Safety Checklist• 7/6 – One page project description• 7/8-7/9 Meet with Program Director • 7/21 – draft of paper Introduction & Method Sections• 8/7 Peer Review and Full Paper Draft • 8/11-8/12 Meet with Director to Discuss Revisions • 8/13 Oral Presentations• 8/14 SULI CEREMONIAL BBQ LUNCH (Provided by SLAC) • 8/15 Final Report Due

• All students will give a 12 minute presentation on their research the last week of the program.

• There will also be a SLAC survey to be completed during your last week at SLAC.

• Attendance will be taken at Lectures (due to past problems)

SULI Program Requirements from the U.S. Department of Energy

• The receipt of a full stipend is dependent on the completion of the following– Submit the DOE pre-survey on or before June 26

• This can be found on your educationLink account– Write an abstract of your research for submission to

the Journal of Undergraduate Research and upload the abstract via your educationLink account.

– Submit a written research paper via your educationLink account. Results not very useful if only in your head or scraps of paper or computer files that no one else can find.

– Submit the post-survey during the last week on your educationLink account.

Stanford

SLAC

TRANSPORTATION• BICYCLE• Free Stanford Shuttle (Marguerite) around

campus and to SLAC (weekdays)• CALTRAIN: to San Francisco and San Jose

(station at Eastern edge of Campus on Palm Dr.)• County Buses (Sam Trans, VTA)• www.511.org to Plan Trip

HOUSEKEEPING• DORM: Howard Young will Help you.• Computer Hookups in Dorm Cost Money• Restaurants on Campus (see Web pages). Several

around Tressider• Big Stores:

– Safeway and Longs in Sharon Heights Shopping Center on Sand Hill Rd. (Bus stop)

• Smaller Stores:– JJF Market on College Ave.– Whole Foods on Homer (Downtown PA)

• Medical: SLAC Infirmary, Stanford Hospital ER• Money: Several Banks on Campus including Wells

Fargo. BofA and WF on Sand Hill Rd.

• PHYSICAL • Use of Stanford Gyms and Pool (free) • Running/Walking Along Linac (4 miles round trip) • Hiking in Stanford Hills (the Dish) [via Alpine Gate] and nearby Parks • Biking: road and Mountain. Many steep and flat routes • Soccer at SLAC at noon (Wed?)

• SPECTATOR SPORTS • San Francisco Giants (baseball)

• CULTURE • LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade (June 27-28)•Stanford Jazz Festival (Campus)• Stanford Summer Theater: Electra Festival •Jazz Festival at Stanford Mall (Thursdays, 6-7:30PM, Free) •Twilight Concert Series (Tues at 6:30 in various Palo Alto Parks) •San Francisco Opera (Thru July 5) • Stern Grove Concerts (free, 2 PM Sundays in SF) •Shoreline Amphitheatre (large Rock and Roll outdoor theater) • San Jose Jazz Festival (8/7-8/8/2008) •San Francisco Mime Troupe (free at Mitchell Park on 8/5 at 6:30) GARDENS

Cactus Garden (Campus)Filoli (Biking Distance)Golden Gate Park, SF (Arboretum, Rose, Tea)

FUN ACTIVITIES

•MUSEUMS•Cantor Arts Center (On Campus) - Rodan •San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (near Cal Train Station in SF) • de Young Museum (American and African Art, in Golden Gate Park) • San Francisco Asian Art Museum (world class, in Civic Center) • Palace of Legion of Honor (European Art, overlooking Golden Gate) • Exploratorium (SF's Interactive Science Museum, world class) • Computer Museum in Mountain View • Museum of the African Diaspora (SF) • Tech Museum (SJ) • Sculpture around Campus (Rodin, New Guinea, all around)

• NEED CAR TO GET TO • Yosemite National Park (4 hours) I can tell you where to crash for the night outside the park • Point Reyes National Seashore (1 3/4 hrs) Many hiking trails to and along the cliffs) • Muir Woods National Monument (1 1/2 hrs) Big Redwood Trees and lots of people • Big Basin State Park (3/4 hr) Big Redwood Trees, hiking • Beaches (Can get to Santa Cruz via Train and Bus)

More Fun Things

SUMMARY

• You have the opportunity to learn a lot and have a good time.

• Working with your mentor and his/her colleagues is the primary activity.

• The SULI web page has lots of information (please make suggestions)

• Contact me if you have any ‘program’ issues to discuss. (e.g. Problem with Mentor) or anything else

• Contact Vivian if you have ‘admin’ needs.• Contact SueVon to discuss anything