**PAN@MSU 2017 information can be found here. Return to the [[http://www.jinaweb.org/outreach/PAN|main PAN page at JINAweb]].\\

NOTE: this information will continue to be updated.
**

===== Pre-program information =====
[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_2017_schedule.pdf|PAN 2017 schedule (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=packing_list.pdf|Packing List (2017)]]

[[https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=znK2yP_fUwTo.ktyRcr-3rCMg&usp=sharing|Map of MSU campus highlighting PAN locations (2017)]]

[[https://www.cata.org/Routes-Schedules/Trip-Planner|CATA bus service in East Lansing and Lansing]]
Route 14 from the airport to the CATA Transportation Center, then transfer to Route 1. Exit on Grand River past Abbot, at the north end of campus. It should cost less than $2.

[[http://www.greencabcompany.net/|Local Taxi service]]

[[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KU20idcdvHhZJSopEmevUzMx7n1xtSTsGg6jBpNk2rI/edit?usp=sharing|PAN rideshare board]] (coordinate your arrivals/trips from the airport, coming in or going out)

[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930049877253491/|PAN@MSU 2017 Facebook group (2017)]]

[[http://eatatstate.com/nutrition|Dietary information for MSU Cafeterias]]


==== For students and parents ====
**[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=student_june_letter_2017.pdf|Student arrival preparations letter (2017)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_program_handbook.pdf|PAN@MSU Program Handbook for review by student participants and their parents/guardians (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=minor_permission_form.pdf|Minor Permission form to tour NSCL (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=physics_astronomy_minor_consent_form.pdf|Minor Permission form to conduct experiments in University labs (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=medicaltreatmentauthorizationform.pdf|Medical Information form (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_program_permission.pdf|Housing rules/consent form (2017)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=media_release_form.pdf|Media Release Form (2017)]]

**[[https://docs.google.com/a/nd.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO33TuxWxJPEBU2kuFIJ8H0nRjX34YV6d1B57pzPD8LTtnwQ/viewform|Pre-survey for students (2017)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=friday_poster_session_invitation_for_parents_2017.pdf|Parent/family Invitation for Friday Poster Session (2017)]]

===== Background information and readings before PAN! =====

//**Note: this is not all necessary, but it is all useful**//

[[http://www.particleadventure.org/standard-model.html|Particle Adventure: A review of particle names and families]] **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**

[[http://www.jinaweb.org/outreach/marble/|Learn Nuclear Science with Marbles]] (downloadable lessons and activities, an introduction to basic concepts)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pt.3.1437.pdf|A great summary article on Cosmic Rays]]

[[http://www2.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/glossary/glossary.html|A nice glossary of nuclear terminology]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=the_geiger_mueller_counter.docx|Instructions for the half-life experiment]]

[[http://gel.msu.edu/isotopolis/|Play "Isotopolis" now and learn about rare isotope production!]]

[[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/shell.html|Nuclear shell model]] and [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/nucuni.html#c4|Nuclear density]] and [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/nucbin.html#c1|Nuclear Binding Energy]], all from the **extremely useful** [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html|Hyperphysics site]]

[[http://physics.aps.org/story/v2/st19|An article on the importance of theory]]

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_functional_theory|Other resources on Nuclear Theory]]

About your host institutions:
  * [[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/about/history.html|NSCL History]]
  * [[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/public/science/index.html|Science of NSCL]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-P8OSeP1hk|"Small Matter of Big Science" documentary (featuring NSCL!)]]
    * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_ozX-uqbI|(part 2)]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677ZmPEFIXE|"Rare Isotope Rap", a 5-minute explanation of NSCL through rap.]]
  * [[http://www.jinaweb.org/html/science.html|Science of JINA]]
  * [[http://www.jinaweb.org/html/jinanuggets.html#ongoing|Summaries of recent JINA research]]
 
===== General Links of Interest =====

From Kirsten Tollefson:
- How to Build Your Own Cloud Chamber:
  - From Fermilab's Symmetry magazine with a nice explanation of what you will see in the cloud chamber and a video on how to make your own using a fish tank: [[http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/january-2015/how-to-build-your-own-particle-detector|fish tank cloud chamber]]
  - A Fermilab video of a 6 year old making her own small cloud chamber using a plastic cup: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qbYvZ-Op4M|plastic cup cloud chamber]]
  - How to Turn Your Cell Phone into a Cosmic Ray Detector and Become an Astrophysicist:  - [[http://crayfis.io/|CRAYFIS]]
  - A Popular Science article about the CRAYFIS app (which won a webby award this year): http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/app-turns-your-phone-cosmic-ray-detector

[[http://www.popsci.com/how-build-your-own-particle-detector|Yet another cheap homemade cloud chamber - try them all!]]

[[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAAahUKEwiYoeGH4uzGAhUH0YAKHcOhAFY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopenjournals.libs.uga.edu%2Findex.php%2Fjheoe%2Farticle%2FviewFile%2F1436%2F860&ei=sYOuVdiEE4eigwTDw4KwBQ&usg=AFQjCNHdl6mJmhrk8rWTM-aBW73e0GxdVg&sig2=fs85X0qWYqp2Cg0EvKGvAg&bvm=bv.98197061,d.eXY|Journal article about PAN]]

[[https://smile.amazon.com/Cosmic-Cocktail-Matter-Science-Essentials/dp/0691153353?sa-no-redirect=1|Interesting reading about Dark Matter: "The Cosmic Cocktail" by Katherine Freese]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nscl_chart_of_the_nuclides.pdf|NSCL Chart of the Nuclides]]

[[http://www.jinaweb.org/|Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), major sponsor of PAN.]]

[[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/|National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), major sponsor of PAN.]]

{{:for_the_love_of_physics.doc|"For the Love of Physics" references/links}}

[[http://education.jlab.org/index.html|Jefferson Lab's nuclear science education page]]

[[http://www.lbl.gov/abc/|Berkeley Lab's introduction to nuclear science]]

[[http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/chart/|Interactive Chart of the Nuclides]]
===== In-program useful links/documents =====

==== **Week 1 (students)** ====

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=== Presentation files ===

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan2017_kilburn_jina.pdf|JINA-CEE]] by Micha Kilburn

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lyons_pan2017.pptx|Nuclear Experimentation]] by Stephanie Lyons

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cortesi_pan2017.ppt|Radiation Detectors]] by Marco Cortesi

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=gamma_spectroscopy_lab.pdf|Gamma Spectroscopy experiment instructions]]

[[http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/toi/|LBNL Database]] - Nuclear Data website for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment

[[http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/|NuDAT]] - MORE Nuclear Data for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=robertspannuclearastrophysics.pdf|Nuclear Astrophysics]] by Luke Roberts

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=neutron_capture_process_chart.pdf|Neutron capture chart activity]] (r-process and s-process)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wed_half-life_pan2017.pdf|Half-Life Determination]] by Mallory Smith

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan2017_half-life.pptx|Radioactivity Measurement]] by Mallory Smith

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=oshea_msu_pan_july_2017.pdf|Astronomy]] by Brian O'Shea

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=hubble_udf_exercise.pdf|Astronomy Hubble Deep Field Exercise]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=hs-2004-07-a-full_jpg.jpg|Hubble Deep Field image]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=brown_pan.ppt|Nuclear Theory]] by Alex Brown

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=brown_p.pdf|Energy Density Functional Theory problems]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=nucleus.zip|Nucleus - the EDFT tool]] by Alex Brown

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=2017-07-27-pan-sam-jts.pptx.pdf|Single Atom Microscope]] by Jaideep Singh

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=careers_for_pan_msu.pptx|Careers in Research (and beyond)]] by Zach Constan

=== Posters ===

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=allstars.pptx|Nuclear Science All Stars]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=backwards_pan.pptx|Backwards PAN]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=magicnumberspanposter.pptx|Magic Numbers]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=radiation_detectives_poster.pptx|Radiation Detectives]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=rapid_proton_process.pptx|Rapid Proton Process]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=team_misfortune.pptx|Team Misfortune]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=team_mcfrib.pptx|Team McFRIB]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan:j3na.pptx|J3NA]]

[[http://www.jinaweb.org/events/JINACEEposterTemplate.potx|Poster Template (PPT)]] (make a copy of this file for edit - you can collaborate on Google Drive or similar)

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=poster_tips.docx|Poster Tips]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan:americium.ppt|An example of what NOT to do]]

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=== Supplemental ===

[[https://photos.app.goo.gl/GdinwiDFM7DpXeSp2|PAN Photos!]] Add your own!

[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjoT5mzlS1kIcHv7snloQLZeNpRZn8oz9MDqNeK_aE8/edit?usp=sharing|A google doc where you can share resources and opportunities (e.g. camps) for PAN students!]]

=== Post-program Surveys ===

[[https://tinyurl.com/PANMSU17-1|Post-Survey part 1]] (tinyurl.com/PANMSU17-1)

[[https://tinyurl.com/PANMSU17-2|Post-Survey part 2]] (tinyurl.com/PANMSU17-2)

//PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH//