**PAN@MSU 2018 information can be found here.** 

**//Materials marked (2017) have not yet been updated for 2018. This information will continue being updated through the program.//**

Return to the [[http://www.jinaweb.org/outreach/PAN|main PAN page at JINAweb]].

===== Pre-program information =====
[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_2018_schedule.pdf|PAN 2018 schedule (2018)]]

[[https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=znK2yP_fUwTo.ktyRcr-3rCMg&usp=sharing|Map of MSU campus highlighting PAN locations (2018)]]

[[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/2003692723227259/|PAN@MSU 2018 Facebook group (2018)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_shaw_hall_information.pdf|Information about Shaw Residence Hall]]

[[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_2018.pdf|Student arrival preparations letter (2018)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=student_acceptance_letter_2018.pdf|Student acceptance letter (2018)]] (you got this in April/May)

[[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 (2018)]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=packing_list.pdf|Packing List (2018)]] (one thing to note: if you can't bring a Windows laptop for the nuclear theory exercise, we'll have extras or you can share)

**Forms**

  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=minor_permission_form.pdf|Minor Permission form to tour NSCL (2018)]] **NOTE: this is REQUIRED, though form text may lead you to think otherwise!**
  * [[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 (2018)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=medicaltreatmentauthorizationform.pdf|Medical Information form (2018)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_program_permission.pdf|Housing rules/consent form (2018)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=media_release_form.pdf|Media Release Form (2018)]]
  * [[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pick-up-drop-off-and-commuter-form.pdf|Commuter Form (2018)]] required for students arriving/departing alone or with a specified adult other than parent/guardian 
  * **[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8g_OCnS6ZU4BEMYhpRbaL2wwYr5fU3V6ONRqf3rrDJ-XO4A/viewform|Pre-survey for students (2018)]]**

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=friday_poster_session_invitation_for_parents_2018.pdf|Parent/family Invitation for Friday Poster Session (2018)]]

===== 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://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]] **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED** 

(all from the **extremely useful** [[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html|Hyperphysics site]])

[[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]]

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



[[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): 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]]
{{ :pan_1_1_.jpg?800 |https://photos.app.goo.gl/oiJsJmtoXzsBYKg36}}
//"This was one of the best weeks of my life. I learned so much and it was invigorating to be with so many other kids interested in this field."//

===== In-program useful links/documents =====

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

=== Presentation files ===

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=lyonspan2018.pptx|Nuclear Experimentation]] by Stephanie Lyons

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cortesi_pan2018.ppt|Radiation Detection]] by Marco Cortesi

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=gamma_spectroscopy_lab.pdf|Gamma Spectroscopy Experiment]] by Becky Lewis

[[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=msu_pan_july_2018.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://www.dropbox.com/sh/hrktvkp5p21bbak/AABj48eks0UK6zbCqnTtUYaZa?dl=0|Hubble Deep Field images for Astronomy exercise]]

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

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=questions.pdf|Energy Density Functional Theory problems]] by Alex Brown - UPDATED!

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_nucleus.zip|Nucleus - the EDFT tool]] by Alex Brown - UPDATED! Unzip the folder to your c: drive, make sure the folder is "nucleus"

[[https://people.nscl.msu.edu/~brown/chart/chart-levels.html|Chart of Nuclides]] by Alex Brown

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=2018-07-27-pan-funsym-jts.pdf|Fundamental Symmetries]] by Jaideep Singh

=== Posters ===

[[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://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tP6_Kbn_C4O0Z0G8LlNWuOV4ICOxhjvMnsFMAT2rsrc/edit?usp=sharing|Poster Template in Google Docs]] (Google Slides format)

[[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]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=arpando-victoria-stephanie-armando.pdf|ArPANdo]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=catz_nathan_sachi_jack.pdf|Catz]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=masa-max-michelle-trinity.ppt_.pdf|MASA]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pan_poster-_destroy_in_steven_hawking_s_voice_1_.pdf|PANic! in the Accelerator]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pandamonium-megancampbell-alexdelp-vidorlujan.pdf|PANdamonium]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pandemonium_jenna_weiler_-_sebastian_quinard_-_huaijin_wang.pptx|PANdemonium]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pantastic-annika-bianca.pdf|PANtastic!]]

[[https://wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/PAN/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=peter_pan_-_alexa_-_aaron_-_alder.pdf|Peter PANicky PANdora's PANoster]]
=== Supplemental ===

[[https://photos.app.goo.gl/udxVGV2q95VLRB149|PAN@MSU 2018 Photo Album]]

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

=== Post-program Surveys ===

[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfje1T2VcU7Z8ni8uXC4PqgVs5zM1nQvbswylyo76mY5zSCIQ/viewform?usp=sf_link|Post-program survey part 1]]

[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxHduNVm4Qgdz_XRFm-d9ZD9xpMyLjRx6XvEyyRju0xc6zsg/viewform?usp=sf_link|Post-program survey part 2]]

//PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH//