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Table of Contents
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 main PAN page at JINAweb.
Pre-program information
Map of MSU campus highlighting PAN locations (2018)
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.
PAN rideshare board (coordinate your arrivals/trips from the airport, coming in or going out)
PAN@MSU 2018 Facebook group (2018)
For students and parents
Student arrival preparations letter (2018)
Student acceptance letter (2018) (you got this in April/May)
PAN@MSU Program Handbook for review by student participants and their parents/guardians (2018)
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
Background information and readings before PAN!
Note: this is not all necessary, but it is all useful
Particle Adventure: A review of particle names and families HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Nuclear shell model and Nuclear density and Nuclear Binding Energy HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
(all from the extremely useful Hyperphysics site)
Learn Nuclear Science with Marbles (downloadable lessons and activities, an introduction to basic concepts)
A great summary article on Cosmic Rays
A nice glossary of nuclear terminology
Play "Isotopolis" now and learn about rare isotope production!
An article on the importance of theory
Other resources on Nuclear Theory
About your host institutions:
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: fish tank cloud chamber
- A Fermilab video of a 6 year old making her own small cloud chamber using a plastic cup: plastic cup cloud chamber
- How to Turn Your Cell Phone into a Cosmic Ray Detector and Become an Astrophysicist: - 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
Yet another cheap homemade cloud chamber - try them all!
Interesting reading about Dark Matter: "The Cosmic Cocktail" by Katherine Freese
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), major sponsor of PAN.
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), major sponsor of PAN.
"For the Love of Physics" references/links
Jefferson Lab's nuclear science education page
In-program useful links/documents
**Week 1 (students)**
Presentation files
Nuclear Experimentation by Stephanie Lyons
Radiation Detection by Marco Cortesi
Gamma Spectroscopy Experiment by Becky Lewis
LBNL Database - Nuclear Data website for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment
NuDAT - MORE Nuclear Data for Gamma Spectroscopy experiment
Nuclear Astrophysics by Luke Roberts
Neutron capture chart activity (r-process and s-process)
Half-Life Determination by Mallory Smith
Radioactivity Measurement by Mallory Smith
Astronomy by Brian O'Shea
Astronomy Hubble Deep Field Exercise
Hubble Deep Field images for Astronomy exercise
Nuclear Theory by Alex Brown
Energy Density Functional Theory problems
Nucleus - the EDFT tool by Alex Brown
Posters
Poster Template (PPT) (make a copy of this file for edit - you can collaborate on Google Drive or similar)
Supplemental
Post-program Surveys
