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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)
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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
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Visiting scientists and technicians
Equipment built at SLAC
Equipment built at other institutions
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• 600 physicists and engineers
• 75 institutions
• 10 countries
SLAC PROJECTS
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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11:05
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12:00 - 13:00
13:00 -17:00
Tues, June 24
Greetings- Persis Drell, Director
Introduction to SLAC physics- Helen Quinn
Introduction to SULI - Steve Rock
SLAC students Association - Josh Lande
Break
Paper Work
Lunch
Safety Training -Jim Allan & Clay Corvin
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 Adesanya
13:00 -14:00 History of SLAC ??
ACCELERATOR PHYSICS
14:00 Introduction to Accelerations - John Fox
break
15:15 Plasma Acceleration and FACET -Neil Kirby
16:15 Introduction to free electron lasers and LCLS -Yuantao Ding
Schedule (cont)
Wed, June 24 ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
9:00 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 Zhau
12:15: Lunch and Meet your mentors.
AFTERNOON: WORK WITH MENTORS
Thurs, June 25 PARTICLE PHYSICS & ENGINEERING
9:00 Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics - Wells Wulsin
10:00 Introduction to Theoretical Particle Physics - Tom Rizzo
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ENGINEERING
11:15 Sofware Controls Systems - Dayle Kotturi
11:45 LUSI -J. Langton
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EXO - Kurt Skarpaas
AFTERNOON: WORK WITH MENTORS
SCHEDULE (Cont)
Fri, June 26 PHOTON SCIENCE
9 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 TOUR
July 23: Chao-Lin Kuo “Cosmic Microwave Background
Studies”
July 26: Chris Nantista: International Linear Collider
Aug 6: Sid Drell Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Aug 8: Panel of grad students: Grad school and life at SLAC.
SLAC Requirements
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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.
FUN ACTIVITIES
• 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)
More Fun Things
•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)
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