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Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [[media:WillLivesay_Honors_thesis2025.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Will Livesay, 5/2025.
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], [https://ctdigitalarchive.org/node/4052614 Design and Construction of a High-Resolution Hodoscope for the GlueX Experiment with High-Statistics Analysis of the π<sup>0</sup>, η, and η′ Photoproduction Cross Sections from the RadPhi Experiment], December 14, 2025.

* William Livesay,[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung], May 10, 2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James M<sup style="display:inline-block; border-bottom:1px solid currentColor; line-height:0.9; padding-bottom:0.05em;">c</sup>Intyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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Jonesrt: /* Theses */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

[[File:group_meeting_4-11-2024.jpg|600px]]



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* William Livesay,[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung], May 10, 2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* [[User: McIntyre|James McIntyre]]
* William Livesay,[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung], May 10, 2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2025-11-26T12:24:31Z

Jonesrt: /* Theses */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

[[File:group_meeting_4-11-2024.jpg|600px]]



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* [[User: McIntyre|James McIntyre]
* William Livesay,[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung], May 10, 2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2025-11-26T12:23:19Z

Jonesrt: /* Theses */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

[[File:group_meeting_4-11-2024.jpg|600px]]



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* William Livesay,[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung], May 10, 2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung] - William Livesay, 5/2025.
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2025-09-01T20:49:52Z

Jonesrt: /* Undergrad Honors Projects */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

[[File:group_meeting_4-11-2024.jpg|600px]]



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2025-09-01T20:49:29Z

Jonesrt: /* Undergrad Honors Projects */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

[[File:group_meeting_4-11-2024.jpg|600px]]



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_SM_2024.pdf| Demystifying Particle Detectors with Interactive Learning Tools]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 6-10, 2024.
* [[media:GlueX_Outreach_The_Particle_ID_Project.pptx| Introducing Particle Identification to Algebra-Based Physics Students]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - invited talk, GlueX Collaboration meeting, Newport News, VA, May 14-16, 2024.
* [[media:Richard_Dube_AAPT_WM2024_Poster.pdf| PID Playground: Teaching Particle Identification Using Jupyter Notebooks]], ''[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]'' - poster, AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2024.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJS_-I7i70Z7lYjMpTkbMnrsvC8h5hU4/view?usp=sharing Development of Polarized High-Energy Photon Beams using Coherent Bremsstrahlung] - William Livesay, 5/2025.
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], 5/2024.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
* [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]], [[media:PID ML paper draft.pdf| Particle identification in the GlueX detector using a neural network]], Paper Draft, University of Connecticut, May 30, 2024.
*[[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]], [[media:Richard_Dube_Honors_Thesis.pdf| An Educational Resource for Particle Identification (PID) in Experimental Particle Physics Data]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2024.
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Particle Identification ===
* [https://duberii.github.io/pid-playground/ Particle Identification Playground] - [[User: Duber1| Richard Dube]]
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - [[User: Erichabjan| Eric Habjan]]

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), Richard Dube, GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), Richard Dube, GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>



== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), Richard Dube, GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]]), Richard Dube, GlueX Particle Identification Working Group, November 12, 2023.
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2023-08-16T21:29:51Z

Jonesrt: /* Other Venues */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data (Powerpoint)]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]])
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2023-08-16T21:27:31Z

Jonesrt: /* Other Venues */

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pptx|PID using Boosted Decision Trees on Particle Gun Data]] ([[media:pid_using_bdt-11-12-2023.pdf|pdf]])
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|pdf]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SVM | SVM: Support Vector Machines]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], Eric Habjan

=== GitHub Repository ===
* [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2023-04-04T15:21:20Z

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
=== Data Science Applications ===
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]



== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]



== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials]] - Eric Habjan

=== ROOT Data Analysis Framework ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== 3D Printing ===
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

=== Machine Learning ===
* [[Python | Python: Programming Language]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[SciPy | SciPy (Scientific Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[NumPy | NumPy (Numerical Python): Open-source Library]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Pandas | Pandas: Data Handling in Python]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Keras | Keras: Deep Learning Framework]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[TensorFlow | TensorFlow Decision Forests]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Kaggle | Kaggle: No-setup, customizable, Jupyter Notebooks environment]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]



== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

JLab Module Manuals

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C013.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C014.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[media:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61.pdf|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C013.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C014.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[file:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61.pdf|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C013.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[file:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C014.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[file:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61.pdf|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[file:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C013.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[file:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C014.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[file:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61.pdf|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C013.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C014.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[media:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

JLab Module Manuals

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*[[media:Jlab_VME_discriminatorRevD_manual.pdf|VME discriminator manual]]
*[[media:FADC250UsersManual.pdf|VME FADC250 manual]]
** [[media:FADC250_V2_ADC_FPGA_V90E.pdf|firmware update 90E]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C01]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C013]]
** [[media:FADC250_Processing_FPGA_Firmware_ver_0x0C01.pdf|firmware update C014]]
** [[media:FADC250_Programming_the_FADCV2_V61|programmer's guide v2_v61]]
*[[media:Jlab_F1_TDC_manual.pdf|VME F1TDC manual]] ([[media:F1TDC_V2_V3_8_26.pdf|latest firmware update]])
*[[media:CaenADCv792_rev18.pdf|Caen QDC v792 manual]]
*[[media:TI-old-VME.pdf|VME Trigger Interface (old-style VME) manual]]
*[[media:TI-new-VXS.pdf|VXS Trigger Interface (new-style VXS) manual]]

Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer

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Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer

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Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer

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The following videos were produced for the GlueX Collaboration by Prof. Curtis Meyer, Carnegie Mellon University.
* [[file:Meyer_intro_to_gluex_part_1.mp4|The GlueX Experiment: (part 1) A Short History of GlueX]]
* [[file:Meyer_intro_to_gluex_part_2.mp4|The GlueX Experiment: (part 2) The Photon Facility]]
* [[file:Meyer_intro_to_gluex_part_3.mp4|The GlueX Experiment: (part 3) The GlueX Detector]]
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* [[file:meyer_intro_to_gluex part 2.mp4|The GlueX Experiment: (part 2) The Photon Facility]]
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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]
* [[Video: Introduction to GlueX by Prof. Curtis Meyer]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2022-08-14T01:14:16Z

Jonesrt:

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

2022-08-01T18:58:50Z

Jonesrt:

<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 2209480</i></font>

<b>The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.</b>

{{#widget:Video|url=https://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Ercolani_frontiers_presentation_2021.mp4|width=800|height=480}}


== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 1812415</i></font>

'''The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.'''

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
'''

=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]

Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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<font size="-1"><i>This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 1812415</i></font>

''The following talk was presented by group member Eric Ercolani to the UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research in April, 2021.''

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== Student pages ==
=== Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques ===
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]

=== Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Tagger Microscope Status]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Microscope Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Fiber Installation]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[media:TAGM_fiber_geometry.pdf|Fiber geometry and numbering scheme]] - Richard Jones
* [[Lab Journals|Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project]]

=== Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction ===
* [[Moving the Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Calculating the move]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
** [[Tagger Microscope Placement in the Tagger Hall]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Tagger Microscope Construction]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]
* [[Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope]] - [[User: carrolla|Ann Marie Carroll]], [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]], [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[User:brand| Kenny Brand]], [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]], [[User: Acarta|Aaron Carta]]
* [[Full Scale Tagger Microscope Drawings|Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment]] - [[User: micahwarren|Micah Warren]]

=== Tagger Microscope Electronics ===
* [[Microscope Electronics]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[User: jonathank| Jonathan Kulakofsky]]
* [[Euro Card Connectors]] - [[User:Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [[User: mcintyre|James Mcintyre]]
* [[Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup]] - [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
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=== Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning ===
* [[Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator]] - [[User: Bartolotta| John Bartolotta]]
* [[Active Collimator Installation Pictures]] - [[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]

=== Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting ===
* [[Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Diamond Mounting]] - [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]
* [[Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration]] - [[User:jess|Jessica Hyde]]
* [[Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds]] - [[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]

=== Detector Development ===
* [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]]

=== Hadron Spectroscopy ===
* [[Analysis of JETSET data: A Search for XYZ Meson Analogs|Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
* [[Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]]

=== GPU Computing ===
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling System]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]]
*[[Media:JBCooling_system1.pdf|Cooling System Specification]] - [[User: bartolotta|John Bartolotta]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction]] - [[User: andyw177|Andy Wang]]
*[[GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls]] - [[User: francesyu|Frances Yu]], [[User: jeremyprema|Jeremy Prema]], [[User: sabrinashen|Sabrina Shen]], [[User: amarsinha|Amar Sinha]], [[User: varunyetukuri|Varun Yetukuri]]

== Presentations and Posters ==
===Conferences and Workshops===
* [[media:AlexBarnes-JlabUG2016.pdf|Hall D & GlueX Update]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-DNP2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: mokaya| Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2015.pdf|Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
* [[media:FridahMokaya-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment]], ''[[User: mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:JamesMcIntyre-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX]], ''[[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-HEreactions-6-2015.pdf|GlueX at JLab]], ''[[User: barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
* [[media:BrendanPrattHUGS-2015.pdf|Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2014.pptx|Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
* [[media:NDNC-2014.ppt|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]] ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
* [[media:AlexBarnes-DNP2013.pdf|The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Barnes| Alex Barnes]]'' - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
* [[media:ICDCM_2013.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment]] - ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
* [[media:CHESS-Users-Meeting-6-2013.pdf|CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
* [[media:Pratt_DNP2012.pdf|Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXtalks/jonesDNP-10-2012.ppt Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'' - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], ''Emily Briere'' - poster, Conference Experience for Undergraduates, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/hadron2011_GlueX_proc.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], ''[[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]'', [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C110613/ Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla], Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.

===Other Venues===
* [[media:Frontiers_Poster_Ercolani.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]] ([[media:Frontiers_powerpoint_Ercolani.pdf|PowerPoint]], [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wv5hE2CXHR7TEt69Q3iSIDmsrd0iQxh?usp=sharing video]), ''[[User: Ercolani|Alexander Ercolani]]'', Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2021, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 2021.
* [[media:mokaya-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV]], ''[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:pratt-UConnGradPoster-4-2016.pdf|Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]]'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
*[[media:Ploen_Gluex_PGSA_Poster_Session_Mar_2016.pdf|Quantifying Light Loss in the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment ]], ''Christine Ploen'', poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
* [[media:Hotte-Frontiers2015.pdf|Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]]'' - poster at [http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/323/2015/06/2015-Frontiers-Program.pdf Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015], University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
* [[media:Barnes-Juniata-Talk.pdf|Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment]], ''[[User: barnes|Alex Barnes]]'' - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects|Posters and talks from past years]]

== Completed Projects ==
=== Undergrad Honors Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021.
* [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
* [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
* [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/glueXarticles/EmilyBriere_FinalReportREU2012.pdf Design and Fabrication of Calibration Device for Scintillating Fibers of Tagger Microscope: For use in GlueX’s QCD Experiment], Emily Briere, REU project final report, August 1, 2012.
* [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]]

=== High School Mentored Projects ===
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYKY94VXu4nKqHBvKfnI5Hb3QFrSlkVv/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2021] - Zeno Chen, Arnav Thakrar, Anthony Song, Kanishk Tihaiya, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RxBJcqBeSh4vrXquXX7jiVxxFZeedHl-/view?usp=sharing CERN Beamline For Schools team advisor, 2020] - Zeno Chen, Mayee Mavillapalli, Isha Bang, Dylian Erwin, Faizdeenkhan Pathan, Anthony Song
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xQ_EJKrmDIMl5glnDRx8PZWYaHf8DxMm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102507188652121797454&rtpof=true&sd=true Authentic Research Mentorship, Glasstonbury High School, 2018-19] - Richard Dube, Lily Horrigan
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2014]] - ''Alden Richter, Omar Amer, and Suki Hyman'', 7/2014.
* [[Mentor Connection 2013]] - ''Michael Reisman and Kyle Lockwood'', 7/2013.
* [[all past years of Nuclear Physics Mentor Connection site|all past years]]

== Theses ==
*[[Alexander Ercolani]], [[media:ercolani_honors_thesis.pdf|Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2021.
*[[User: Mokaya|Fridah Mokaya]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1821/ High Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Vector Mesons with the Radphi Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 4, 2018.
* [[User: bpratt18|Brendan Pratt]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1578/ Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, August 21, 2017.
* [[User: Barnes|Alex Barnes]], [http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1413/ Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in gamma,p -> phi(1020),p for the GlueX Experiment], PhD Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 5, 2017.
* [[User: Liana|Liana Hotte]], [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
* [[User: senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/halld/IgorThesis-9-2012/PhDthesis-final.pdf Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX], PhD thesis, University of Connecticut, August 24, 2012.
* Chris Pelletier, [[Vibration Analysis for Diamond Bremsstrahlung Targets]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 11, 2011.
* Mitchell Underwood, [[Design of Electronics for a High-Energy Photon Tagger for the GlueX Experiment]], Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, May 8, 2010.

== Tutorials ==
* [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]]

== Help ==
* [[Administrative Guide for New Group Members]]
* [[How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux]]
* [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]]
* [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]]
* [[Example page]] - Richard Jones
* [[Test page]] - testing

== References ==
* [[Group Photos]]
* [[Physics References]]
* Jefferson Lab Accelerator Schedule [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule.pdf|2014-2016]], [[media:JLabThree-YearSchedule2.pdf|2016-2018]]
* [[JLab Module Manuals|JLab VME Module Manuals]]

== Safety Resources ==

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405]