Student Projects in Nuclear Physics
This work is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant 1508238
Active Projects
Tagger Microscope Installation and Commissioning
- Tagger Microscope Status - Alex Barnes
- Microscope Installation Pictures - Alex Barnes, Brendan Pratt, James McIntyre
- Fiber Installation - Alex Barnes, Brendan Pratt, James McIntyre
- Inclusive listing of lab journals of students who worked on this project
Tagger Microscope Mechanical Construction
- Tagger Microscope Construction - James McIntyre, Alex Barnes
- Construction of the Full-Scale Tagger Microscope - Ann Marie Carroll, James McIntyre, Jonathan Kulakofsky, Liana Hotte, Kenny Brand, John Bartolotta, Aaron Carta
- Tagger Microscope Engineering Drawings - James McIntyre
- Replacement Fibers Construction and Assessment - Micah Warren
Tagger Microscope Electronics
- Microscope Electronics - Alex Barnes, Igor Senderovich, Jonathan Kulakofsky
- Euro Card Connectors - Alex Barnes, James Mcintyre
- Darkbox Fiber Testing Setup - Alex Barnes
Active Collimator Installation and Commissioning
- Assembly and bench tests with the active collimator - John Bartolotta
- Active Collimator Installation Pictures - Alex Barnes
Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Mounting
- Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser - Brendan Pratt
- Diamond Mounting - Brendan Pratt
- Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration - Jessica Hyde
- Surface Images and Thickness profile of Diamonds - Fridah Mokaya
Detector Development
Hadron Spectroscopy
- Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review - Igor Senderovich
- Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis - Igor Senderovich
Radphi Data Analysis
GPU Computing
- GPU/CPU Cooling System - James McIntyre, Alex Barnes
- Cooling System Specification - John Bartolotta
- GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Construction - Andy Wang
- GPU/CPU Cooling Loop Controls - Frances Yu, Jeremy Prema, Sabrina Shen, Amar Sinha, Varun Yetukuri
Presentations and Posters
Conferences and Workshops
- Hall D & GlueX Update, Alex Barnes - invited plenary talk, JLab Annual User's Group Meeting, Newport News, VA, June 20-22, 2016.
- Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV, Fridah Mokaya - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual April Meeting, Salt Lake City, NM, Apr. 16-19, 2016.
- Calibration of the Tagger Detectors with GlueX Commissioning Data, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 28-31, 2015.
- High-Statistics Analysis of All-Neutral Decays of Mesons with the Radphi Experiment, Fridah Mokaya - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
- High-Resolution Tagger Hodoscope for GlueX, James McIntyre - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
- GlueX at JLab, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, Hampton University Graduate Summer School 2015, Newport News, VA, May29 - June 17, 2015.
- Diamond Radiator Development for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, 2015 International Summer Workshop on Reaction Theory, Bloomington, IN, June 8-19, 2015.
- Thin Diamond Radiator Characterization at CHESS for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - poster, CHESS Annual User's Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 10-11, 2014.
- Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference, Chicago, IL, May 25-29, 2014.
- The Development and Construction of the Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - contributed talk, DNP-2013 Newport News, VA, October, 2013.
- Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for The GlueX Experiment - Brendan Pratt - poster, International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2-5, 2013.
- CHESS Rocking Curve Measurements of Thin Diamonds for the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - poster, CHESS Annual Users Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 4-5, 2013.
- Thin Diamond Radiator Fabrication for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
- Collimation and Tagging Instrumentation for the GlueX Photon Beamline, Igor Senderovich - contributed talk, APS-DNP Annual Fall Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
- 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.
- Search for Gluonic Excitations in Hadrons with GlueX, Igor Senderovich, Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, eds. S. Paul and N. Barmbilla, Munich, Germany, July 13-17, 2011.
Other Venues
- Spin density matrix elements for radiative decays of the omega meson in photoproduction at 5 GeV, Fridah Mokaya, poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
- Diamond Radiator Fabrication and Characterization for the GlueX Experiment, Brendan Pratt, poster, Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, March 11, 2016.
- 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.
- Construction and Testing of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Liana Hotte - poster at Frontiers in Undergraduate Research 2015, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 10-11, 2015.
- Understanding Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics Through the GlueX Experiment, Alex Barnes - invited seminar, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Nov. 2 2012.
- Posters and talks from past years
Completed Projects
Undergrad Honors Projects
- Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers - Christine Ploen, 5/2016.
- Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment - Liana Hotte, 12/2015.
- 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 Mentor Connection
- 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
Theses
- Liana Hotte, Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Connecticut, December 18, 2015.
- Igor Senderovich, 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.
Help
- Administrative Guide for New Group Members
- How to start a Chrome Remote Desktop session on Linux
- 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 2014-2016, 2016-2018
- JLab VME Module Manuals