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− | == Active Projects ==
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− | * [[Tagger microscope prototype construction|Tagger Microscope R&D]]
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− | ** [[Characterizing SiPMs]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
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− | ** [[Design and prototyping of SiPM electronics]] - Brendan Krueger, [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], [[Woody Underwood]]
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− | ** [[Fiber Array Fabrication Techniques]] - Carl Nettleton
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− | ** [[Tagger Microscope Mechanical Design|Mechanical Design]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]], Carl Nettleton
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− | ** [[Engineering Design and Fiber Arrays]] - Sarah Lamb
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− | * [[Counting individual photons]] - Jie Zhao
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− | * Deformation Measurements of the Diamond Radiator
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− | ** [[Analysis of Michelson interference images]] - Alisa Engsberg
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− | ** [[Target Diamond Structural Analysis]] - Matthew Heiss
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− | ** [[Hardware for Mounting of Diamond Radiators]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
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− | * [[Igor's repository of mechanical drawings]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]
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| + | == Student pages == |
| + | === Student Videos on Data Analysis Techniques === |
| + | * [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | === Detector Development === |
| + | * [[Construction and testing of a GEM-based radon detector]] - [[User: andrewsampino|Andrew Sampino]], [[User: miravarma|Mira Varma]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | === Radphi Data Analysis === |
| + | * [[Private:Eta_Meson | η Meson Cross Section Analysis (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]] |
| + | * [[Radphi_MonteCarlo|Omega photoproduction and backgrounds simulation]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | == 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. |
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| + | ===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]] |
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| == Completed Projects == | | == Completed Projects == |
− | * [[Mapping diamond surfaces using interference|Undergraduate Honors Thesis]] - Matt Demas | + | === Undergrad Honors Projects === |
− | * [[Mentor Connection 2007]] - Matt Harrigan and Lee Hyun Seok | + | * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WC3okst-mvnc8oF8zf6rgma0yn0_44cH/view?usp=sharing Applying Machine Learning to Particle Detectors] - Alexander Ercolani, 5/2021. |
− | * [[Mentor Connection 2006]] - Jie Zhao and Sampat Nidadvolu | + | * [[CP Fall 2015|Diagnostics of Light Yield from Scintillating Fibers]] - Christine Ploen, 5/2016. |
− | * [[Mentor Connection 2005]] - Okey Gabor and Kennedy Oghayore | + | * [[media:LianaHotte_Honors_thesis2015.pdf|Construction of the Photon Tagger Microscope for the GlueX Experiment]] - Liana Hotte, 12/2015. |
− | * [[An Active Collimator for GlueX]] - Chris Gauthier | + | * [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. |
− | * [[Diamond Radiator Assessment]] - Brent Evans | + | * [[Listing of past undergraduate research projects]] |
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| + | === 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]] |
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| + | == 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. |
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| + | == Tutorials == |
| + | === Data Science Applications === |
| + | * [https://cn410.storrs.hpc.uconn.edu/tutorials UConn Data Science Tutorials] - Eric Habjan |
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| + | === ROOT Data Analysis Framework === |
| + | * [[ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview | ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]] |
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| + | === 3D Printing === |
| + | * [[Private:How to 3D Print | How to 3D Print (Under Construction)]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]], [[User: Willis|Ben Willis]] |
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| + | === 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 |
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| + | === GitHub Repository === |
| + | * [[GitHub | GitHub: Data Backup]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]] |
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| == Help == | | == 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]] | | * [[Private:Poster printing directions|How to print a poster in P403]] |
| * [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]] | | * [[Notes on distributed authoring software tools]] |
| * [[Example page]] - Richard Jones | | * [[Example page]] - Richard Jones |
| * [[Test page]] - testing | | * [[Test page]] - testing |
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| + | == 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]] |
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| + | == Safety Resources == |
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| + | * [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QrP9avFvB7SAJM8cn0O1tRAdHM4H14bubLpcG-yVQlU/edit?usp=sharing Chemical Inventory P-403 and P-405] |