View source for Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

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

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== Student pages ==
=== 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 b1&pi; Channel Simulation and Analysis]] - [[User:Senderovich|Igor Senderovich]]

=== Radphi Data Analysis ===
* [[Eta_Meson|UNDER CONSTRUCTION -- &eta; Meson Cross Section Analysis]] - [[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 ==
* [[Private:ROOT Data Analysis Framework Overview]] - [[User: mcintyre|James McIntyre]]
* [[How to 3D Print]] - [[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]