2. My Assignment
Who, What, and Where
The Muon G-2 Experiment
The basics of the experiment that I am a part of
My Part
What I spent most of my mornings doing and how
it relates to the experiment
Takeaways
What I got out of the internship
3. My Assignment
Who, What, and Where
The Muon G-2 Experiment
The basics of the experiment that I am a part of
My Part
What I spent most of my mornings doing and how
it relates to the experiment
Takeaways
What I got out of the internship
4. The vacuum chamber systems
Supervisors
Joe Grange
Jenny Holzbauer
Neutrino Division – Muon G-2
Vacuum Chamber Systems
D0 Assembly Building
5. My Assignment
Who, What, and Where
The Muon G-2 Experiment
The basics of the experiment that I am a part of
My Part
What I spent most of my mornings doing and how
it relates to the experiment
Takeaways
What I got out of the internship
6. What is a Muon
Muon is like electron but about 200 times
heavier
Decay rapidly into an electron and two
neutrinos
Can be seen naturally in cosmic rays
7. The Basics of Muon G-2
All particles have a property called spin
Spin vector rotates around magnetic field
lines
Ex: Gyroscope will do the same thing but
with gravitational field lines
This is called precession
8. The Basics of Muon G-2
All particles have a property called spin
Spin vector rotates around magnetic field
lines
Ex: Gyroscope will do the same thing but
with gravitational field lines
This is called precession
9. The Basics of Muon G-2
Quantum Fluctuations
Particles popping in and out of existence could affect the precession
of the muons
Theoretical Physicists can predict the effects of the fluctuations based
on our current standard model
10. Goals of the Experiment
Get a more precise measurement of
the g value (magnetic moment) which
can be found using the precession of
the particle
If the measured value returned from
the experiment is different from the
theoretical value, it could mean that
there are more particles than we
currently know about
11. My Assignment
Who, What, and Where
The Muon G-2 Experiment
The basics of the experiment that I am a part of
My Part
What I spent most of my mornings doing and how
it relates to the experiment
Takeaways
What I got out of the internship
13. My Part
Cage Alignment in the bellow
chambers
0.5mm tolerance for all eight
dimensions
Actual experiment will measure
values to 0.14 ppm
14. My Assignment
Who, What, and Where
The Muon G-2 Experiment
The basics of the experiment that I am a part of
My Part
What I spent most of my mornings doing and how
it relates to the experiment
Takeaways
What I got out of the internship
15. Takeaways
More knowledge about particle physics
The importance of precision
Collaboration
You aren’t given a set of steps to follow. You have an end goal and discuss with
others on how to reach it
Everyone has a small part to play in the experiment
16. Python Cosmic Ray Project
Worked on the project with several
TARGET interns
Getting started with programming and
python
Able to make a contribution to the
project
17. Thank You
Joe Grange and Jenny Holzbauer
Sandra Charles and Judy Nunez
My Parents
All of the TARGET Interns
Editor's Notes
Talk about what the title means, how science is different in the professional/real world from science in school
Table of Contents kind of thing
Basically read what the slide says (write on notecard though)
Info on slide
Mention how muons form when cosmic ray particles collide with particles in the atmosphere
Mention right hand rule and relate to gyroscope
Move slide after saying slide info to explain with example
This slide only for gif
Quantum fluctuations is particles popping in and out of existence very quickly
Read out first bullet point then mention Brookhaven and move of the magnet
Mention the fluctuations again for the second point, if estimate is off then more particles popping in and out of existence…
All the parts that go into the vacuum system, precision very important in science and this experiment so need to have the vacuum systems as good as possible
Cage aligned using the radial micrometers and adjusting the 8 set screws on each end to be within the tolerance
More about precision
Thank supervisors for teaching me so much about particle physics, didn’t know what a muon was before this program
Importance of precision as mentioned earlier
Amount of collaboration that goes on – elaborate on slide info
second sub-bullet point: one person doesn’t do everything, importance of teamwork
Not related but during lunch got involved in the cosmic ray project
Who I worked with and Nate and Thomas as leaders
Had no background in programming and was able to make contribution to the project
Supervisors for teaching me so much and helping me every morning
Sandra and Judy for organizing and running the entire program
Parents for driving me every morning and afternoon
Interns for making the program very enjoyable
