Netzwerk Teilchenwelt = Network Particle WorldA German Network on Particle Physics education and outreach

funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchProject leader: Michael Kobel

Students project weeks – concept and example: “ATLAS Trigger Rate Processor” (Kaan Alp YAY)

11.02.2014 ATLAS Outreach Session, Julia Woithe

Netzwerk Teilchenwelt : much more than Masterclasses

Research Projects

Project weeks CERN-

Workshops

Projects of participantsTeaching others, Cosmic projects

Participation in Masterclasses particle physics Masterclasses

(international or national) or astro particle Masterclasses

Research projects

CERN Workshops

Projects of participantsOrganization of national

MasterclassesCosmic projects

Participations in teacher‘s days, trainings

Research projects

Deepening the experience (CERN)

Qualification

Basic level

studentsTeachers/trainers

Participants per year (approx.)

Participants per year (approx.)

4000

200

60

10

50

100

400

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Deepening the experience: Project weeks for students at CERN• 2 weeks in October 19.-31.10.2014 (for the 4th time)• stay and travel expenses funded by Netzwerk Teilchenwelt• work on own research topics/measurements• tutors: scientists at CERN + scientist at student‘s „home

university“ = local contact of Netzwerk Teilchenwelt• often extended to research papers as part of final school

examinations or for youth research competitions

Participants 2013 visiting the CCCGroup of students at ATLAS 3

Overview over research topics 2013

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“ATLAS Trigger Rate Processor” (Kaan Alp YAY)

• Tutor at CERN: Ivana Hristova (HU Berlin)• Aim of the project:

• Improvement of software for trigger monitoring (GUI for trigger rate)• simulate new incoming data with old recorded

data to simulate the performance and possible problems for RUN 2 in 2015

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• Necessary skills for programming: Linux, Bash-Script, C++, XML (student had almost no previous knowledge)

• Problems in current software version “nightly” discovered

Trigger rate presenter ATLAS

Conclusion

• Great experience for students (all of them want to come back as summer students)

• Direct insights in research at CERN• Optimal: win-win situation• Tutors and research topics needed!!!

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More information (english coming soon):www.teilchenwelt.de