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== Summer Research Reports ==
  
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* Derek Boylan: [http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/d/d0/The_Effect_of_Radiation_on_Bean_Plants_and_Aerogel_final.pdf ''The Effect of Ionizing Gamma and Beta Radiation on Phaseolus vulgaris Growth and Aerogel Optical Properties'']
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* Stephanie Durham: [http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/4/42/CUA_paper_Final_Draft.pdf ''The Effect of Beta and Gamma Radiation on the Growth and Development of Phaseolus vulgaris and the Optical Properties of Aerogel'']
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* Abigail Justen: [http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/e/ef/The_Optical_Properties_of_Aerogel_edits.pdf ''The Optical Properties of Aerogel'']
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* Alex Maleski: [http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/0/0b/Reportfinal.pdf ''PMT Signal Amplification in Particle Detectors'']
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* Sergio Ribeiro: [http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/1/1a/Sergio_Ribeiro_research_report_2013.pdf ''Signal Amplification from Photomultiplier Tubes'']
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* Jonathan Young:
  
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This is a page under development now, being prepared by CUA Nuclear Physics Group in order to start thinking in ideas of projects for summer students. Please feel free to update it!
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== Final Research Presentations ==
  
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Perhaps some of the projects are not for completely suitable for summer students, but we can have part of them to the student.
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[http://www.vsl.cua.edu/cua_phy/images/6/68/Sergio_Ribeiro_research_presentation_2013.pdf Slides]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[.pdf|Slides]]
  
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=== Effects of humidity on aerogel refractive index ===
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One of our concerns for the long term use of aerogel, in the Kaon Aerogel Detector, is how the aerogel will behave. We know from papers that it is manufactured by drying silica gel. So, in principle, the tiles can absorb water again and change their densities. As their densities are directly related to their refractive indexes, it is important to understand any change we may find.
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* '''08/6/2013''' - Projects status and next steps
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:Aerogel(8.6.13).pdf‎|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:080613.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:Update6.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''08/1/2013''' - Projects status and next steps
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:2Aerogel(8.1.13).pdf‎|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:PSP.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:BestSlidesEver.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''07/25/2013''' - Projects status and next steps
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:Aerogel(7.25.13)2.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:ampProg.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:CUAupdate4.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''07/18/2013''' - Projects status and next steps
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:Aerogel(7.18.13).pdf‎|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:PMTProgress718.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:Slides18.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''07/11/2013''' - Projects status and next steps
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:0711Aerogel.pdf|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:PMTprogress.pdf‎|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:0711_RadiationPlants.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''07/03/2013''' - Projects presentation and discussion
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** Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan<br>[[Media:0703Aerogel.pdf|Slides]]
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** PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio<br>[[Media:Photomultiplier_Tube_Amplification.pdf|Slides]]
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** Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie<br>[[Media:0703_RadiationPlants.pdf|Slides]]
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* '''07/02/2013''' - Welcome and Introduction to Nuclear Physics meeting
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The tiles we have are coated by an hydrophobic thin layer of material, so we have a protection on them already. And the trays of the detector will be rightly stored. But studying the water absorption and its effects on the aerogel properties would be an interesting way of understanding better our detector.
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** [http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crane-1-Gallon-Warm-Steam-Vaporizer-Tabletop-Humidifier-in-Blue-EE-8619-B/203545281#.UXnagKKyA0M HomeDepot simpler Warm Steam Vaporizer] - U$25
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** [http://www.homedepot.com/p/Sunbeam-0-7-Gal-Cool-Mist-Humidifier-Top-Easy-Fill-SCM4100-UM2/203314366#.UXnbl6KyA0M HomeDepot with little of control] - U$40
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** [http://www.mcmaster.com/#humidifiers/=mhcp64 McMaster 3 Gallon] - U$63
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** [http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/638/=mhct0t McMaster HVAC Service] - U$27 - is that what we need???
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Continuing Nathaniel's project...
 
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* Can we get a wavelength shifter to test?
 
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* We would need to coat the tile with a conductor, for instance, gold. Can we put one tile in a vacuum chamber without changing its properties? Is there a problem of damaging the vacuum pump with eventual aerogel powder?
 

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Projects - Summer 2013
Project Students
Aerogel Characterization Abigail Justen
Jonathan Young
PMT Signal Amplifier Alex Maleski
Sergio Ribeiro
Radiation Effects in Plants Derek Boylan
Stephanie Durham
Aerogel Refractive Index Uniformity over Single Tile Bijay Nepal
Joel
Data Analysis - Elastic e- Scattering Marco Carmignotto
Jullianna Couto
Nathaniel Hlavin
PMT photocathode uniformity - scan device
Aerogel as a new type of detector - dE/dx
Cosmic ray energy spectra
Kaon Aerogel Detector Prototype
Summer students - 2013

Summer Research Reports

Final Research Presentations

    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides

Meetings and slides

  • 08/6/2013 - Projects status and next steps
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 08/1/2013 - Projects status and next steps
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 07/25/2013 - Projects status and next steps
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 07/18/2013 - Projects status and next steps
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 07/11/2013 - Projects status and next steps
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 07/03/2013 - Projects presentation and discussion
    • Aerogel Characterization - Abigail and Jonathan
      Slides
    • PMT Signal Amplifier - Alex and Sergio
      Slides
    • Radiation Effects in Plants - Derek and Stephanie
      Slides
  • 07/02/2013 - Welcome and Introduction to Nuclear Physics meeting

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