Im behind the guy in red in the middle(Isaac).
Monday 6/11/01:
Started day @ 6:30....needed more sleep...must remedy tommorrow.
Rick lectured on the Standard Model...interesting on the surface...deeply
complicated on the interior.
Theory group did calculations on critical angles of the detectors at
given plate separation....saved data as spreadsheets on excel.
Due to conflicting requests I missed the discussion on solid angle...missed
introduction of steradians....picked it up at Daves house later.
Emerged victorious at both crocquet and Uno @ Daves house....semi-victorious
@ union pool hall.
Mr. Deirth brought his ps2 and we played it until midnight...so much
for more sleep.
Tuesday 6/12/01:
Set alarm for 7 am....felt refreshed... we were supposed to leave early
but some girls didnt get up on time. Listened to a lecture that was
more in depth on the standard model. Later we attempted to calculate
the allowance of photons into the PMT, and the number of electrons going
into of the PMT. Design changed to add a 3rd padle to the setup,
because the solid angle is to wide and needed to be narrowed. Mechanical
and electrical teams complained. Later we went to the wall climbing
arena...$10 for a few hours of fun on ropes and walls...thouroughly exhausted..Deirth
got out his Ps2 again but I didnt play this time because I went to bed
earlier than everybody else...midnight.
Wednesday 6/13/01:
Got up @ 7...tired from wall climbing....pancake substitutes for breakfast...good
thing for cereal...listened to discussion about the electronics and the
other systems in the telescopes. After lunch we discussed different
experiments feasible for reports tomorrow. My current duty is to
create captions for the pictures of the calculations Evann, Jason and I
made yesterday. I got my Quarknet shirt today. Evann and I
finished the captions and submitted them to the web group. Later
we went to lasertag...very very cool. Played 2 games...2nd highest
in accuracy both times...back @ the dorms we watched Monty Python and the
Holy Grail. Went to bed @ about 12:30.
Thursday 6/14/01:
Harder than normal to get up today...effects of rock climbing
and lasertag combined with less than normal sleep catching up with me.
We listened to Rick give a lecture on the systems in the CRT. He
also outlined the format that the data file will take. We also listened
to Rick go over a slide show that someone else was supposed to do but they
had a family emergency, the slide show was on cosmic rays in general and
detection. After lunch we continued work.....the focus of today was
to hone in on and correct some bugs in our minimum shower energy equations.
We never did finish the minimum shower energy equation calculation...we
ran out of time.....we did however get some of the data from last night
graphed. However we only got about 1/6 because the number of events
overloaded excel. After the activities ended we went to the
SRSC...Deirth had a bad experience but those of us with John were
ok. After that we watched Gladiator, and ordered pizza, however
thouhg I payed for some it was gone within 5 miniutes of arrival and i
got the shaft. I went to bed early after packing.