Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2006 Texas Section of the APS Joint Fall Meeting
Thursday–Saturday, October 5–7, 2006; Arlington, Texas
Session SPS2: Society of Physics Students II |
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Chair: Morgan Lynch, Angelo State University Room: UT Arlington, University Center Neches |
Friday, October 6, 2006 1:30PM - 1:42PM |
SPS2.00001: Resitive Plate Chamber Test Stand and Read Out System For the PHENIX RPC Forward Upgrade Ryan Wright The PHENIX experiment, using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at BNL, uses polarized proton-proton collisions to study the origin of the proton spin. In order to facilitate this, the forward muon arms are being upgraded in order to provide a first level trigger for high pT muons resulting from W-boson interactions. The new trigger will be based on Resistive Plate Chambers to provide a fast trigger to reject low momentum muons. A test stand at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been set up to study the behavior of a small RPC. The setup used for the research contains drift chambers, scintillators, and a multitude of electronics for data acquisition. This allows for the tracking of cosmic rays through the RPC to study details of the behavior of the RPC. The test setup and goals of the research will be presented, with special attention given to the read out system and the pre-amps for the data acquisition. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 6, 2006 1:42PM - 1:54PM |
SPS2.00002: EKG Modeling Cheri Douglas A model of the EKG potential on the surface of the body, expressed on a spherical surface as found in the literature, was adapted to a cylindrical surface. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 6, 2006 1:54PM - 2:06PM |
SPS2.00003: Quantum Dots: The New Little Nanosemiconductors Chance Harenza The recent arrival of nanomaterials has brought a nifty device called the Quantum Dot. They have intriguing and useful properties. They release light when electricity, heat or light excites their electrons. Their tunable bandgaps allow for the wavelength range they release to be controlled. Free Dots can be attached to a variety of molecules via metal coordinating functional groups. Some of These groups include thiol, phosphine oxide, phosphonic acid, amine, nitrile, phosphine, carboxylic acid or others ligands. This allows the Dots to be dispersed or dissolved in almost any solvent as well as incorporated into a large number of inorganic and organic films. quantum dots can also be tuned to emit in sharp Gaussian peaks in visible or infrared light. Their uses vary from counter counterfeiting to tracking terrorist movement across a large empty landscape. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 6, 2006 2:06PM - 2:18PM |
SPS2.00004: Design, Construction and Implementation of a Digital Light Pulse Counter Joseph Kish Various laboratory experiments that require the counting of light pulses or fringes can be a considerable source of human induced error. In addition, the counting process can be tedious as well as time consuming. The design, construction and implementation of a digital light pulse counter can dramatically reduce human error. The resulting increased efficacy of data acquisition will expedite the counting process as well. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 6, 2006 2:18PM - 2:30PM |
SPS2.00005: Benefits of Science Outreach in Rural Communities: The Angelo State Peer Pressure Team Jennifer Hendryx, Toni Sauncy, Christian Poppeliers In May 2006, the Angelo State Society of Physics Students Peer Pressure Team embarked on a week-long journey to visit a number of schools in rural West Texas. Many of the schools have small student populations and limited resources for encouraging students toward careers in science and technology. The goal of our outreach program is to provide excitement and enhance attitudes about science in general, with a focus on encouraging underrepresented populations. We will present the details of our week long trip and discuss the perceived effectiveness of our efforts. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 6, 2006 2:30PM - 2:42PM |
SPS2.00006: Angelo State Peer Pressure Team Science Demonstrations for Middle School Margaret Hubbell, Toni Sauncy The Society of Physics students at Angelo State University formed a community outreach program, active since 2003. The program consists of several demonstrations aimed at generating excitement about science among late elementary to late middle school aged children. The name “Peer Pressure” stems from the selection of demonstrations involving static and dynamic pressure that are part of the program. We will discuss the motivation for and details of our demonstrations. In addition we will demonstrate portions of our program. [Preview Abstract] |
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