Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2008 Joint Spring Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS
Volume 53, Number 1
Thursday–Saturday, March 6–8, 2008; Corpus Christi, Texas
Session PL2: Plenary Session II |
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Chair: Daniel Marble, Tarleton State University Room: Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Marina Tower Riviera I |
Saturday, March 8, 2008 8:15AM - 9:05AM |
PL2.00001: Video Analysis and Modeling in Physics Education Invited Speaker: The Tracker video analysis program allows users to overlay simple dynamical models on a video clip. Video modeling offers advantages over both traditional video analysis and animation-only modeling. In traditional video analysis, for example, students measure ``g'' by tracking a dropped or tossed ball, constructing a position or velocity vs. time graph, and interpreting the graphs to obtain initial conditions and acceleration. In video modeling, by contrast, the students interactively construct theoretical force expressions and define initial conditions for a dynamical particle model that synchs with and draws itself on the video. The behavior of the model is thus compared directly with that of the real-world motion. Tracker uses the Open Source Physics code library so sophisticated models are possible. I will demonstrate and compare video modeling with video analysis and I will discuss the advantages of video modeling over animation-only modeling. The Tracker video analysis program is available at: http://www.cabrillo.edu/$\sim$dbrown/tracker/. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:05AM - 9:55AM |
PL2.00002: GLAST: The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Mission Invited Speaker: The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, GLAST, is an observatory that will measure the cosmic gamma-ray flux in the energy range 20 MeV to $>$300 GeV, with supporting measurements for gamma-ray bursts from 10 keV to 25 MeV. With its launch now planned for May 2007, the Large Area Telescope on GLAST, with a factor of 40 or more improvement in sensitivity, large FOV, and much finer angular resolution compared to previous high-energy telescopes, will provide an important window on a wide variety of high energy phenomena, including black holes and active galactic nuclei; gamma-ray bursts; the origin of cosmic rays and supernova remnants; and searches for hypothetical new phenomena such as supersymmetric dark-matter annihilations and exotic relics from the Big Bang. This talk will provide an overview of telescope design and the science opportunities. [Preview Abstract] |
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