Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Education and Outreach Jordan A. Goodman University of...

Jordan GoodmanHAWC Review - December 2007

Education and OutreachEducation and Outreach

Jordan A. GoodmanJordan A. Goodman

University of MarylandUniversity of Maryland


People Who Have Worked on Milagro People Who Have Worked on Milagro

• Postdocs: 14 10 stationed at Los AlamosPostdocs: 14 10 stationed at Los Alamos• Graduate students: 24 (all spent time at LANL)Graduate students: 24 (all spent time at LANL)• PhDs granted: 14 PhDs granted: 14 • UG students: 74 31 spent some time at Los AlamosUG students: 74 31 spent some time at Los Alamos• High School students:High School students: 44• High School teachers:High School teachers: 33


Where do our people go to/come from?Where do our people go to/come from?

• Milagro Students & Post-doc Milagro Students & Post-doc go to:go to:– VERITAS– HESS– GLAST– Swift– Auger– IceCube– HiRes– CELESTE– LIGO– HEP/NP experiments

• We get Post-docs from:We get Post-docs from:– Super-K– Whipple/VERITAS– HEGRA– HEP/NP experiments– Amanda– Tibet– CGRO– Haleakala– HiRes


Milagro Outreach ActivitiesMilagro Outreach Activities

• QuarknetQuarknet• EarthwatchEarthwatch• US Physics OlympicsUS Physics Olympics• High School ProgramsHigh School Programs• Summer GirlsSummer Girls• Question of the weekQuestion of the week


QuarknetQuarknet

• Milagro was the first Particle Astrophysics experimentMilagro was the first Particle Astrophysics experiment• Help set up cosmic rayHelp set up cosmic ray

telescopestelescopes• Cloud ChambersCloud Chambers

• Mentor-physicistsMentor-physicists– Jordan Goodman– Kara Hoffman

• Lead TeachersLead Teachers– Yuri Achille– Kevin Martz

They spent time at Milagro


80% 4%14.4%13%

%USPOP.

Notes: US percentage does not add to 100% because Hispanics are an ethnic group. Approx 60% of US Hispanics are of Mexican origin.


HAWC OutreachHAWC Outreach

• HAWC will continue Milagro outreach activitiesHAWC will continue Milagro outreach activities• HAWC will work to reach Hispanic students in the US and HAWC will work to reach Hispanic students in the US and

MexicoMexico– We will develop materials in Spanish (Magda has already

started)– We will provide bilingual websites– We will provide summer programs for student– We will target schools in New Mexico– We will work with the LMT outreach program to reach local

schools in Mexico• Mexico is going to participate in the international year of the Mexico is going to participate in the international year of the

astronomy in 2009. The Mexican organizer is Deborah Dultz - astronomy in 2009. The Mexican organizer is Deborah Dultz - a HAWC collaborator.a HAWC collaborator.

• The UNAM Astronomy Institute has a lot of activities for high The UNAM Astronomy Institute has a lot of activities for high school students that HAWC can join. They have talks every school students that HAWC can join. They have talks every Friday and visits to the optical telescopes.Friday and visits to the optical telescopes.


Summer OutreachSummer Outreach

• Working with Luis Orozco at Maryland we have joined the Mexican Division of Particles and Fields summer program run by Heriberto Castilla (CINVESTAV, FNAL)– A competition for students, undergraduate of the

last two year or graduate students of the first year. They select the best according to academic capacity and interest in the field

– HAWC is planning to have one or two students this year.


SummarySummary

• Milagro pioneered the water-Cherenkov technique for Milagro pioneered the water-Cherenkov technique for wide field TeV gamma ray astronomywide field TeV gamma ray astronomy

• It has made numerous discoveries, showing the It has made numerous discoveries, showing the importance and complementarity of a wide field importance and complementarity of a wide field instrument to the ACTs, satellites and other instrument to the ACTs, satellites and other instrumentsinstruments

• HAWC is an obvious next stepHAWC is an obvious next step• For a modest cost, HAWC can do important and For a modest cost, HAWC can do important and

timely physicstimely physics• We have the capability, we have the site, we have We have the capability, we have the site, we have

the people (we even have the PMTs) the people (we even have the PMTs) • We need your approval (and the money)We need your approval (and the money)

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