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LUND-HEP EST Students´ Point of View Alexandru Dobrin Lund University 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 1 Overview HEP-EST school • Who are we • Courses • Problem Based Learning • Supervised research • Conclusions • 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 2 HEP-EST School Official start mid-August 2006, student arrival 1st of October 2006 Integrate theory and experiment Step 1: courses October 2006-end 2007 Use PBL as a learning tool at the graduate level Step 2: supervised research 2007-2010 Program finished mid-August 2010 http://www.hep.lu.se/Lund-HEP/ 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 3 Who are we HEP-EST EU school on LHC physics (joint theory-experiment) Nele Boelaert (BE) Lisa Carloni (IT) Richard Corke (UK) Alexandru Dobrin (RO) Christoffer Flensburg (SE) (faculty LU TP) Jacob Groth-Jensen (DK) Wei-Na Ji (CN) Jie Lu (CN) 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 4 Courses Problem Based Learning: Introduction 1.5 ECTS [Johan Bijnens] Relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory (QFT) 7.5 ECTS [Johan Bijnens] A non-interacting scalar field A non-interacting fermion field Interaction and Feynman Rules QED and applications Divergences and how do we treat them Numerical methods in physics (NUM) 7.5 ECTS [Leif Lönnblad] 21.09.2007 Numeric integration Monte Carlo Optimization and minimization Ordinary differential equations Partial differential equations Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 5 Courses Phenomenology and experiment of particle physics (PEPP) 15 ECTS [Leif Lönnblad/Johan Bijnens/Paula Eerola/Anders Oskarsson/Evert Stenlund] 21.09.2007 Matrix element description of hard processes QCD cascades Multi-particle production Hadronic collisions Minimum bias Event properties Basics of heavy ion physics Flavour physics at the LHC An experiment from start to end Higgs detection from beginning to end Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 6 Courses The standard model and extensions (SME) 7.5 ECTS [Johan Bijnens] Parameters of the Standard Model Symmetries of the Standard Model Non-perturbative methods Extensions of the Standard Model I Extensions of the Standard Model II Experimental techniques in particle physics (EXP) 7.5 ECTS [Anders Oskarsson/Torsten Åkesson] 21.09.2007 Interaction by particles in matter creates detector signal Tracking for momentum and particle identification Calorimetry and lepton identification Analog and digital processing of detector signals Accelerator techniques Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 7 Courses Statistics and error analysis and data analysis for particle and nuclear physics (SED) 7.5 ECTS [Oxana Smirnova/Evert Stenlund] Principles of data correction Experimental errors Distributions Event reconstruction Understanding a sampling calorimeter 6 ECTS complementary training: communication & presentation techniques, entrepreneurship, leadership & management 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 8 Problem Based Learning We tried a new (for us) methodology Problem Based Learning Group based It is not a group project (see below) Basic idea: get prepared for life-long learning Provides better motivation then traditional lectures It does not save time w.r.t. traditional lectures 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 9 Problem Based Learning Have a short story for a start Use this to discuss and determine what should be learned Go out and learn it Not a group project: everyone should learn everything Find out what everyone has learned and evaluate Repeat with new subject/story 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 10 Problem Based Learning 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 11 Problem Based Learning Formalize into 7 steps after obtaining scenario/story: 1. Clarify terms and concepts not readily comprehensible. 2. Define the problem. 3. Analyse the problem. 4. Draw a systematic inventory of the explanations inferred from step 3. 5. Formulate learning objectives, followed by a few days of studies and work 6. Collect additional information outside the group and second meeting. 7. Synthesize and test the newly acquired information. A report is produced. The group evaluates how the work has gone and the meeting ends. 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 12 Supervised Research LHC Experiments Theoretical Physics ATLAS ALICE e-p collisions Heavy ion collisions @ BNL R&D 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin Strong interaction Electroweak interaction Large extra dimensions ILC Non-EPP applications 13 Conclusions Good for small topics, doesn’t fit for building entire theories step by step Insures that everybody understands the topics Learn to deal with a problem and work in a goal-oriented way Things learned tend to stick longer in the memory Due to every group member’s contribution, PBL can also enrich the information about the topics PBLs are time consuming comparing with the normal courses Also requires a lot of work from the supervisor Doesn’t work well for theoretical courses Find something in the middle between PBL and normal lectures 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 14 Conclusions The idea of making a strongly interacting group of theory + experiment people is interesting Got a chance to learn useful skills for following research work Need to ensure that group interaction continues into research stages (we are already splitting off to our separate research areas) Keep up with science coffees and soccer games! 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 15 Thank you for your attention! 21.09.2007 Partikeldagarna 2007 Alexandru Dobrin 16