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* Ay191 class for undergrads at Harvard. Experimental lab course for junior or senior physics / astronomy majors. Build experiment from scratch over the course of a semester. | * Ay191 class for undergrads at Harvard. Experimental lab course for junior or senior physics / astronomy majors. Build experiment from scratch over the course of a semester. | ||
* Recreate Penzias and Wilson CMB discovery by building and operating a CMB telescope. | * Recreate Penzias and Wilson CMB discovery by building and operating a CMB telescope. | ||
| + | * Have been able to export this experiment to Wesleyan (professor Meredith Hughes), but it took a lot of effort -- shows that more documentation is needed. Project has run at Harvard several times. | ||
| + | * Cheap TV receiver as detector, but need a cold (LN2) load. Horn and cone forebaffle are both critical for performance -- need machinist help for construction. | ||
| + | * Planning to write up project in American Journal of Physics. | ||
| + | * Are there lower friction versions of this project? If apparatus was already designed / built, students could take the measurement. Experience of building components is still really valuable. | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 19 October 2019
Contents
Charge
- Identify key decisions that must be made (and justified) prior to CD-1,
- Make progress on (or actually make) those decisions,
- Lay out a timeline and process for making each decision, consistent with the post-decision work and internal reviews that will be needed to complete preparations for CD-1,
- Ensure that those timelines and processes are understood and supported by the collaboration, and that we (together) believe we can follow them.
Key Issues
- What is the overarching design of the EPO program?
- What is the recording / reporting structure?
- What EPO plan in Chile would we like to propose and how do we coordinate with local resources?
Agenda
- Jeff McMahon: CMB summer school
- Kirit Karkare: CMB measurement lab
- Nick Galitzki: SO education and outreach program
- LSST EPO
Remote Attendance
Notes
Karkare: CMB Measurement Lab
- Ay191 class for undergrads at Harvard. Experimental lab course for junior or senior physics / astronomy majors. Build experiment from scratch over the course of a semester.
- Recreate Penzias and Wilson CMB discovery by building and operating a CMB telescope.
- Have been able to export this experiment to Wesleyan (professor Meredith Hughes), but it took a lot of effort -- shows that more documentation is needed. Project has run at Harvard several times.
- Cheap TV receiver as detector, but need a cold (LN2) load. Horn and cone forebaffle are both critical for performance -- need machinist help for construction.
- Planning to write up project in American Journal of Physics.
- Are there lower friction versions of this project? If apparatus was already designed / built, students could take the measurement. Experience of building components is still really valuable.
