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SULI Welcome 2012IntroductionsSLAC Science Education DirectorApurva MehtaSLAC Program Manager - Eric ShupertSULI Program Director - Steve RockSULI Program Manager - Maria Mastrokyriakos Resident Assistant (Dorm) - Juan Santiago-Gonzalez, Salem Cheneret Web Page -http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/suli/2012 Schedules, Computing, lists, etc.Fewer of us than you!

2SLAC OPERATIONSDOE has many Research LabsMilitary: (LLL) Livermore, Sandia, Oak Ridge, HanfordOpen (no classified research): SLAC, LBL (Berkeley), Fermilab, Jefferson LabContractors manage the Labs. Mostly Universities or consortiums of UniversitiesIncreasing number of for-profit contractorsDesigned to isolate Labs from political control of scienceMany scientific advisory panels But DOE (and Congress) control the money.Stanford Manages SLACStaff are Stanford Employees.

Who is at SLACScientists (primarily interested in the science)FacultyStaffPostdocsGrad StudentsVisiting Scientists (Profs, Postdocs, students)Most of YouTechnical Support (Creating the equipment)Programmers (including my wife, so very important)TechniciansEngineersAdministrationSafetyCommunications Human Resources (us)

HOW SLAC WORKSPROJECTS AT SLAC (SSRL,LCLS, LUSI, PULSE, FACET,NLCTA) PROJECTS AWAY: (FGST, EXO, ATLAS, ILC, LSST)INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS SLAC scientists and techniciansVisiting scientists and techniciansEquipment built at SLACEquipment built at other institutionsBabar (last HEP experiment at SLAC)600 physicists and engineers75 institutions10 countriesSLAC PROJECTSLCLS: Linac Coherent Light SourceLUSI: LCLS Ultrafast Science Instruments PULSE: Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and EngineeringSSRL: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation LightsourceARD: Accelerator Research Division FACET: Facilities for Accelerator Science & Experimental Test Beams ATLAS: A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS at the LHC at CERNBaBar: B and B-barHEP TheoryILC: International Linear ColliderEXO: The Enriched Xenon ObservatoryFGST: Fermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeLSST: Large Synoptic Survey TelescopeSNAP: SuperNova Acceleration Probe

SLAC SPEAK DICTIONARYINTERNATIONAL SCIENCEHigh Energy Physics All results publishedMostly for richer countiesCERN: International European Lab (1954)LHC financed by CERN and many other countriesCollaboration with USSR & China during Cold WarNow, Visa Problems for entering U.S.Many Projects too expensive for 1 countryILC includes Americas, Europe, AsiaLHC

HOW (most of) YOU FIT IN Part of a larger project Learn about big picture and how you fit in.A small, but important contributionLarge projects have failed or been delayed because of small design problems on single parts (e.g. LHC) or miscalculationsReal RESEARCH ProjectResult is not known in advanceCannot check your work against Answer sheetNo Test to see if you have memorized thingsYou will make a meaningful contribution to the bigger project.

HOW YOU FIT INMistakesYou will probably make many errors, do things the wrong way, have equipment which fails, coding problems, Learn to notice when things look inconsistent or are nonsense. e.g. Is the computer output the right order of magnitude?Keep a Logbook of your work so you can remember what you did! We all forget or think we remember things that did not happenCheck with your mentor. Experienced people know about common problems and the approximate results. Logbook!If you do not understand, ASK !!!!!

Overall ScheduleFirst Week: Safety Science Lectures Start ResearchSecond WeekResearch, TourThird Week1 Page Summary of Project due 7/9Meet with Director IndividuallySchedule (Week 1) Begin at 9:00 ROOM WILL VARY (CHECK WEB SITE)

Mon, June 20 INTRODUCTION & SAFETY (all day) Pick up SLAC ID and radiation badge. Get Computer accounts

Tues, June 21morning ACCELERATORS (Kavli) (complete getting ID and computer accounts)

12:30 Lunch with Mentors Afternoon with Mentors

Wed, June 22morning ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY (Kavli)

Thurs, June 23 morning: PHOTON SCIENCE (Bldg 48 ROB Redwoods C/D3-4 PM Persis Drell (Lab director)

Fri, June 26 morn PARTICLE PHYSICS & COMPUTING (ROB Redwoods C/D

11End Of First WeekSLAC SURVEYComments on Each TalkDifficulty of Content, Presentation, InterestRate 1 to 5Please keep notes so you rememberDOE SURVEYSAFETY CHECKLISTMON & WED LECTURE SERIES 4PM

July 2 TOUR of SLAC - John Fox 9 AM July 9 : LSST ? July 11 Neutrino Physics Steve HerrinJuly 16:Uwe Bergmann July 18: TOUR OF SSRL & LCLS ?? Apurva +July 23 Cosmology -Rachel ReddickJuly 25:"Using ultrafast pulses of soft x-rays to observe dynamics in materials and chemistry" -Bill Schlotter July 30 Arms Control ?Aug 1 New Accelerator Techniques?Aug 6: Structual Biology at LCLS -Marvin SeibertAug 8 Grad Student Forum (

. TUES DINING HALL EVENTSA chance to talk to some interesting people at SLACThe Catch: you provide dinner! (many of you volunteered to cook already) .

July 3: Helen Quinn July 10: Pat BurchatJuly 17: Herman WinickJuly 24: Daniel Ratner

SULI Program Requirements from DOE and SLACDOE REQUIREMENTSSubmit the DOE pre-survey on or before June 30This can be found on your educationLink accountWrite an abstract of your research for general Audience (300 words)Peer Review of another students Oral Presentation (1 page) Oral PresentationResearch paper (1500 -3000 wrds)+figs & tables Get started earlySubmit the DOE post-survey SLAC REQUIREMENTS (Good Research)To help you get oriented make sure your paper gets doneConsultations with DirectorAttend TalksPeer Review of PaperIntermediate stages of paper.Have fun

15TRANSPORTATIONBICYCLEFree Stanford Shuttle (Marguerite) around campus and to SLAC (weekdays)CALTRAIN: to San Francisco and San Jose (station at Eastern edge of Campus on Palm Dr.)County Buses (Sam Trans, VTA)www.511.org to Plan Trip

SULI 2011 STUDENT SUGGESTIONS Get a bike

Go explore the area; Pt. Lobos, Yosemite, Fires on Ocean Beach in SF, Muir Woods, Pt. Reyes.

Always be working on paper

SUMMARYYou have the opportunity to learn a lot and have a good time.Working with your mentor and his/her colleagues is the primary activity.Have Fun: Explore the area.The SULI web page has lots of information (please make suggestions)Contact me if you have any program issues to discuss. (e.g. Problem with Mentor) or anything elseContact Maria have admin or other needs (like paycheck). She is a training expert.