Investigating Heavy-Ion Collisions to Probe QCD

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The discussion highlights the availability of recent teaching aids from CERN, particularly useful for understanding heavy-ion collisions and probing Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Participants note that the CERN summer student lectures from 2008 include well-presented materials, including PowerPoint presentations with animations. There is a mix of opinions on the quality of the lectures, with some finding them engaging while others criticize the delivery. The conversation also touches on the importance of these resources for students considering careers in physics, emphasizing the commitment required to grasp complex concepts. Overall, the teaching aids are deemed valuable for educational purposes in the field of particle physics.
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“Teaching aids”

The moderators and Gurus might want some recent “teaching aids”.
Perhaps you will want to put some of these into a "sticky"
The CERN site is producing some very good “teaching aids”. If you can, look at the ppt presentation, since it has animations.
There are 3 pdf files at Summer Student Lecture Programme Course, 2008
http://indico.cern.ch/categoryDisplay.py?categId=345
From Heavy-Ion Collisions to Quark Matter (1/3)
by Lourenco, C (CERN)

that gives an explanation of what they are doing to probe QCD.
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yeah I attended those lectures, boring lecturer :-)
 


I guess that this is a good forum for this thread.
Now ... now ... malawi_glenn don't be so harsh on how your tax dollars are being spent. :smile:
I found that particular "teaching aid" to be up-to-date and well presented for interested students.
Did you get any "vibs" as to when in 2009 that they will be able to get any new data?
I hope that they will not hit any long "tuning up glitches"
jal
 


I think it is mentioned in the lectures, I think all of the lectures from CERN summer school -08 was filmed, so you can listen to the lecturer meanwhile you are watching the slides.

If I can recommend some REALLY good lectures to you, check out G.Ross and A.Pitch's lectures about QFT and Standard model, awesome!

http://indico.cern.ch/tools/SSLPdisplay.py?stdate=2008-06-30&nbweeks=7
 
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Hi malawi_glenn,
There is no doubt that they are good "teaching aids" and I can see why some students would need the exposure to those presentations before they make their carreer choice.
It would require 4 years of commitment, for AN AVERAGE STUDENT, to be able to manipulate and understand the formulas.
I used slide 14, 15, 16, The Standard Model (8/8) by Pich, A (IFIC, University of Valencia)
as a reference for my latest blog entry.
jal
 


jal said:
I guess that this is a good forum for this thread.
Now ... now ... malawi_glenn don't be so harsh on how your tax dollars are being spent. :smile:

Easy for you to say that, when it's a European project, and I have to pay for these guys full time.

I want my taxes to go towards interesting lectures, give him hell malawi_glenn.
 


mal4mac said:
Easy for you to say that, when it's a European project, and I have to pay for these guys full time.

I want my taxes to go towards interesting lectures, give him hell malawi_glenn.

LOL well the lectures was interesting but the lecturer was a quite boring person hehe.
 

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