| Investigate the theoretical and/or experimental background of a particular particle or phomenon and construct a timeline of ideas and/or experimental results that led to our current knowledge. | ||
| example | primary reference(s) | |
| discovery of the positron | Anderson, Phys. Rev. 43, 492 (1933) | |
| discovery of the muon | Street and Stevenson, Phys. Rev. 52, 1003 (1937) | |
| discovery of strange particles | Rochester and Butler, Nature, 855 (1947) | |
| discovery of antiproton | Chamberlain et al., Phys. Rev. 100, 947 (1955) | |
| discovery of parity violation | Wu et al., Phys. Rev. 105, 1413 (1957) | |
| discovery of CP violation | Christenson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 13, 139 (1964) | |
| discovery of J/psi | Aubert et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 1404 (1974)
Augustin et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 1406 (1974) |
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| discovery of tau lepton | Perl et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1489 (1975) | |
| observation of large pT jets | Banner et al. (UA2 collaboration), Phys. Lett. 118B, 203 (1982) | |
| discovery of the Upsilon | Herb et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 252 (1977) | |
| discovery of weak neutral currents | Hasert et al., Phys. Lett. 45B, 138 (1973) | |
| discovery of the W boson | Arnison et al. (UA1 collaboration), Phys. Lett. 122B, 103 (1983) | |
| discovery of the top quark | Abe et al. (CDF collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2626 (1995)
Abachi et al., (D0 collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2632 (1995) |
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| observation of neutrino oscillations | Fukuda et al. (SuperK collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1562 (1998) | |
| Investigate the historical development of an experimental technology and construct a timeline with important characteristics. | ||
| examples: tracking detectors, energy measuring detectors, particle accelerators | ||
| Construct a timeline of the life of a scientist whose work made a significant contribution to particle physics. | ||
| examples: Einstein, Rutherford, Lawrence, Yang, Chamberlain, Feynman, Gell-Mann, Rubbia, 't Hooft, ... | ||
| Construct a lab exercise for students involving particle physics ideas and/or data (simulated or real). | ||
| Construct a set of problems for students involving particle physics ideas and/or data (simulated or real). | ||
or make up your own...