Bulgarian High-School Students Internship Programme 2017

3 Sept 2017, 08:00 → 16 Sept 2017, 14:10 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN), Svezhina Dimitrova (A), Stavroula Kotsi (Athens University of Economics and Business (GR)), Ivan Glushkov (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

The Bulgarian High-School Students Internship Programme 2017 will take place from 3 September - 16 September.

This programme is a unique opportunity for high-school students from CERN Member States to be introduced to CERN, its technologies and physics, as well as to learn through workshops and by shadowing, observing, and working with a member of personnel. 

CERN is looking forward to welcome the Bulgarian High-School Students here in Geneva, Switzerland!

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Тази година образователният отдел на ЦЕРН взе решение да организира пилотно двуседмично обучение за ученици само от пет страни членки на ЦЕРН.

България като активен участник в образователната дейност на ЦЕРН беше удостоена да бъде селектирана и обучението за български ученици ще се проведе от 03.09.2017г. до 16.09.2017г.

Програмата включва 2-седмичен курс от лекции, упражнения, визити, практическа работа като стажанти в областта на Физиката на елементарните частици и инженерните дейности, извършвани в ЦЕРН, както и социална програма за двадесет и четири ученици, придружени от двама ръководители.

Програмата ще бъде проведена на български език и ще се изпълни от български учени, служители на ЦЕРН и сътрудници от български научно-изследователски звена, които имат дългогодишно сътрудничество с ЦЕРН (СУ „Климент Охридски“, БАН, НАОП „Николай Коперник“).
 

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Bulgarian High-School Students Internship Programme 2017: https://indico.cern.ch/e/BGHSSIP17

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Two people will accompany the group of students during their travel and stay at CERN:

1. Svejina Dimitrova, National Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium 'Nicolaus Copernicus', Varna
2. Roumyana Hadjiiska, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

ВАЖНО! Разноските по транспорта, престоя, храната и обучението на учениците ще се поемат изцяло от ЦЕРН.

ВАЖНО! Избраните участници в Програмата трябва да имат валидна здравна застраховка за чужбина за периода 03.09.2017г. – 16.09.2017г. Разходът по здравната застраховката не се поема от ЦЕРН.

 

Organization committee:

1. Zornitsa Zaharieva - CERN, contact for the Bulgarian HSSIP and representative for Bulgarian national students and teachers programs at CERN, CERN
2. Svezhina Dimitrova, national contact for the Bulgarian HSSIP and coordinator for Bulgarian national students and teachers programs, director National Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium 'Nicolaus Copernicus', Varna
3. Dr. Roumyana Hadjiiska,  Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
4. Assoc. prof. Leandar Litov, CERN Council Bulgarian representative, Physics faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
5. Assoc. prof. Borislav Pavlov, national contact for the Bulgarian HSSIP, Physics faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
6. Assoc. prof. Plamen Iaydjiev, national contact Bulgarian National Program for High School Physics Teachers, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
7. Prof. Roman Zahariev, national contact Bulgarian National Program for High School Engineering and IT Teachers, deputy director Institute of Robotics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
8. Dr. Zhechka Toteva, CERN
9. Dr. Peter Hristov, CERN
10. Dr. Ivan Glushkov, ATLAS experiment, University of Texas at Arlington

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In case of emergency: High-School Students Internship Programme Manager:

Ines Knaepper: 0041 75 411 2297
Stavroula Kotsi: 0041 75 411 1096

CERN fire brigade: 0041 22 76 74444

CERN Meyrin map
CERN Prevessin map
How to get to CERN

 

BHSSIP 2017 Group Photo.jpg

BHSSIP and PHSSIP 2017 Group Photo.jpg

Monday 4 September

09:00 → 12:00 Welcome and Introduction

Introduction to the programme and first questions and answers.

09:00 Welcome to CERN

Introduction to the program

Speakers: Svejina Dimitrova (National Observatory and Planetarium Varna), Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)

09:15 Introduction to CERN

Introduction to CERN presentation

Speaker: Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)

Introduction_to_CERN_BG_2017_09_04.pdf

Introduction_to_CERN_BG_2017_09_04.ppt

10:30 Access cards and short break

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:00 Group Picture

Meet inside the main building

14:00 → 17:00 Treasure Hunt @CERN!

Meeting point: In front of Building 40
We will provide you with maps and directions but it would be helpful if you have your individual maps with you. We also recommend you to have your phones fully charged and bring a camera with you.

17:00 → 18:30 Meeting with the supervisors, lecturers and guides of the Bulgarian HSSIP and Q&A session

Tuesday 5 September

08:30 → 14:00 Visits & Lectures

08:30 Introduction to Particle Physics, accelerators and their future

Speaker: Roumyana Mileva Hadjiiska (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG))

standardModel.pdf

vyvedenieUskoriteli.pdf

10:05 Detectors for the particle physics research

Speaker: Roumyana Mileva Hadjiiska (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG))

detectoriCMS.pdf

11:00 Introduction to the Accelerators Complex at CERN

Speaker: Zornitsa Zaharieva (CERN)

2017_Introduction_to_CERN_accelerator_complex_and_its_controls.ppt

CERN-MOVIE-2011-034.mpg

LHC.mpg

LHC_tunnel.wmv

11:45 Lunch

13:00 Visit Synchrocyclotron (SC)

Meeting Point: Building 33 at 12:40
Prohibited: FOOD and/or BEVERAGES
Recommended: CAMERAS

14:15 → 16:30 Presentations

14:15 Discussion with Maria Fidecaro and Giuseppe Fidecaro - CERN and particle physics development during the last 60 years

Speakers: Giuseppe Fidecaro, Maria Fidecaro

15:00 Particle Physics Research and Medical applications

Speaker: Manjit Dosanjh (CERN)

Dosanjh_Bulgarian High School 2017.pdf

16:30 → 19:30 Particle Fever

16:30 Movie screening with HSSIP Portugal

Movie will be displayed in English with English Subtitles

18:45 Panel Discussion

Guests:

1. Peter Jenni, one of the founding fathers of the ATLAS experiment and a former spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment (wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jenni)

2. Jim Virdee, one of the founding fathers of the CMS experiment and a former spokesperson of the CMS experiment (wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejinder_Virdee)

3. Mike Lamont - former head of LHC Operation, deputy department head of Beams department

4. Mariya Shiyakova (BG) - physisist ATLAS experiment

5. Ivan Glushkov (BG) - physicist ATLAS experiment

6. Pedro Abreu (PT) - LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part

7. Filipe Joaquim (PT) - Instituto Superior Técnico

19:30 → 20:00 Q&A session: Q&A session of the day

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

Wednesday 6 September

09:00 → 11:10 Visits & Lectures

09:00 CERN Control Center (CCC) + AMS

Prohibited: FOOD and/or BEVERAGES
Recommended: CAMERAS

09:00 - 09:10 Transport to CCC
09:10 - 10:00 CERN Control Center (CCC)
10:00 - 10:10 Transport to AMS
10:10 - 11:00 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)
11:00 - 11:10 Transport back

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 17:30 Projects

18:30 → 19:30 Q&A session: Q&A session of the day

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

20:00 → 23:00 Optional programme: CERN Cinéclub film screening

The CERN Cinéclub shows films on Wednesdays
in the CERN Council Chamber open to everybody working at CERN.
The programme can be found at: https://cineclub.web.cern.ch/Cineclub/
Projection starts at 8 pm.
Free entrance

Thursday 7 September

08:30 → 10:30 S'Cool Lab

A fantastic Cloud Chamber Workshop in S'Cool Lab

08:30 Cloud Chamber Workshop

Meeting Point: Building 143 at 08:30
Start of the workshop 8:45

11:30 → 12:00 Q&A session: Q&A session of the day

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

15:00 → 18:00 Explore Geneva! Treasure Hunt

We will provide you with your personal treasure hunt brochure. Once you successfully finish the treasure hunt there will be a treasure waiting for you!

Friday 8 September

09:00 → 17:00 Visits & Lectures

09:00 SM18 & ATLAS AVC

Meeting Point: Building 33 at 8:40
Prohibited: FOOD and/or BEVERAGES
Recommended: CAMERAS

09:00 - 09:10 Transport to SM18
09:10 - 10:00 SM18
10:00 - 10:10 Transport to AVC
10:10 - 11:00 ATLAS Visitor Center (AVC)
11:00 - 11:10 Transport back

11:30 Lunch

13:45 GRID Computing

Speaker: Todor Trendafilov Ivanov (University of Sofia (BG))

grid-overview.pdf

15:00 Isolde

18:30 → 19:00 Q&A session

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

Sunday 10 September

19:00 → 23:00 Cheese Fondue¶

Programme Dinner
Hotel Restaurant Edelweiss
Address :
Place de la Navigation 2
1201 Genève
http://www.hoteledelweissgeneva.com/en/restaurant/

Monday 11 September

08:25 → 11:25 Visits & Lectures

08:25 CMS Cavern

Meeting Point: CERN Hostel at 13:15
Prohibited: FOOD and/or BEVERAGES
Recommended: CAMERAS

13:30 - 14:00 Transport to CMS
14:00 - 15:30 CMS Service Cavern
15:30 - 16:00 Transport back

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:30 Projects

18:00 → 18:30 Q&A session

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

Tuesday 12 September

09:00 → 11:30 Projects

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 16:10 Visits & Lectures

13:00 Data Center, AD and LEIR

Meeting Point: Building CERN Hostel at 12:45
Prohibited: FOOD and/or BEVERAGES
Recommended: CAMERAS

13:00 - 13:10 Walk to Data Center
13:10 - 14:00 Data Center
14:00 - 14:10 Walk to AD
14:10 - 15:00 Antiproton Decelerator (AD)
15:00 - 15:10 Walk to LEIR
15:10 - 16:00 LEIR
16:00 - 16:10 Walk back

17:30 → 18:30 Visits & Lectures: Special Lecture

17:30 The Higgs discovery and the future of particle physics research

Speaker: Jonathan R. Ellis

Bulgaria.pdf

Bulgaria.ppt

18:30 → 19:00 Q&A session

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

20:00 → 22:00 HSSIP Bulgaria & Portugal evening

Wednesday 13 September

08:20 → 12:20 Visits & Lectures: Visit UN

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 17:30 Projects

17:30 → 18:00 Q&A session

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

20:00 → 23:00 Optional programme: CERN Cinéclub film screening

The CERN Cinéclub shows films on Wednesdays
in the CERN Council Chamber open to everybody working at CERN.
The programme can be found at: https://cineclub.web.cern.ch/Cineclub/
Projection starts at 8 pm.
Free entrance

Thursday 14 September

09:00 → 17:30 Projects

12:00 Lunch

18:00 → 18:30 Q&A session

Daily possibility to ask questions, to meet, etc.

Friday 15 September

09:00 → 13:00 Projects

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:30 Projects: Final Presentations and Closing Session

15:00 Physics Analysis at the CMS Experiment

Introduction to the basics of physics analysis at the CMS experiment. Some of the tools used to visualize and analyze the data CMS data are used.
The students have reconstructed the Z boson and other particles from their decay products.

Speakers: Mr Kaloyan Botev, Mrs Simona Todorova

Simona Todorova and Kaloyan Botev - Physics Analysis at the CMS Experiment.pdf

Simona Todorova and Kaloyan Botev - Physics Analysis at the CMS Experiment.pptx

15:15 The Quench Protection System for the LHC accelerators

Quench protection systems of the LHC superconducting circuits overview – why such systems were built and what they do. The quench phenomenon is discussed as well as the methods used at CERN to fight against it.
The focus is on the energy extraction facilities as a part of the quench protection mechanism.
The students have developed a small Labview application to extract the temperature values of the energy absorbers from the LHC logging data base.

Speakers: Mr Marko Ivanov, Mr Martin Grigorov

Martin Grigorov and Marko Ivanov - The Quench Protection System for the LHC accelerators.pdf

Martin Grigorov and Marko Ivanov - The Quench Protection System for the LHC accelerators.pptx

15:30 CMS RPC Detector and Gas System Operation and Monitoring

Introduction to the RPC detector including detector control system (DCS) and gas control system (GCS). The RPC equipment including HV system and the gas distribution system located in Underground Service Cavern (USC) is discussed. Development of an efficient algorithm to spot new gas leaks into RPC gas system is introduced.

Speaker: Mr Rusko Ruskov

Rusko Ruskov and Dimitar Tomov - CMS RPC Detector and Gas System Operation and Monitoring.pdf

Rusko Ruskov and Dimitar Tomov - CMS RPC Detector and Gas System Operation and Monitoring.pptx

15:45 Monte Carlo modelling using CMSSW

The main principal of the operation of the Resistive Plate chambers (RPC) and the base technique for analyzing the data is discussed. The simulation of a small MC sample using CMSSW (CMS Software), including all the simulation steps starting from event generation up to the reconstruction step. The obtained sample is used to evaluate the predicted hit efficiency of the RPC chambers. The MC results are compared to the experimentally obtained ones. Details the main detector characteristics of the RPCs and some base analysis concepts are presented.

Speakers: Mr Dimitar Tomov, Mrs Tsvetelina Stefanova, Mr Viktor Baltin

Dimitar Tomov, Viktor Baltin, Tzvetelina Stefanova - Monte-Carlo modeling using CMSS - Drell-Yan process with two leptons mu+mu- in the final state. Analysis and Z boson mass reconstruction.pdf

Dimitar Tomov, Viktor Baltin, Tzvetelina Stefanova - Monte Carlo modelling using CMSSW.pdf

16:00 Open Source Systems for Secrets Storage

Introduction to the CERN computer centre management infrastructure. Namely, the automation of the CC with Puppet and the software components for managing and distributing of secrets and certificates on the host. A Study on couple of potential replacements of the the secrets' storage tools. Installation and configuration of the tools, tests of different data encryption techniques and interfaces with the existing infrastructure.

Speakers: Mr Dimitar Oparlakov, Mrs Irina Hristova

Irina Hristova, Dimitar Oparlakov.mp4

Irina Hristova, Dimitar Oparlakov - Open Source Systems for Secrets Storage.pdf

Irina Hristova, Dimitar Oparlakov - Open Source Systems for Secrets Storage.pptx

16:15 Introduction to CMS Computing Infrastructure / Computer-Aided Design, Enterprise Asset Management and Engineering Data Management for the LHC Accelerator

Project 1: Introduction to the GRID technology and how it is utilized in the CMS experiment, the computing infrastructure that lies beneath the complicated software packages used for physics analysis, and the submission tools developed for aiding the work of the physicists.

Project 2: Introduction to the Computer-Aided Design (CAD), the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and the Engineering Data Management (EDM) systems that are used for the design and follow-up of the building, installation and maintenance of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and future accelerators at CERN.

Speakers: Mr Alexandar Georgiev, Mr Ivan Ganev

Aleksandar Georgiev, Ivan Ganev - Introduction to CMS Computing Infrastructure - Computer-Aided Design, Enterprise Asset Management and Engineering Data Management for the LHC Accelerator.pdf

16:30 Coffee Break

16:40 CMS RPC Detector and RPC HV Conditioning Study

Introduction to the CMS RPC detector, its principle of operation, hardware and equipment. Detector equipment maintenance during the LHC machine development period. A software analysis on the HV conditioning data of 781 HV channels was performed and their VA characteristics plotted, fitting the ohmic part of the curves and evaluate the Resistance of each channel. Resistance evolution per HV channel in time was performed.

Speaker: Mr Aleksandar Georgiev

Aleksandar Georgiev - CMS RPC Detector and RPC HV Conditioning Study.pdf

Aleksandar Georgiev - CMS RPC Detector and RPC HV Conditioning Study.pptx

16:55 High-precision mass measurements of radioactive isotopes

ISOLTRAP is a high-precision mass spectrometer at the radioactive ion-beam facility ISOLDE/CERN, which uses ion traps to measure the masses of short-lived radioactive isotopes for nuclear structure, astrophysics and weak-interaction studies. Currently, the ISOLTRAP team uses Time-of-Flight Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance, Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Separation and Phase-Imaging Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance measurement techniques for the precision determination of the atomic masses of interest. Operation of penning traps and Multi-Reflection Time-Of-flight devices. General training in ion-beam optics and transport as well as charged-particle traps, ultra-high vacuum systems, high-precision timing and control systems, and various type of detectors (such as position-sensitive micro-channel plate and electron-multiplier). Paticipation in an upcoming on-line test run, which main goal is to determine the yield and release of neutron-rich titanium and scandium isotopes. Acquaintance with the operation and the wide range of physics experiments performed at the ISOLDE facility.

Speakers: Mrs Elena Stoeva, Mr Stefan Ivanov

Elena Stoeva, Stefan Ivanov - High-precision mass measurements of radioactive isotopes.pdf

Elena Stoeva, Stefan Ivanov - High-precision mass measurements of radioactive isotopes.pptx

17:10 ATLAS GRID Operations and Monitoring

Overview of the distributed computing operations of the biggest high-energy physics experiment - ATLAS. The concepts and technologies needed for operation of 500 000 computing cores used by 3000 users will be discussed. A toy-monitoring for 19 000 core computing farm was developed.

Speakers: Mr Feodor Konomaev, Mr Nikolay Kolev, Mr Zvezdin Besarabov

ATLAS GRID Operations and Monitoring

17:25 Physics simulation in the ALICE experiment

Basics of the physics simulation used in a large modern experiment. Cutting-edge tools were used for this work. Visualization of simulated events in ALICE, which are used by the physicists in their data analysis.

Speakers: Mr Anton Uzunoff, Mrs Nia Vasileva

Nia Vasileva, Anton Uzunoff - Physics simulation in the ALICE experiment.pdf

Nia Vasileva, Anton Uzunoff - Physics simulation in the ALICE experiment.pptx

17:45 Methods and tools enabling the distributed computing in ALICE

Introduction to the principles of distributed computing, providing CPU and storage needed to process and analyze hundreds of petabytes of data generated by the LHC. Demonstration of software tools used in the ALICE distributed computing infrastructure and development work of the next-generation software used to synchronize the work of hundreds of computing centers worldwide.

Speakers: Mrs Dzhemma Ruseva, Mrs Nina Dimova

Dzemma Ruseva, Nina Dimova - Methods and tools enabling the distributed computing in ALICE.pdf

Dzemma Ruseva, Nina Dimova - Methods and tools enabling the distributed computing in ALICE.pptx

18:05 Looking for strange particles in ALICE

Search for strange particles, produced from collisions at LHC and recorded by the ALICE experiment. The task is based on the recognition of their V0-decays, such as Kos → π+π-, Λ→ p + π- and cascades, such as Ξ- → Λ + π- ( Λ → p + π-). The identification of the strange particles is based on the topology of their decay combined with the identification of the decay products; the information from the tracks is used to calculate the invariant mass of the decaying particle, as an additional confirmation of the particle species.
Acquaintance with the ALICE experiment, its physics goals and its physics motivation for this analysis. The method used for the identification of strange particles as well as the tools are described in detail.

Speakers: Mr Chavdar Lalov, Mr Dobrin Barakov

Dobrin Barakov, Chavdar Lalov - Looking for strange particles in ALICE.pdf

Saturday 16 September

10:00 → 11:00 Departure

Leaving procedure