In the recent years, the agenda for the EPPOG Masterclass Project Day has set to a more or less standard setting. However, by providing 4 different topics for students to choose from for their exercises, the agenda can only be a suggestion to you and the conditions at your institute.

The most important point is though that the beginning of the video conference is a fixed value for all participants. Please keep that in mind when altering the agenda for your local program.

Lecture Hall

• 09:30

  Welcome and Registration

  
  

• 10:00

  First Lecture: Preparation for the afternoon PC Exercise Particle Physics, Accelerators, Detectors Standard Model: Building Blocks and Forces Discussion

  
  

• 11:00

  Second Lecture: ( free choice, typically related to the institutes activities ) e.g. more details on one special particle physics experiment, particle physics and cosmology, spin-off effects of particle physics etc. Discussion

  
  

• 12:00

  Local Information: (optional) e.g. facts about the lab, information about studying physics or even short guided tour through the Lab

  
  

Cantine

• 12:30 - 14:00

  Lunch: including informal discussions with lecturers and student tutors

  
  

PC Pool ( and Lab )

• 14:00 - 16:00

  PC Exercise LEP Z- decays + αs (pref. w/ DELPHI) For more details, see the detailed instructions for the Masterclass Z0+αs Exercises There are .xls files available for the groups to enter their results locally. There are sheets for a 50 events/group and for a 100 events/group partitioning with OPAL and DELPHI data. 50 OPAL, 100 OPAL 50 DELPHI, 100 DELPHI quadruple spreadsheet to average multiple groups a 100 events each: DELPHI quad file OPAL quad file 14:00 Introduction 14:30 Students working in pairs themselves at the PC (.doc counting sheets in English) 15:30 Collection of results, discussion and interpretation

  
  

Video Room

• 16:00 - 16:30

  Short Pause with refreshments

  
  

• 16:30 - 18:00

  Daily International Video Conference in English Moderation: Silvia Schuh, Claire Timlin, Katherine Leney, Kate Bradshaw, Kate Shaw, Dave Barney, Mike Lamont, Salvatore Mele, or Michael Hauschild from CERN International participants (~ 7 groups) share experiences Combining Results on Z branching ratios and αs (.xls-sheet) Introductory talk to αs measurements at DELPHI (.ppt/.pdf file) Quiz (.ppt file) with Prizes (please print out the answer sheet (.doc, .pdf) for every group) Discussion with LEP Scientists detailed video conference agenda: students αs

  
  

• 18:00

  END, souvenir distribution: e.g. brochures, CDs,...