UC and CMS Open Data Workshop 2026
UC Workshop Dates: July 27-29, 2026
Members of the University of Cincinnati QuarkNet center are participating in the first two days of CMS Open Data Workshop & Pedagogy Hackathon, July 28-29 with a group preparation day on July 27.
Conor Henderson: Introduction to Accelerators and Particle Detectors - https://quarknet.org/sites/default/files/content/document/file/2026-07/intro_accelerators_and_collider_physics_quarknet_july2026.pdf
Coding Preparation Notebooks:
After working through these, we would recommend you try Muon Mass notebooks (Note: if you need an introduction to histograms you might try the below notebook first:
Further information:
"Exploring the Standard Model" : notebook by Prof. Phil Ilten to provide a short introduction to some of the underlying physics of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics: conservation of momentum, particle kinematics, electromagnetic coupling, and quantum chromodynamics radiation -
https://colab.research.google.com/github/mcgen-ct/tutorials/blob/main/other/ajp.ipynb
And solutions: https://colab.research.google.com/github/mcgen-ct/tutorials/blob/main/.solutions/other/ajp.ipynb
Coding Resources:
QuarkNet Coding Resources for Non-Physics Courses
Feel free to contact Carol Burn or Emily Rosen with questions about any of these