Friday Flyer - October 10, 2025 DRAFT

Submitted by ShaneWood

Published: Tue, 04/01/2025 - 14:32 | Group(s):

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Spotlight on the Texas Tech QuarkNet Center

In late May through early June 2025, the Texas Tech workshop immersed participants in five days of cutting-edge exploration across particle and condensed matter physics. The program began at the Advanced Particle Detector Lab, where participants observed a live detector upgrade meeting and witnessed the first simultaneous assembly of four modules under stringent clean-room conditions. The focus then shifted to the next generation of particle detection with the DREAM calorimeter project, where the team learned about its innovative fiber design and assisted in constructing a light-tight tent for overnight cosmic ray calibration tests. Later in the week, Dr. Yun Suk Eo introduced participants to the study of emergent properties in condensed matter physics, demonstrating ultra-low-temperature resistance measurements and explaining the meticulous crystal growth process required for his experiments. The experience concluded with the relocation and setup of a muon detector at Frenship High School, brining the opportunity for students there to engage in authentic particle physics research themselves.

Texas Tech 2025 — Texas Tech QuarkNet group, 2025. (Photo credit: Lead Teacher James Holloway)

News from QuarkNet Central

World Wide Data Day (W2D2): Registration is now OPEN for W2D2, and the first W2D2 Memo of the year came out earlier this week. Students may start to analyze data at any time and record their results: more at: cern.ch/w2d2. The Worldwide Google Sheet will be ready by early October and the big day is November 20.

Update on the Cosmic Ray e-Lab: Our development team continues to actively work to resolve the upload issue in the Cosmic Ray e-Lab and to restore CIMA for CMS masterclasses. We will continue to share progress updates with users through future emails and Friday Flyers.

For the Calendar:

Dark Matter Day 2025: https://www.interactions.org/dark-matter-day
International Cosmic Day 2025: The 14th International Cosmic Day will take place on November 13, 2025. Click here for more information, including how to register.
World Wide Data Day (W2D2) is set for November 20, 2025. Registration is open until November 10.
AAPT Winter Meeting 2026: The AAPT WM 2026 will be held January 17-19 in Las Vegas. The deadline for Early Bird Registration is November 14.
International Masterclasses 2026: Fermilab-based International Masterclasses will be held March 1-28, 2026. Stay tuned to upcoming Friday Flyers for future updates.

Physics Experiment Roundup

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 goes to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis, "For the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." Read more in the official press release.

https://www.anl.gov/article/scientists-explore-new-spin-on-quantum-computing

https://news.fnal.gov/2025/09/squeezed-light-technology-could-accelerate-path-to-quantum-networking/

https://www.science.org/content/article/storied-atom-smasher-makes-tiny-big-bangs-wraps-mission

https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/remote-eyes-on-the-sky-inside-slacs-rubin-control-room?language_content_entity=und

LHC Accelerator report: https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/accelerator-report-lhc-performance-stays-track-and-cruising-towards-target