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MARIACHI in EDUCAUSE Learning Initative >>
MARIACHI - An Authentic Learning Case Study has been published on line in the Online, EDUCASE Learning Initiative publication. The 10 page article describe the main goals of MARIACHI.

Teacher's Wiki >>
Rich Gearns is working on the Teacher's Wiki. This is a dedicated wiki that requires the use of Grid Certificates for its access. The site runs on the MARIACHI Server and is dedicated to physics teachers.

Summer '07 >>
Josh Seidman is designing the Summer Science Season 2007 section of the website. This section will provide a detailed account of MARIACHI's summer progress as seen through the eyes of a student.

Courses >>

CEB558/PHY315: Hands-On Science with Cosmic Rays. This new course to be taught by Mike Marx and Dima Vavilov in the Fall for teachers and undergraduates will provide a hands on, inquiry approach to science research. An article about the course has been published in the November issue of Physics World.

WSE187: Cosmic Rays and Particle Detectors/Basic Processing of Radio Signals. Mike Marx and Monica Bugallo teach a new crop of MARIACHI's in WISE 187.

PHY579:Special Topics for Physics Teachers. Offered by Helio, Fall 2007.

Friday Meetings

Join our Friday afternoon Video Conference meetings. To learn how follow this link


Workshop 07 Ends

The Summer 07 Workshop is Over. After a concentrated week of work the first ALL MARIACHI summer workshop came to an end.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The MARIACHI laboratory, located at the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Stony Brook University was officially open on June 27th, 2007

Data Upload with Grid based DAQ

On June 13th, data from Rocky Point HS started to be transfered to our main server via the GRID based data acquisition.


Upcoming Events

Summer Science Season 2007
Excel for the Science Teacher
Radar Workshop, Dates TBD


Featured Links

Teacher's Wiki http://www.newtonscradle.org
Wondering if you are a MARIACHI? Check Here!

Scientific Long Islander www.scientificlongislander.com

Links

MARIACHI related sites

  • NALTA The North American Large Time coincidence Arrays Collaboration.
  • Document repository of DRACON in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Ray O'Neal BLOG on his development.


In the Brazilian Press

MARIACHI was featured in the largest circulation newspaper in Brazil, and in the Brazilian-Japanese newspaper in São Paulo.

Remote Detector Access

Dima Vavilov has implemented the possibility of accessing the detectors remotely using LabView for data collection 24/7.


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Live Data from Stony Brook

Dima Vavilov has implemented a LabView data acquisition system that displays the latest signals from the detectors that triggered a 3- or 4-fold coincidence. You can see a digital scope image showing the signals. The top box shows all four traces and the lower one show each individual trace. See more events as they happen (sometimes you can see is a visualization of previously recorded data because the detectors are used for some other purpose at that time).




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Live Spectrum Analysis of Radio Signals from Stony Brook

Zejie Zhang has made the spectrum analysis of the radio signals from Stony Brook streaming live online. The radio signals are recorded with the WinRadio receiver, which is tuned to the TV Channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC. The live page consists a spectrum screen, showing the 2000Hz pass band of the signals. The bright dots around 1000Hz indicate the possible reflections from meteors, the long vertical lines (several KHz in frequency) are most likely associated with the lightning activities, and the continuous horizontal lines (which are separated roughly 60Hz) are due to the local TV Channel 4 in NYC, NY. The graphs are created by the Spectrum Lab program. See more radar data live.




Experiment

MARIACHI scintillators have a unique design!
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MARIACHI scintillators have a unique design!

The MARIACHI experiment is rooted in three basic technologies: radar, scintillation particle detectors and a distributed data acquisition system.

Science

MARIACHI cyberinfrastructure makes data collection at distance possible.
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MARIACHI cyberinfrastructure makes data collection at distance possible.

Using a widely distributed data acquisition system a wide variety of data can be collected and correlated.

Education

Observing cosmic rays with a cloud chamber at Buffalo State
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Observing cosmic rays with a cloud chamber at Buffalo State

MARIACHI offers workshops and classes on experiencing science first hand using our cyberinfrastructure. We also develop experiments and demonstrations. Get involved with MARIACHI!

Contact us | MARIACHI site near you

MARIACHI is supported by a NSF CI-TEAM grant, Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
MARIACHI is a member of the Open Science Grid and partner with LIGASE.
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