Week+of+December+10th+2012

I arrived at Quarknet at 3:45 and opened up the excel file. I added a new column to the group, Eta1+Eta2, and I inserted the correct columns to add together The solutions I received to the problems were not correct, because I realize that when you add these two columns together the answer should be near or exactly at 0. I realize that these are not the right answers. I am unaware of the reason that they are correct due to the information I plugged in for the formula. Although the solutions may not be correct, when graphed they look similar to what a normal graph would appear as. These are the first 1055 events of the eta1+eta2 column. This graph shows the line hovering at around 0. the events at 1050 show some evidence of a cosmic ray. It shoots upwards and downwards on the horizontal axis showing slight evidence of a cosmic ray. Not enough events are shown to prove that it actually is a cosmic ray, but with the preliminary data and the previous work that I have done, I can only assume at this point that it is a cosmic ray. This graph shows the eta1+eta2 events. It shows alot of data kind of thrown all over the place. It has no real increase in any specific area. This graph contains 1055 events. I realized that the graph was very narrow because all of the events are in the area between 3 and -3. The range in this graph is very narrow. It would expand if I had used more events because a cosmic ray might become clearer in the data. This image shows 1055 events with the combined data sets of px1+px2. This graph shows an increase in the event number. As the events get closer to the end of the graph, a dramatic increase occurs. This increase could be a cosmic ray. The best way to learn of this assumption is by doing more events. With previous experiences and knowledge on the topic, I could say it is a cosmic ray, but I do not feel comfortable saying that it is, because of the lack of data in this graph.
 * December 10th, 2012**


 * December 13th, 2012**

Today I began my research at school. I started looking at Jasons logbook for instructions on what to do, which were easily found. The first thing I did was check the data of my excel file to see if it had the correct data for phi1 and phi2. If these numbers were wrong then the data I input would be wrong. As I looked at the numbers I had, I found that they were more than likely wrong because the numbers that I had in my data set did not match the numbers that Jason used in his logbook. I received the same cut that Jason used in his logbook several days ago and I looked at that and I graphed some of the cuts in the excel file. These are several of the graphs which I used. I also set up my many eyes logbook. I used this to upload a data set onto the internet.