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Workshop Director Rollie Otto poses with Cal Teach student assistants Kibeum Ryoo, Shubin Li, Wing Choy, Hee-Jong “Diane” Jang, and Steven Chua . All workshop participants received merit certificates signed by George Smoot and Stu Loken. The student assistants presented Cosmology Station lessons on Cosmic Ray Detectors, Baryonic  Oscillations, Infrared Spectroscopy, Acceleration of Gravity, and the Inverse Square Law.

 


Students experiment with various light wavelength properties

 


Jennifer Perrazo introduces Salsa J astronomical imaging software

 


Students do spectral analysis of various light wavelengths

 


Students explore the effects of gravitational lensing

 

 

 


Friends of 2009 BCCP Cosmology Workshop

 


Cal Teach assistant Wing Choy explains components of the cosmic ray detector

 

 


BCCP cosmologist Anze Slosar talks shop

 

 


At the Mt. Diablo cosmic ray detecting field trip

 

 


Hee-Jong Jang and Wing Choy transport the cosmic ray detector

 


With the locals on Mt. Diablo

 


Inverse square law lesson with Cal Teach assistant Steven Chua

 


Doing the math

 


Cal Teach assistant Shubin Li explains baryon acoustic oscillations

 

 


Students contemplate an Advanced Light Source apparatus


Team Smoot created a cosmology Jeopardy game for their presentation

 

 

The ever popular liquid nitrogen ice cream finale with Dr. Otto

 

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