2024 MINERvA Masterclass @ USD

2024 MINERvA Masterclass @ University of South Dakota

Friday, March 8, 2024
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Arts & Sciences Building, Room 103

Small URL for this page: https://tinyurl.com/usdmc24

Agenda:

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM        Introductory Activities

• Introductions
• Introduction to QuarkNet and Particle Physics
• From the big...to the small
• Activity: Shuffling the Particle Deck
• Standard Model of particle physics
• Intro to masterclass: first few slides of slideshow
• Video clip: Intro to MINERvA

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM       Lab Tours

12:00 AM - 1:00 PM         Lunch & experience USD student life at MUC

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM           MINERvA Masterclass Analysis (Include a break & group discussion)

• Slideshow (cont.)
• Cheat sheet
• Data (MINERvA Event Display)
• Spreadsheet (Enter Data Here)
• Discussion Questions

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM           Videconference with SURF & Fermilab

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM           Closing activities