Muon Activities in the Classroom, Virtual Workshop AAPT SM21

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W17A AAPT SM 2021

Saturday 17 July 2021, 11:00 - 15:00 ET

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Agenda

Time (ET) Activity
11:00

  Greetings and introductions

  • Whip around for introductions. Who are you? Institution? Where are you from? What are you hoping to get out of this workshop?
  • What is QuarkNet? Who are your workshop facilitators?
~11:15

  Activity: Shuffling the Particle Deck (Shane)
     Muons are among the elementary particles that make up the Standard Model.
~11:45

  Activity: Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA (muon lifetime) (Paul)
     Muons are short-lived particles...determine their half-life & mean lifetime.

  Overview of a related activity: Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons (Shane)
     Does this muon lifetime measurement agree with the result from MINERvA?

   Also: Mean Lifetime Part 1: Dice
~13:00   BREAK
~13:15

  World Wide Data Day measurement
     Muons used in a calibration measurement at the LHC.  

  Calculate the Z Mass - If time permits. (Shane)
     Muons used to find the mass of the Z boson. 
~14:45

  Discussion

  • Tour of QuarkNet.org and Data Actvities Portfolio
  • What are your ideas for implementation?   
15:00   End of workshop
  Workshop evaluation - AAPT

 

Contacts

Shane Wood, QuarkNet National Staff
Paul Sedita, QuarkNet Fellow

 

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