Workshop: Neutrino Physics Masterclasses @ AAPT WM23

  Greetings and introductions Shane, Mike

• 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?
• What is a masterclass in this context? (An example MINERvA masterclass agenda)
• Today - we're going to focus on NOvA masterclass measurement (In "piloting" phase)

  Setting the stage

• From the big to the small

  Activity: Shuffling the Particle Deck
     Neutrinos are among the elementary particles that make up the Standard Model.

• Virtual Particle Cards (full set in one group)
• Virtual Particle Cards (grouped)
• Standard Model

  Video: How to Make a Beam of Neutrinos

   Background: Link to Physics World article on NOvA Experiment
          (includes 3'30" video clip - construction time lapse)

  NOvA Masterclass Measurement - Part 1 - Far Detector

• Part 1 Slides 
• Part 1a- Charged Current (NuMu) Analysis (far detector)

  • Click here for images <--Measure here

  • Click here for reporting form for CC (NuMu) Track Lengths <--Record here

    • Results of Track Length Reporting <--View results here together

                 BREAK for ~10 mins.

• Part 1b - Neutral Current Analysis (far detector)

  • Click here for images <--Measure here

  • Click here for reporting form for Neutral Current Track Lengths <--Record here
     
    • Results of Track Length Reporting <--View results here together

  NOvA Masterclass Measurement - Part 2 - Near Detector

• Part 2 slides
• Python Near Event Analysis - Participant Version
  • Do a “File - Make a Copy”
  • Github link
  • Teacher “answer key”

   Concluding video: How Neutrino Oscillations Work - From Even Bananas

  Closing

• MINERvA Masterclass Measurement - webpage, understanding MINERvA result
• Tour of QuarkNet.org and Masterclasses Library
• Discussion