Women in Science & Neutrino/NOvA Masterclass - May 13, 2023

Submitted by ShaneWood

Published: Fri, 05/12/2023 - 23:17 | Group(s):

Black Hills State University/SURF QuarkNet Center

Sanford Underground Research Facility
Education and Outreach Building

Full Agenda - 8:30 AM - 3:15 PM: Click Here for full day schedule

NOvA Masterclass Agenda:

Time	Activities & Links
9:30 - 10:30 AM (one group) 10:30 - 11:30 AM (other group)	Setting the Stage Big, small Map of physics, video Cards?, Standard Model Amazing neutrinos Switch Pitch NOvA Analysis: Do we see evidence of neutrino oscillation? Slides Part 1A: Far Detector CC/"NuMu" Events CC/"NuMu" Images - link *<-- Measure here* CC/"NuMu" Report Track Lengths - link *<-- Record here* Results of track length reporting form <-- View together
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (full group)	Part 1B: Far Detector NC Events NC Images - link <--Measure here NC Report Track Lengths <-- Record here Results of track length reporting form <-- View together Discuss: What is our (imperfect) cutoff length that we will use to separate likely CC and NC events? Part 2: Near Detector Events - use coding notebooks (begin) Python Near Event Analysis - Participant Version Do a “File - Make a Copy” Github link
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM (full group)	Part 2: Near Detector Events - use coding notebooks (finish) Discuss: Did we see evidence of neutrino oscillation? What is your reasoning? Concluding video: How Neutrino Oscillations Work - From Even Bananas

Time

Activities & Links

9:30 - 10:30 AM (one group)
10:30 - 11:30 AM (other group)

Setting the Stage

NOvA Analysis: Do we see evidence of neutrino oscillation?

Slides
Part 1A: Far Detector CC/"NuMu" Events

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (full group)

Part 1B: Far Detector NC Events

NC Images - link <--Measure here
NC Report Track Lengths <-- Record here
Results of track length reporting form <-- View together
Discuss: What is our (imperfect) cutoff length that we will use to separate likely CC and NC events?

Part 2: Near Detector Events - use coding notebooks (begin)

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM (full group)

Part 2: Near Detector Events - use coding notebooks (finish)

Discuss: Did we see evidence of neutrino oscillation? What is your reasoning?

Concluding video: How Neutrino Oscillations Work - From Even Bananas

Women in Science links:

Guide participants to click on the NOvA file from the list on the left. It then should open in the main window.
To run it, click to place the cursor in the box with the imports. Then click the "play" button in the top center left of the window. That block should give "libraries imported" text output (or the wording in the print command at the end of it).