Relativity and More at ISU 2025
Objectives
At the end of this workshop, you will be partly able to:
- Explain a some basic ideas of special relativity
- Apply special relativity to explain particle physics phenomena.
Agenda
Monday July 21
| Time (local) | Activity | Remarks |
| 07:30 | Registration | Check-in/Sign-in |
| 07:45 | Unpack CRMDs | Identify non-working parts |
| 08:15 | Coffee, introductions, and setting the stage |
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| 08:45 | Introductory Neutrino Tutorial |
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| 09:30 | What I saw at CERN | Stacey Floyd |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | Neutrino talk | Prof. Eddie Tatar |
| 11:15 | Data Activity: How Speedy are these muons? | pencil-and-paper version |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Relativity Concepts Tutorial | |
| 14:15 | Data Activity: Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA |
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| 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:15 | Data Activity: Energy, Momentum, and Mass |
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| 16:00 | End Day 1 | *Prep CRMDs for plateau and experiment |
Tuesday July 22
| Time (local) | Activity | Remarks |
| 08:00 | Check overnight data collection | |
| 08:30 | Coffee and discussion |
Revisit Must-do items; implementation |
| 09:00 | Relativity talk | Prof. Steve Millward |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | Application: Search for Higgs |
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| 11:30 | Discussion | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Circle back to neutrinos: MINERvA masterclass | |
| 14:30 | Summing up | What do we know? |
| 14:45 | Break | |
| 15:00 |
Discussion:
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| 16:00 | End of SR workshop | Two-questions |
Next 1-2 days:
Cosmic Ray Detectors
Implemetation Plans - formulate and present
Evaluation surveys:
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If a teacher completed the Full Teacher Survey anytime in 2023 or 2024, then complete the UPDATE: 2025 Teacher Survey once during 2025. (Plan for ~6 minutes here.) (Spanish version of Update Survey)
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OR...If a teacher did NOT complete the Full Teacher Survey anytime in 2023 or 2024, then complete The Full Teacher Survey. We ask that an individual teacher complete this only once in 2025. (Plan for ~15-20 minutes here.)