Histograms: Uncertainty

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Submitted by kcecire on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 09:57

Students construct histograms, identify the best value to represent the data, and report the uncertainty in their answers. 

The Case of the Hidden Neutrino

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Submitted by kcecire on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 18:47

Students use momentum conservation to examine the decay of top-antitop pairs to determine what is missing from the event.

Mean Lifetime Part 1: Dice

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Submitted by kcecire on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 17:29

Rolling dice serves as the model for decaying particles.

Signal and Noise: Cosmic Muons

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Submitted by kcecire on Sat, 06/30/2018 - 09:06

In this introductory tutorial that, students learn about how to distinguish muon signals from background and instrumental noise.

Making it ‘Round the Bend - Quantitative

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Submitted by kcecire on Tue, 06/05/2018 - 17:14

Students measure the effects of electric and magnetic fields on particles. 

Rolling with Rutherford

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Submitted by xeno on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 11:47

Students use statistics to make an indirect measurement they can easily confirm.

Calculate the Top Quark Mass

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Submitted by xeno on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 11:47

Students use conservation laws and vector addition to calculate the top mass from event displays.

Calculate the Z Mass

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Submitted by xeno on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 11:47

Students use conservation laws and vector addition to calculate the Z mass from event displays.