Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA

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Submitted by kcecire on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:07

Students collect data from muons which decay in the MINERvA detector in the Fermilab NuMi beamline to understand particle decay and determine the muon lifetime.

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.

Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons

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Submitted by kcecire on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 15:07

Students learn how physicists measure muon lifetime.