Virtual Muon Workshop 2020 - 2 day template | QuarkNet

Submitted by Marla Glover

Published: Sun, 05/17/2020 - 15:31 | Group(s):

LHC Fellows Workspace

Day 1 Agenda

Time (local to center)	Activity	Remarks
09:00	Pre-Workshop Zoom sign-in and handshake Whip-around: Intros and "how are you doing?" Registration
09:30	Level 1 Data Activity: Mean Lifetime Part 1: Dice (spreadsheet) 1 hour	work together online
10:30	Break
10:45	Level 2 Data Activity Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA (spreadsheet) - measure muon lifetime Introduction
11:30 13:00	Videoconference Pause Lunch MINERvA measurement QuarkNet accounts (you need 2 kinds) Registration (for those who need account) Update account Optional "Office Hour" Need help? Sign on!	Facilitator available 11:30-12:00 Facilitator Lunch 12:00-13:00 Facilitator available 13:00-14:00.
14:00	Videoconferene resumes; MINERvA debrief
14:30	Physicist presentation	linear combination of muons, particle decay, particle lifetime
15:30	Level 2 Data Activity: Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons Homework: Finish your own analysis Optional e-Lab extension Data Activities Portfolio screencast
16:00	sign off for day

Day 2 Agenda

Time (local to center)	Activity	Remarks
09:00	Welcome back and opening discussion
09:15	Wrap up Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons Discuss result from homework Fit curve to equation (optional) Run analysis using Cosmic Ray e-Lab Summarizing discussion: What is particle decay? Why are we studying muons? What is half-life? What is lifetime? Link back to previous activities.
10:30	Break
10:45	Prepare teachers for BAMC measurement	Facilitator available 11:30-12:00
12:00	Videoconference Pause, 12:00-14:00 (teachers have lunch, measure data)	Facilitator Lunch 12:00-13:00 Facilitator available 13:00-14:00.
14:00	Discuss results and why "Muon" is the middle name of CMS
15:00	Implementation Plan
15:45	Survey
16:00	End of workshop