Special Relativity
Energy, Momentum, and Mass
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Students examine data to find how energy, momentum, and mass are related.
Z Mass Spreadsheet Extension
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Students use spreadsheet coding to determine the Z Mass for a large data set.
The Case of the Hidden Neutrino
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Students use momentum conservation to examine the decay of top-antitop pairs to determine what is missing from the event.
Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons
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Students learn how physicists measure muon lifetime.
Calculate the Top Quark Mass
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Students use conservation laws and vector addition to calculate the top mass from event displays.
Calculate the Z Mass
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Students use conservation laws and vector addition to calculate the Z mass from event displays.