EPO: Radioactive Decays and Elastic Collisions

Document #:

MINERvA-doc-6576-v2

Document type:

Procedures

Submitted by:

Kevin McFarland

Updated by:

Kevin McFarland

Document Created:

10 Aug 2011, 09:32

Contents Revised:

30 Jan 2014, 17:31

Metadata Revised:

30 Jan 2014, 17:31

Abstract:

documents for MINERvA EPO (funded by NSF MRI) activities for high school classrooms.

Two exercises focus on radioactive decays (muon decay and Michel reconstruction) and elastic scattering in two dimensions (quasi-elastic events)

Files in Document:

• MinervaMuonDecayLinks2014.html (234.8 kB)
• MinervaMuonDecayLinks2014.odt (20.7 kB)
• MINERvA in the Classroom Website Source (zip) (MINERvA-classroom-WebSite.zip, 76.1 MB)
• Teachers Guide (web page format) (v1.zip, 1.0 MB)
• Teachers Guide with some updates from Rik. (MinervaActivitiesTeachersGuide-v16-2014.docx, 5.0 MB)

Other Files:

• AnswersToFirst150muonsSpreadsheet (Muon Spreadsheet.xlsx, 18.4 kB)

Topics:

• External Documents:Misc. External

Authors:

• Paul Conrow
• Richard Gran
• Carol Hoffman
• Kevin McFarland
• Margie Menzies
• Jeff Paradis

Notes and Changes:

Temporary home for the web page is http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~ksmcf/MINERvA-classroom/

The teachers guide document here is the same as doc 5365 v9, but in unfiltered html format

Related Documents:

• MINERvA-doc-5365: Muon Decay Activities and Teacher's Guide
• MINERvA-doc-6564: EPO: Quasi-Elastic Scattering and Billiard Ball Physics