Half-Life/Mean Lifetime
Mean Lifetime Part 3: MINERvA
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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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Rolling dice serves as the model for decaying particles.
Mean Lifetime Part 2: Cosmic Muons
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Students learn how physicists measure muon lifetime.