MINERvA: Measuring

MINERvA: Analyzing Neutrino Collisions

Essential Questions

What is the distribution of neutrino momenta that initiate our sample of collisions?
Is a neutron moving inside the nucleus?

Activities and Resources

Background material on the properties of neutrinos and their reactions
- (Neutrino birth and death (ppt))
Analyze a large sample of neutrino collisions using Arachne and Excel worksheets
- Billiard Ball Activity #2: Intermediate Conservation of Momentum (anchor into teacher guide)

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0619727 to the University of Rochester with a subaward to the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.