Abstract
Muon and neutrino classroom activities and exercises involving experimental data are extremely rare. Using the Arachne viewer for the MINERvA experiment at Fermilab, students can analyze data sets of muon decays to determine the following: the half-life of a muon, the energy spectrum of the daughter Michel electrons, and the existence of two other neutral daughter particles. Furthermore, by cleverly using conservation laws, students can deduce that these neutral particles must be an electron neutrino and a muon antineutrino. In this talk we will present three activities that help achieve student success with this muon decay analysis. First will be a simple rolling of a die activity, followed by the muon decay and lifetime analysis, and finally the deduction of existence of neutrino decay products using conservation laws.
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