PY485 Final Project – Muon ROOT Analysis

This repository contains my final project for PY485E: Computational Physics at CERN, Spring 2025.

The assignment involved analyzing muon detector data stored in ROOT format using Python and Jupyter Notebooks. I used the uproot and numpy libraries to explore event structures, perform selections, and visualize physical quantities.

Contents

• Problem 1.ipynb through Problem 5.ipynb: Sequential notebooks solving five structured problems involving muon event data
• MuRun2010B_withoutM.csv: Supporting event data file
• muons_v2.root: Original detector output in ROOT format

Key Concepts

• Event selection and filtering from .root files
• Histogramming and distribution fitting
• Momentum and energy reconstruction from particle data
• Data processing using uproot, numpy, and matplotlib

Tools Used

• Python 3
• Jupyter Notebook
• uproot (for ROOT file parsing)
• matplotlib, numpy

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This project was completed as part of my undergraduate research and coursework during my semester at CERN, under the supervision of the EP-CMO group.