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Detecting Cosmic RaysKICP Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium
25 September 2004
Thomas JordanQuarkNet Project Coordinator
Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryBatavia, Illinois
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Detection techniques are coupled to the science of interest.
Cosmic rays are everywhere, detecting them is “easy”.
After Swordy
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Teams of physicists, teachers and students have built detectors for use in high schools.
Students can learn much science. After Swordy
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Teams of physicists, teachers and students have built detectors for use in high schools.
Students can learn much science.
“garden variety”
After Swordy
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Teams of physicists, teachers and students have built detectors for use in high schools.
Students can learn much science.
“garden variety”
“groovy”
After Swordy
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Teams of physicists, teachers and students have built detectors for use in high schools.
Students can learn much science.
“garden variety”
“groovy”
“dude!”
After Swordy
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
We use: • scintillating plastic• photomultiplier tubes• custom electronics• GPS for timing• the web for analysis
100’s of high schools on the continent.
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Shape the PMT pulseCheck for coincidenceCount the eventRecord the times
3E0E8087 80 01 31 01 00 01 00 01 3E0ACDAA 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +08663E0E8089 00 01 01 26 00 01 00 01 3E1FFEE8 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +09003E0E808E 00 01 00 01 3E 01 00 01 3E3FCA37 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +0950. . .
Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
Shape the PMT pulseCheck for coincidenceCount the eventRecord the times
3E0E8087 80 01 31 01 00 01 00 01 3E0ACDAA 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +08663E0E8089 00 01 01 26 00 01 00 01 3E1FFEE8 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +09003E0E808E 00 01 00 01 3E 01 00 01 3E3FCA37 195805.761 170804 A 06 A +0950. . .
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Detecting Cosmic Rays
Extreme Astronomy @ the Planetarium T. Jordan 25 September
So. . .
What questions can you ask today?
