Cosmic Ray Detector Workshop at Bullis School

Submitted by kcecire
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Catholic University of America QuarkNet center

April 21 and 22, 2025

 

URL for this page: https://quarknet.org/bullis-apr25.

 

Agenda

Before workshopMonday April 21Tuesday April 22

Watch Video: 

First 10 minutes (or more) of Search for hidden chambers (Mark Adams, University of Illinois Chicago)

Skim Documents:

User Manual

Assembly Instructions

12:00-15:05 ET

  • Working lunch
  • Introductions and greetings
  • Detector Prep:
    • Construction
    • GPS antenna placement and measurement
    • Prep computer
  • Test/troubleshoot
  • Rough plateau
  • Set to take data overnight

08:00-12:00 ET

  • Cosmic ray e-Lab exploration
  • Upload data
  • Anaylze data:
    • Performance
    • Flux
    • Muon lifetime
  • Discussion: What's next?

 

Learn more

Video:

How cosmic rays help us understand the universe (Veronica Bindi, University of Hawaii)

The Strange Case of Cosmic Rays (retro, 1957)

Web:

Cosmic ray (Wikipedia)

Cosmic Rays Explained (Science Notes)

What are cosmic rays? (space.com)

Questions:

Email Ken