2014

Which geometry is best for calculating muon lifetime? Amanda Holbrook and Adrian Sandoval 08/01/2014   After testing muon lifetime, we wondered if the stacked geometry we used to collect data was really the best way to calculate muon lifetime. We decided to test multiple geometries and determine…

The relationship between angle and flux Josh Eisenman and Gia Resendiz 07/18/2014   For outr experiment we compared flux and the angle at which detectors are oriented. As we predicted the decrease in angle results in a decrease in flux. it seems that there is a Sine sort of relationship between…

The effect of ionic solutions and their concentrations on the arrival rate of muons Kyle Duffey, Sharon Zeng 07/18/2014   This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of small electromagnetic forces like the ones in ionic solutions could produce a noticeable effect on muon flux. To…

Muon Velocity Andrew Rouditchenko; Ariane Troschinetz 07/03/2014   Researchers and other QuarkNet student groups have conducted studies observing that the velocities of muon particles from cosmic ray showers reach almost the speed of light, 3x108 m/s. This experiment was conducted to determine if…

Muon Flux v. Horizontal Surface Area Jekoven Tinsley, Isabel Ivanescu 07/03/2014 In order to determine whether all muons travel, and thus enter the detector, vertically, we conducted an experiment in which the angle of the panels was varied, so as to change the horizontal surface area. Based on…

Virginia QuarkNet Center 2014 Activity Report                                    9/17/14 The Virginia QuarkNet Center currently has 10 active high school teachers from across Virginia, and has been actively recruiting additional participants. Josh Erlich from The College of William and Mary, Phil…

Annual Report on QuarkNet activities at the NIU center, 2014 The QuarkNet center at NIU is happy to report another year full of engaged learning activities with participation of students and teachers from several area High Schools. The center’s mentors Profs. Dhiman Chakraborty and Michael Eads…

Project GRAND is an array of 64 proportional wire chamber stations, located on the north edge of the Notre Dame campus.  Project GRAND provides insights into the origins of cosmic rays from extraterrestrial sources, and also permits a method of detecting solar events and the ways in which they…

Purdue University Calumet QuarkNet Center 2014 Annual Report   This summer was the inaugural year for the Purdue University Calumet QuarkNet Center. Dr. Neeti Parashar, Professor of Physics and leader of the High Energy Physics Program serves as the faculty mentor for the QuarkNet. In following…

The biocomplexity group developed a protein binding model for biochemistry, examined several different types of “random walks” (typically used in stochastic modeling), and revamped and redesigned the University of Notre Dame’s Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity teacher website;…