Cosmic Ray Workshop at Hillside School, Addis Ababa

11:00     Welcome and Registration

11:15      Introduction to Cosmic Rays (Dr. Tilahun Tesfaye)

12:00      Lunch

13:00      Cosmic Ray Detector demonstration

14:00      Brief introduction to the Cosmic Ray e-Lab

15:00      New Detector construction and commisioning

17:00      Set up detector for special overnight data-taking

17:30      Reflections on the day

17:45      close for day

11:00       Muon lifetime activity (plots)

11:30       Detector performance check

• look at rates and time-over-threshold in EQUIP
• adjust voltages
• start new data run

12:00       Lunch

13:00       Upload and analyze data

• Performance and rates
• Flux
• Lifetime analysis <-- complete lifetime activity

13:30        Review posters in Cosmic Ray e-Lab

14:00        Research

• Create projects in small groups
• Begin research

15:30        Create posters

16:00        Poster presentations

16:30        Discussion

• Using detector and e-Lab
• Support
• Technical or organizational questions

17:00        Reflection and Evaluation

17:15        Final data uploads, pack up detectors

17:30        end of workshop

Resources

Most resources you need are found in the Cosmic Ray e-Lab.

Follow the path Student Home > Library > Resources.

Here are a few addtional resources:

• User Agreement
• Video by QN mentor Veronica Bindi: How cosmic rays help us understand the universe
• Classic video: Time dilation; an experiment with mu-mesons

Contacts

• Dr. Tilahun Tesfaye
• Ken Cecire
• Claudia Frugiele
• Tom McCauley
• Moges Akilu