Cosmic Ray
The Use of Cosmic Ray Detectors for Imaging Large Objects
When charged particles from outside Earth’s atmosphere reach Earth, the particles collide with the atoms in the atmosphere and separate into subatomic particles, such as muons. Muons can be detected with Cosmic Ray Detectors (CRDs). Muons can be used to detect the presence, shape, or thickness of…
The Speed of Muons from Different Angles: Looking at a Different Angle
The Speed of Muons from Different Angles: Looking at a Different Angle Subrai Burkhalter (Detroit School of the Arts), Rachel Kirichu (International Academy East) Mike Niedballa (WSU) Rob Harr (WSU) The purpose of our research is to discover if muons being detected at different angles move at…
The Effect Of Sand On Muon Flux
The Effect Of Sand On Muon Flux Kaitlyn Proffitt (Eisenhower High School/Utica Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology), Khaliah Spoljaric (Robichaud High School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State) Rob Harr (Wayne State) The purpose of our research was to study the effect of different heights of…
The Effect of Water Depth on Time of Flight of Cosmic Ray Muons
The Effect of Water Depth on Time of Flight of Cosmic Ray Muons Deven Misra (Canton High School), Max Tomaszewski (Eisenhower High School) Michael Niedballa (Wayne State University) Robert Harr (Wayne State University) In our experiment, we attempted to establish a link between the depth of…
The Effect of the Thickness of Aluminum on the Speed of Muons
The Effect of the Thickness of Aluminum on the Speed of Muons Nathan Frazier (Cousino High School/ MMSTC), Seth Hall (International Academy of Macomb) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University) Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to test the effect…
Measuring Muon Flux as a Dependent on Barometric Pressure
Measuring Muon Flux as a Dependent on Barometric Pressure Bryan Wegrzyn (Henry Ford II High School), Ian Homsy (University Liggett School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University) The purpose of our research is to determine whether muon flux is affected by …
The Effect of Aluminum Shielding on Cosmic Ray Muon Flux
The Effect of Aluminum Shielding on Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Adam Ross (De La Salle Collegiate High School), Jill Schell (Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Dr. Gil Paz (Wayne State University) The experiment was performed to determine…
The Effect of Water Depth on Muon Flux
The Effect of Water Depth on Muon Flux Grace Gutierrez (Roosevelt High School), Finsam Samson (Troy High School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University) Purpose This study was conducted to analyze the effect of water depth on muon flux. It built upon other…
The Speed of Muons from Different Angles
The Speed of Muons from Different Angles Anna Citko (Groves High School), Genevieve Yarema (Grosse Pointe South High School) Mike Niedballa (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University) Cosmic rays are particles (mostly protons) that come from space and are traveling near the speed of…
Lifetime of Muons and the Detector’s Orientation
Andrew Du (Cranbrook High), Mason Hinawi (Crestwood High) Mike Niedballla (Wayne State University) Gil Paz (Wayne State University) The purpose of this lab is to investigate muons and find the best way to study muon lifetime with the Quarknet cosmic ray muon detector. We were specifically trying…