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Brian Lowery July 11, 2011
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Primary From space ▪ Lower energy cosmic rays come from sun ▪ Higher energy cosmic rays come from other places in the universe (example – supernova) Mostly light elements (75% H, 25% He), but a few high mass elements, electrons, or gamma rays High energy collision with molecules of upper atmosphere – can be 10x10 6 times more energetic than collisions with man-made accelerators.
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Secondary Products of the high-energy collision Many of the secondary cosmic rays have very small half lives ▪ Collide with more particles ▪ Products decay ▪ Those products decay ▪ Etc. ▪ Create a shower of cosmic rays ▪ Animation Animation Muon ▪ One of the decay products of particles made in the upper atmosphere
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http://home.fnal.gov/~carrigan/pillars/Quarks.htm Lepton – light weight Charged – interacts via EM Force Generation II of matter -- heavier than Generation I -- Less stable (1/2 life = 2.2 μs)
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#1. Counter --scintillating material lights up when interacts with charged particle -- covered so no light can escape #2. PMT -- Photomultiplier Tube -- Converts light signal into electrical signal
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Plateau multiple counters Are we getting good data? Performance study – noise? Coincidence level – can we see what others set at? Plateau Process – where do we set voltage? How can we make it better for our classroom?
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http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/~vanbaal/HI SPARC/CosmicExtremes.pdf http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/~vanbaal/HI SPARC/CosmicExtremes.pdf http://astro.uchicago.edu/cosmus/projects/aires/pro tonshoweroverchicago.mpeg http://astro.uchicago.edu/cosmus/projects/aires/pro tonshoweroverchicago.mpeg http://www18.i2u2.org/cosmic/library/upload/b/ba/6 000CRMDUserManual.pdf http://www18.i2u2.org/cosmic/library/upload/b/ba/6 000CRMDUserManual.pdf
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