leila jewell presentation
TRANSCRIPT
Applications of Scintillation Counters in Cosmic Ray Detection
Leila JewellNSF REU program
Advisor: Dr. Corbin Covault, Physicist: Katarzyna Oldak
Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Physics
Overview
Introduction: Cosmic Rays
Background: Detector
Methods: Muon Telescope
Results
Conclusions
Cosmic Rays
Charged particles, energies 1012 - 1019 eV
Extensive air shower
Cherenkov radiation
Secondary particleshttp://astro.uchicago.edu/cosmus/projects/aires/
Cherenkov Radiation Detector
Coincidence Unit
Photomultiplier tube (PMT) with optical
concentrator
Scintillation counter,
protected by a crab
box
Muon Telescope
Study muons in specific area
Set-up 2 “hockey-puck”
scintillation counters Coincidence unit
Detecting Muons?
Testing the Panels
Testing the Panels
Conclusions
Accurate method for muon detection
Need new scintillator
Questions?
Thank you,Leila [email protected]