Design, construction and characterization of a mini cosmic ray spectrometer

30th Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields (DPyC) of the Mexican Physical Society

Félix, Julian^1 ; Granados, Everardo^2 ; Moreno, Oscar^1

Department of Physics, Division of Science and Engineering Campus Leon, Guanajuato University, Mexico^1

Department of Physics, Guanajuato University, León, Mexico^2

关键词: Cherenkov effect;    Common materials;    Design and construction;    Digital process;    Optical technique;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/761/1/012024/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/761/1/012024

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This article describes the design and construction of a prototype called mini spectrometer to see if materials can be characterized using cosmic rays flux around the Earth. It started with common materials like water, air and oil. The mini spectrometer is implemented by two optical techniques: Cherenkov effect and scintillation. The interaction is observed with materials favoring the possibility of characterizing through a digital process.