Astronauts attach cosmic ray detector to ISS. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. --The Endeavour astronauts installed a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station today, a powerful magnet surrounded by a complex array of sensors that will study high-energy particles from the depths of space and time to look for clues about the formation and evolution of the universe. "Thank you very much for the great ride and safe delivery of AMS to the station," radioed Sam Ting, the Nobel laureate who has managed the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer project for more than 15 years. "Your support and fantastic work have taken us one step closer to realizing the science potential of AMS. With your help, for the next 20 years, AMS on the station will provide us a better understanding of the origin of the universe.
" "Thank you, Sam," Endeavour commander Mark Kelly replied from the International Space Station. "This shows the detector functioned properly without any noticeable deformation whatsoever," he said. Apollo 16 Experiments - Cosmic Ray Detector. Affordable Cosmic Ray Detector. Free talks, demonstrations and detectors available to schools Funded by Public Understanding of Science Small Awards, PPARC, Swindon, UK.
The aim of this project is to provide cosmic ray detectors free of cost to schools. Cosmic rays are fast-moving atomic nuclei that bombard the earth from outer space. To obtain a Cosmic Ray Detector: If you would like to obtain a cosmic ray detector for your school please contact phys-pp-outreach@bristol.ac.uk. To invite a speaker to give a talk at your school or college: Speakers from the Physics Department at the University of Bristol are able to visit schools and colleges and give a variety of talks. References to past papers on the project: (abstracts into what they achieved) Simon De Mello: "This project continued investigation into the suitability of a resistive plate chamber, for use as particle detector in secondary schools. Liz Ainsbury: "Today a large fraction of professional astrophysics research deals with high energy and particle physics.
Cosmic ray detection with fluorescent tubes. Cosmic Ray Telescopes. Somewhere out there is a list of "10 Things a Physics Teacher is Least Likely to Say. " If one were to find this list, it would have on it such gems as #7. Let's challenge the PE Dept to a game of rugby and #4. I don't care if you understand the concept, just give me the correct answer to 12 sig figs.Finally, you'd get down to the biggie, the thing physics teachers never say: #1. Let's do a particle physics lab right here at Podunk Corners High! The traditional reasons for this are that everyone knows that particle physics is only done with Vastly Expensive and Complicated Equipment run by casts of thousands of Highly Qualified Scientists and that particle physics is Difficult and Arcane.Yet that perception is changing . . . and the list may need updating.
Step 2: Commissioning Commissioning is the important last step before a detector begins operation. >Accidentals can be a problem.Step 3: Operation So you have your detector. Build a Cosmic Ray Detector.
Hot Pixel (charge) removal from images. New Scientist Technology Blog: Should every computer chip have a cosmic ray detector? How can distant supernovae, black holes and other cosmic events cause a desktop computer to crash? The answer is that they produce cosmic rays, which produce high energy particles in the atmosphere that can occasionally hit RAM chips. The moving particles trail electrons, which can infiltrate chips' circuits and cause errors. That's why computer chip giant Intel was in December awarded a US patent for the idea of building cosmic ray detectors into every chip (full patent). When cosmic rays hit the Earth's atmosphere, they collide with air molecules, producing an "air shower" of high energy protons and neutrons and other particles. It is these that Intel wants to look for. If they get near the wrong part of a chip, the electrons they trail can create a digital 1 or 0 out of nowhere, something called a "soft error".
Computer giant IBM thoroughly investigated the problem in the mid 90s, testing nearly 1,000 memory devices at sea level, in mountains and in caves.