A portable cosmic ray detector for school education
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This article describes the design, assembly and characterization of a portable cosmic ray detector, developed by INSULAB group suitable for teaching activities aimed at high school students. It consists compact aluminum suitcase containing three plastic scintillator modules coupled to photomultipliers, readout custom electronics chain powered power bank. The operate in coincidence system records arrival time each particle over threshold signal module. data are acquired processed Raspberry PI connected touch screen display online monitoring. procedure implemented determination detector efficiency is reported, along with results measurements rate as function altitude zenith angle, performed laboratory different locations outdoors.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Instrumentation
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1748-0221']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/p12008