Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory: Status and Perspectives

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21670%2F18%3A00328697" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21670/18:00328697 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe4110111" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe4110111</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe4110111" target="_blank" >10.3390/universe4110111</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory: Status and Perspectives

Original language description

The Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) is a project dedicated to global studies of extremely extended cosmic-ray phenomena, the cosmic-ray ensembles (CRE), beyond the capabilities of existing detectors and observatories. Up to date, cosmic-ray research has been focused on detecting single air showers, while the search for ensembles of cosmic-rays, which may overspread a significant fraction of the Earth, is a scientific terra incognita. Instead of developing and commissioning a completely new global detector infrastructure, CREDO proposes approaching the global cosmic-ray analysis objectives with all types of available detectors, from professional to pocket size, merged into a worldwide network. With such a network it is possible to search for evidences of correlated cosmic-ray ensembles. One of the observables that can be investigated in CREDO is a number of spatially isolated events collected in a small time window which could shed light on fundamental physics issues. The CREDO mission and strategy requires active engagement of a large number of participants, also non-experts, who will contribute to the project by using common electronic devices (e.g., smartphones). In this note, the status and perspectives of the project are presented.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000766" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000766: Engineering applications of microworld physics</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Universe

ISSN

2218-1997

e-ISSN

2218-1997

Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1-7

UT code for WoS article

000451167700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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