Determination of Zenith Angle Dependence of Incoherent Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Using Smartphones of the CREDO Project

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pos.sissa.it/395/199/" target="_blank" >https://pos.sissa.it/395/199/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0199" target="_blank" >10.22323/1.395.0199</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Determination of Zenith Angle Dependence of Incoherent Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Using Smartphones of the CREDO Project

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) was established to detect and study ultra high-energy cosmic ray particles. In addition to making use of traditional methods for finding rare and extended cosmic ray events such as professional-grade Extensive Air Shower (EAS) arrays, as well as educational 'class-room' detectors, CREDO also makes use of cameras in smartphones as particle detectors. Beyond the primary scientific goal of the CREDO project, to detect Cosmic Ray Ensembles, is the equally important educational goal of the project. To use smartphones for EAS detection, it is necessary to demonstrate that they are capable of effectively registering relativistic charged particles. In this article we show that the events recorded in the CREDO project database are indeed tracing incoherent cosmic ray muons. The specific observed distribution of the zenith angle of the charged particle direction corresponds to that expected for muons. It is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine the different mechanisms leading to such a distribution, and we believe it clearly demonstrates the suitability of smartphone-based detectors in supporting the more traditional cosmic ray detectors.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Determination of Zenith Angle Dependence of Incoherent Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Using Smartphones of the CREDO Project

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory (CREDO) was established to detect and study ultra high-energy cosmic ray particles. In addition to making use of traditional methods for finding rare and extended cosmic ray events such as professional-grade Extensive Air Shower (EAS) arrays, as well as educational 'class-room' detectors, CREDO also makes use of cameras in smartphones as particle detectors. Beyond the primary scientific goal of the CREDO project, to detect Cosmic Ray Ensembles, is the equally important educational goal of the project. To use smartphones for EAS detection, it is necessary to demonstrate that they are capable of effectively registering relativistic charged particles. In this article we show that the events recorded in the CREDO project database are indeed tracing incoherent cosmic ray muons. The specific observed distribution of the zenith angle of the charged particle direction corresponds to that expected for muons. It is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine the different mechanisms leading to such a distribution, and we believe it clearly demonstrates the suitability of smartphone-based detectors in supporting the more traditional cosmic ray detectors.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1824-8039

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

„199-1“-„199-8“

Název nakladatele

Sissa Medialab Srl

Místo vydání

Itálie

Místo konání akce

Berlin

Datum konání akce

12. 7. 2021

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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