The particle detector in your pocket: The Distributed Electronic Cosmic-ray Observatory
| Autor: | Tyler Ruggles, Miles Winter, Matthew Meehan, Felipe Campos, Ariel Levi Simons, Cassidy Schneider, Silvia Bravo, Jeffrey Peacock, Justin Vandenbroucke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Photon
Computer science Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray Particle detector High Energy Physics - Experiment Camera phone High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) Observatory Astronomical telescopes Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmic-ray observatory Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1708.01281 |
| Popis: | The total area of silicon in cell phone camera sensors worldwide surpasses that in any experiment to date. Based on semiconductor technology similar to that found in modern astronomical telescopes and particle detectors, these sensors can detect ionizing radiation in addition to photons. The Distributed Electronic Cosmic-ray Observatory (DECO) uses the global network of active cell phones in order to detect cosmic rays and other energetic particles such as those produced by radioactive decays. DECO consists of an Android application, database, and public data browser available to citizen scientists around the world (https://wipac.wisc.edu/deco). Candidate cosmic-ray events have been detected on all seven continents and can be categorized by the morphology of their corresponding images. We present the DECO project, a novel particle detector with wide applications in public outreach and education. Comment: Presented at ICRC 2017, Busan, Korea. See https://wipac.wisc.edu/deco for more information |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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