Studies of cosmic ray muons using CosmicWatch portable particledetectors

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  • Zhe Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61173/6gbmpj78

Abstract

Properties of muon
Muons are unstable subatomic elementary particles that
have a half-life of 2.2 μs. A muon has a negative electric
charge of e and a mass of 105.65 MeV, approximately
207 times as heavy as an electron. However, it is a lepton,
which means it does not take part in strong nuclear
interaction and can penetrate through materials much
better than hadrons and mesons.

References

[1] Axani S.N., 2019. The Physics Behind the CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detectors, MIT.

[2] Oneci C.P., 2022. Experimental study of the muon detection rate dependence on the atmosphere and sky direction using Cosmic Watches, MIT.

[3] Axani S. N., Frankiewicz K., and Conrad J. M., 2018. The CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detector: A self-contained, pocketsized particle detector. Journal of Instrumentation. Vol.13, p. P03019.

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Published

2023-06-01

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Volume 1, Issue 1

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