2009 Advanced Laboratories Conference Abstract Detail Page
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Muon Physics |
| Abstract: |
Cosmic-ray protons impinging on the upper atmosphere create showers of secondary particles, and the (relatively) long-lived muons resulting from pion decay reach the earth's surface to offer a free and reliable steady flux of fundamental particles for study. TeachSpin's 'Muon Physics' apparatus uses a single large scintillator, a photo-multiplier tube, and its associated electronics to make possible the study of muons' arrival. Happily, some muons come to rest in the scintillator, and decay within microseconds to produce a second detectable event.
Participants will see:
- how the configured apparatus produces a series of 'muon arrival events'
- what a 'Poisson process' looks like, and what can be inferred from it
- what a 'muon arrival followed by decay' event looks like, and how to measure muon survival time
- how to histogram the measured muon survival times, and how to interpret this histogram
- understanding mean life and half-life, and the lifetime for muons in matter
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Workshop
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Download the Workshop Document
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| Session: |
Session V - Parallel Workshops
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Author/Organizer Information |
| Primary Contact: |
Dr. Jonathan F. Reichert
TeachSpin, Inc.
Phone: 716.885.4701
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