The Cosmic Connection

The Berkeley Lab Cosmic Ray Telescope Project

Testing at Creighton U. for Macy High School

We have produced a simple cosmic ray detector that can be built by high school teachers. This detector can be used to measure the rate, energy and direction of cosmic rays. It can also measure how cosmic rays vary with elevation. In addition, it is a valuable tool to teach elementary measurement statistics. This unit is part of Berkeley Lab's ABC of Nuclear Science online science unit.

How to Build a Detector

A brief description of the Detector
Instruction manual
Using the Berkeley Detector
Obtaining parts
Setting up the detector
Join our discussion group on the detector
Interfacing the detector to a computer

More Information

Presentation to the Seattle Cosmic Ray Workshop
Cosmic Ray Video.
In 2001, a group of teachers attended the High Energy Physics retreat at Snowmass and measured the flux of muon from sea level to 3.5 km.
Descriptions of projects with the Berkeley Lab Cosmic Ray Telescope
Other interesting cosmic ray web sites.

Supported in part through the generosity of the William F. and Edith R. Meggers Project Award, American Institute of Physics and
Sens-Tech.

For more information on this project, please contact Howard Matis
of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Last modified: November 4, 2011

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