| dc.contributor.author | Axani, Spencer Nicholas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conrad, Janet Marie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kirby, Conor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-18T14:30:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-18T14:30:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2017-09 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0002-9505 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1943-2909 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121006 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper describes the construction of a desktop muon detector, an undergraduate-level physics project that develops machine-shop and electronics-shop technical skills. The desktop muon detector is a self-contained apparatus that employs a plastic scintillator as the detection medium and a silicon photomultiplier for light collection. This detector can be battery powered and is used in conjunction with the provided software. The total cost per detector is approximately $100. We describe physics experiments we have performed, and then suggest several other interesting measurements that are possible, with one or more desktop muon detectors. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 1505858) | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.5003806 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.source | arXiv | en_US |
| dc.title | The desktop muon detector: A simple, physics-motivated machine- and electronics-shop project for university students | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Axani, S. N., J. M. Conrad, and C. Kirby. “The Desktop Muon Detector: A Simple, Physics-Motivated Machine- and Electronics-Shop Project for University Students.” American Journal of Physics 85, no. 12 (December 2017): 948–958. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Axani, Spencer Nicholas | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Conrad, Janet Marie | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Kirby, Conor | |
| dc.relation.journal | American Journal of Physics | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Original manuscript | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-03-15T13:43:58Z | |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Axani, S. N.; Conrad, J. M.; Kirby, C. | en_US |
| dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-3826 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 | |
| mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |
