| dc.contributor.advisor | Janet M. Conrad. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Axani, Spencer Nicholas Gaelan. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T19:40:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T19:40:41Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123386 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2019 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-84). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detector is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) based undergraduate-level physics project that incorporates various aspects of electronics-shop technical development. The detector was designed to be low-power and extremely portable, which opens up a wide range of physics for students to explore. This document describes the physics behind the Desktop Muon Detectors and explores possible measurements that can be made with the detectors. In particular, we explore various physical phenomena associated with the geomagnetic field, atmospheric conditions, cosmic ray shower composition, attenuation of particles in matter, radioactivity, and statistical properties of Poisson processes. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Spencer Nicholas Gaelan Axani. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 84 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Physics. | en_US |
| dc.title | The physics behind The CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detectors | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1132265188 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2020-01-08T19:40:38Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Master | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | Phys | en_US |
