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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 74: Poster
HK 74.5: Poster
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 17:30–19:00, HSZ EG
A distributed network of cosmic shower detectors — •Lara Dippel1, Kai-Thomas Brinkmann1, Hans-Georg Zaunick1, Simon Glennemeier-Marke1, Marvin Peter1, Lukas Nies2, and Katharina Dort1 — 1II. Physikalisches Institut, Giessen, Deutschland — 2EP Department, CERN
The MuonPi project is a distributed network of Raspberry Pi-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) detector stations for measuring muon showers caused by the interaction of ultrahigh-energy particles of the primary cosmic rays with earth's atmosphere. By connecting the detectors to the global navigation network (GNSS), the individual events can be time-stamped with nanosecond-time accuracy. Thus, further information, such as shower geometry and possibly energy, can be obtained from the time correlations between the detectors. Among others, the project offers students, teachers, makers, HAMs and interested laymen an insight into the research field of astroparticle physics of the highest energies in the cosmos. The individual detector stations have also proven to be efficient in measuring charged particles on parabolic flights and stratospheric balloon missions.
*supported by ELJEN Technology