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View SchemaEducational studies of cosmic rays with telescope of Geiger-Muller counters
| Authors | T. Wibig, K. Kolodziejczak, R. Pierzynski, R. Sobczak |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0605085 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605085 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0031-9120/41/6/009 |
| Journal | Phys.Educ.41:542,2006 |
Abstract
A group of high school students (XII Liceum) in the framework of the Roland Maze Project has built a compact telescope of three Geiger-Muller counters. The connection between the telescope and PC computer was also created and programed by students involved in the Project. This has allowed students to use their equipment to perform serious scientific measurements concerning the single cosmic ray muon flux at ground level and below. These measurements were then analyzed with the programs based on the 'nowadays' knowledge on statistics. An overview of the apparatus, methods and results were presented at several students conferences and recently won the first prize in a national competition of high school students scientific work. The telescope itself, in spite of its 'scientific' purposes, is built in such a way that it is hung on a wall in a school physics lab and counts muons continuously. This can help to raise the interest for studying physics among others. At present a few (3) groups of young participants of the Roland Maze Project have already built their own telescopes for their schools and some others are working on it. This work is a perfect example of what can be done by young people when respective opportunities are created by more experienced researchers and a little help and advice is given.
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