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The MuonPi Cosmic Detector Project
The MuonPi Project is a RaspberryPi-based system using an inexpensive plastic scintillator + SiPM photo sensor to detect muons from cosmic air showers with a time-stamping accuracy of several tens of nanoseconds utilizing the u-blox NEO-M8N GNSS module's "timemark" feature.
Learn about cosmic radiation
- Get started with Cosmic Rays, especially Muons
- Extremely powerful cosmic rays are raining down on us. No one knows where they come from. But with large-scale experiments, scientists around the world are determined to find out. Vox Jul 25, 2019
- Cosmic rays: particles from outer space Earth is subject to a constant bombardment of subatomic particles that can reach energies far higher than the largest machines. CERN
- "Kosmische Strahlung" Podcast (in German) on weltderphysik.de
- "Der kosmischen Strahlung auf der Spur" article (in German) on weltderphysik.de
- "Kosmische Teilchen mit extragalaktischem Ursprung" article (in German) on weltderphysik.de
Learn about the detectors
- Basics of Scintillators
- Find out about Silicon Photomultipliers
- How our Detectors are assembled
The Hardware
SiPM PCB
The SiPM photo sensor which detects the dim light generated inside the scintillation detector is mounted on a small SiPM board. Different numbers of SiPMs and read-out configurations can be realized through its flexible design.
Preamplifier
The preamplifier is located in close vicinity to the SiPM photodetector board and amplifies the weak signals for transmission to the MuonPi board, where they are further processed and evaluated.
The MuonPi-Board
The main signal processing, voltage generation and parameter monitoring and adjustment is done on the Raspberry Pi plug-on MuonPi Board.
The Software
How to set up a MuonPi Raspberry Pi Setup
Admin Area
Useful resources for admins.
Related Articles
News and articles about cosmic rays and similar projects.
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