TL;DR
This paper presents a cost-effective, self-contained desktop muon detector designed for undergraduate physics education, integrating scintillator and silicon photomultiplier technology for hands-on learning and physics measurements.
Contribution
It introduces a simple, affordable, and educational muon detector project that combines hardware and software for university-level physics experiments.
Findings
Cost per detector is approximately $100.
The detector effectively measures muons using scintillator and photomultiplier.
Suitable for undergraduate physics education and experiments.
Abstract
This paper describes an undergraduate-level physics project that incorporates various aspects of machine- and electronics-shop technical development. The desktop muon detector is a self-contained apparatus that employs plastic scintillator as a detection medium and a silicon photomultiplier for light collection. These detectors can be used in conjunction with the provided software to make interesting physics measurements. The total cost of each counter is approximately $100.
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