TL;DR
The paper introduces a compact, affordable, and easy-to-build muon detector suitable for educational and research purposes, featuring real-time data plotting and versatile data storage options.
Contribution
It presents a low-cost, self-contained muon detector design that can be assembled by novices in about four hours, with integrated software for data collection and analysis.
Findings
Detector costs under $100
Build time approximately four hours
Demonstrated capability with example measurements
Abstract
The CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detector is a self-contained, hand-held cosmic ray muon detector that is valuable for astro/particle physics research applications and outreach. The material cost of each detector is under $100 and it takes a novice student approximately four hours to build their first detector. The detectors are powered via a USB connection and the data can either be recorded directly to a computer or to a microSD card. Arduino- and Python-based software is provided to operate the detector and an online application to plot the data in real-time. In this paper, we describe the various design features, evaluate the performance, and illustrate the detectors capabilities by providing several example measurements.
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