Particle Physics Detectors for High School experimentsdemonstrationspresentations EPOG

Particle Physics Detectors for High School experiments/demonstrations/presentations EPOG November 2005, H. Tiecke David Barney collected information on ‘Hands-on’ devices available in different countries, see minutes EPOG meeting april 05 -sparkchamber, -cloudchamber, -models/prototypes detectors, -muon coincidence setups, -muon lifetime, -Kamiokanne, -Hisparc project, -…. .

High School Project to detect Cosmic Rays with scintillator arrays Lots of information available on web, including presentations/film Aim is to offer the electronics for sale, not yet quite ready. Similar activities ongoing in many countries. www. hisparc. nl/introduction-en. php

High School Project to detect Cosmic Rays KAMIOKANNE, University Mainz www. physik. uni-mainz. de/lehramt/kanne/ with Cherenkov light One can order the experimental setup, long waiting list

‘Portable’ sparkchamber www. nikhef. nl/~h 42/sparkchamber/ Document with description and price estimate All mechanics drawings All electronic drawings Pictures assembly phase Film taken from big chamber

Cloudchamber Beautiful cloudchamber from PHYWE Description(pdf file in german) and movie you find in: www. nikhef. nl/~h 42/cloudchamber But also a lot of fun with the home made cloudchambers with lots of information on www. cosmicrays. org

Very nice experience recently at NIKHEF; students assemble their own chamber and make it operational; play with very weak sources and magnets and try to make pictures. Find document, including a two minute film at: www. nikhef. nl/~h 42/cloudchamber

Muon lifetime measurement NIKHEF and Univ. Amsterdam produced recently a set of 12 experimental setups for muon lifetime measurement. Schools borrow these together with an analysis package, called Coach 5 (a versatile learning and authoring environment for Science, Technology and Mathematics), developed by the Amstel institute of Univ. Amsterdam. Contact them to get a copy and pricequotes. Email: cma@science. uva. nl www. cma. science. uva. nl/english

Muon coincidence measurements Time of flight measurements Angular dependence incident muons Muon absorption vs material Just need a pair of scintillator counters/ coincidence logic.

Cosmophone http: //cosmophone. in 2 p 3. fr/ Contact person: Claude Vallee, C. P. P. M. Marseille vallee@cppm. in 2 p 3. fr