Intern Research
Interns researched and documented:
- The Balloon Deployable Detector
- Electronics
- Building Scintillator Panels
- Testing Scintillator Panels
- Muon Lifetime Experiments
- Website Design
This years internship's two primary projects are ADOM and the Muon lifetime experiment.
ADOM, or Aerial Detector Of Muons, is a balloon suspended Quarknet DAQ, scintillator, GPS, and radio transmitter. ADOM's primary function is to detect the presence of muons in the atmosphere and record the data representing the count rate. On the ground, the data is analyzed into two minute segments that count the occurrences of muons, thus allowing one to calculate the rate of events per minute.
The Muon lifetime experiment, like its name implies, is the comparison of two events in a set of four scintillators to calculate the time between those events and define the relative life times for such muons. It is expected that we will see an exponential decay rate for the muons.
ADOM was launched July 26 at 11:00AM at UCSC. The data it collected was analyzed. See ADOM report for more information.
White Papers
Muon Shielding Procedure by Nathan Brink and Alex Bonnifield - download
Construction and Calibration of Fermilab Detectors by Nathan Brink - download
BaBAR: Balloon and Barometer Atmospheric Research Project by Marshall Rogers - download
ADOM: Aerial Detector of Muons (Abstact, Plateau, Usage) by Anna Chang - download
Muon Lifetime Experiment: Plateau Report I by Brooke Cosko - download
Muon Lifetime Experiment: Little Black Box by Melissa Sussmann - download
Muon Lifetime Experiment: Plateau Report II by Melissa Sussman - download
Muon Lifetime Experiment and ADOM Data and Program Specification by Ben Jolitz - download
The Data Analysis Programs and On Their Use by Ben Jolitz - download
Personal Experiences
Personal Experience: Brooke Cosko - download
Personal Experience: Ben Jolitz - download
Personal Experience: Anna Chang - download
Personal Experience: Nathan Brink - download
Personal Experience: Melissa Sussmann - download
Personal Experience: Marshall Rogers - download
Personal Experience: Alex Bonnifield - download
Presentations
Scintillators, DAQ boards, and PMTs by Melissa Sussmann and Alex Bonnfield - download
Muon Shielding Experiment by Nathan Brink and Alex Bonnifield - download
BaBAR Presentation by Marshall Rogers - download
ADOM Analysis by Anna Chang - download
Muon Lifetime Experiment by Brooke Cosko and Melissa Sussmann - download
Specs, Data, Programs, and Website by Ben Jolitz - download
Programs
Muon Lifetime Analyzer by Ben Jolitz - download
Balloon (ADOM) Data Analyzer by Ben Jolitz - download
Data
2007 SCIPP ADOM Aerial - download
2007 SCIPP ADOM Ground - download
Plateau fixed - download
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