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Smithtown High School: 2008

In the spring of 2008, two classes from Smithtown High School analyzed cosmic ray data from Smithtown High School and another class visited the MARIACHI lab at Stony Brook University and ran scintillator detector experiments to determine various things in conjunction with cosmic rays.

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Smithtown High School Cosmic Ray Data

Two classes analyzed cosmic ray data that had been recorded at Smithtown High School over the months of April and May, 2008, during which time there was reported a small solar flare.

An Excel spreadsheet template that averages 1 day of count rate data is located here. Open it, save it to your hard drive, then import 1 day of cosmic ray count rate data. Data is imported into Count rate worksheet, cell A2; averages appear in Averaged data worksheet.

Original data files for cosmic ray counts and for weather information are located here.

Follow the links below to see the results and findings from each class:

Cosmic Ray Group
Solar Flare Group

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Scintillator Detector Experiments

One class visited the MARIACHI lab and ran scintillator detector experiments to determine various things. Their results are posted on the following link:

Scintillator Experiment Group

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Picture Gallery

Here are pictures from the group that visited the MARIACHI lab.

First we started with lectures

Prof. Marx talking about cosmic rays

Dr. Vavilov with a scintillation detector

Mr. Lefferts preparing the demonstrations for our class

Then we ran experiments and analyzed data	Eric and Megan measuring detector efficiency with Mr. Stuckey	Rob and Dan, with Siwol hiding, changing the angle for their experiment	Sean and Hochan, puzzling over results with Prof. Marx
Ryan and Tom, planning their vertical measurement experiment with Dr. Vavilov's assistance	Tom and Ryan, measuring vertically	Siwol, Rob and Dan, rotating the equipment for their angular dependence measurements	Hochan, measuring horizontal separation

And then there was lunch

Lunch finally, courtesy of Mr. Lefferts

Pizza!

Scintillating discussions ...

Finally, we presented our results to each other	Hochan and Sean: the effect of horizontal separation	Ryan and Tom: vertical separation, or the speed of particles	Megan and Eric: detector efficiency
Megan and a really efficient detector curve	Siwol (smiling inwardly) and Rob: angular dependence of cosmic rays	Dan; more angular dependence