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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2018 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Closer look on the Cosmic Rays induced Extensive Air Showers using a Graphical User Interface
Authors:
Paula Gina ISAR (1), Dragos HIRNEA (2), Alexandru JIPA (2)
Affiliation:
1) Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
E-mail
gina.isar@spacescience.ro
Keywords:
cosmic rays, air showers properties, graphical user interface
Abstract:
The Earth is continuously being bombarded by cosmic rays from everywhere and always has been. Most of the primary cosmic ray particles are either heavy or light nuclei, which travel astronomical distances from within or outside our Milky Way galaxy at nearly the speed of light.
In order to have a friendly closer look at the development of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) in the Earth’s atmosphere, we have developed an EAS Browser Display, which is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) designed to make learning easier for any user about what air showers are, how can they be detected and why are they so interesting scientifically worldwide.
The GUI offers basic information about the EAS properties, geometry and current detection techniques, as well as external links to videos and web pages, like the world’s largest cosmic rays experiment Pierre Auger Observatory, from where one can learn more about the mystery of the ultra high energy cosmic rays, like their origins and production mechanisms, as would be discussed in the paper.
References:
https://easbrowser.wordpress.com/
Acknowledgement:
For author (1), this work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS/CCCDI - UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0339, within PNCDI III.
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