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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-23 18:20 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2022 Meeting
Section: Physics Education
Title:
Nuclear physics with MightyOhm: the natural background radiation
Authors:
Călin GALERIU
Affiliation:
Mark Twain International School, Erou Iancu Nicolae 89-93, Voluntari, Romania
E-mail
calin.galeriu@marktwainschool.ro
Keywords:
Poisson distribution, cosmic rays, radon gas
Abstract:
The high cost of the commercial laboratory equipment needed for nuclear physics experiments can create accessibility issues in many high schools. At the same time, the increasing demand for medical physics majors mandates a more engaging and attractive curriculum exactly during these formative years. For this reason, we introduce the MightyOhm Geiger counter as a new and important player in the
field of nuclear physics education. We present the Arduino code that performs the data collection, together with two classical experiments that explore the natural background radiation: the statistics of nuclear decay and the decay of Radon progeny.
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