Published September 2007 | Version v1
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Extensive air showers in the classroom

Creators

  • 1. INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Via S Sofia 64, I95123 Catania (Italy)

Description

The basic properties of extensive air showers of particles produced in the interaction of a high-energy primary cosmic ray in the Earth's atmosphere are discussed in the context of educational cosmic ray projects involving undergraduate students and high-school teams. Simulation results produced by an air shower development code were made available on the Web by the use of ASCII files and EXCEL spreadsheets to allow people to carry out graphical and numerical analyses in cosmic ray physics

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0143-0807/28/5/014;
PII
S0143-0807(07)45408-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 903-913
ISSN
0143-0807
CODEN
EJPHD4

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39029367
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS