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I assume any particle like that can only be detected by a single sensor in one location. How do you verify that this isn't some sort of noise artifact in your s
by ginko 3y ago
I assume any particle like that can only be detected by a single sensor in one location. How do you verify that this isn't some sort of noise artifact in your system?
- dotsam 3y agoIt creates a cascade of secondary particles that are detected over an array of sensors. In this case, the shower triggered 23 detectors, which are part of 507 stations arranged in a square grid. The stations are spaced by 1.2 km, giving a total effective area of 700km^2
- ginko 3y agoRight, guess I just don't know enough on what their experiment looks like.
- orbital-decay 3y agoWhile traveling through the atmosphere, they create particle showers over large areas, which can be reliably detected. There's even the citizen science project called CREDO [1] that relies on volunteers using their smartphone camera sensors as particle detectors. [1] https://credo.science/ https://credo.science/