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100			_aAxani, S. N.
245			_aThe desktop muon detector: A simple, physics-motivated machine- and electronics-shop project for university students
300			_ap.948 - 958
520			_aThis paper describes the construction of a desktop muon detector, an undergraduate-level physics project that develops machine-shop and electronics-shop technical skills. The desktop muon detector is a self-contained apparatus that employs a plastic scintillator as the detection medium and a silicon photomultiplier for light collection. This detector can be battery powered and is used in conjunction with the provided software. The total cost per detector is approximately $100. We describe physics experiments we have performed, and then suggest several other interesting measurements that are possible, with one or more desktop muon detectors.
650			_aElectronic circuits
650			_aCosmic rays
650			_aPhotochemistry
650			_aScintillation detectors
650			_aLeptons
650			_aBatteries
650			_aPhysics education
650			_aIntegrated circuits
650			_aPhotomultipliers
773	0		_080229 _dAmerican Association of Physics Teachers _oS142 _tAmerican Journal of Physics,85(12) December 2017 _x0002-9505
856			_uhttps://aapt.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1119/1.5003806
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