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Description
The Cosmic Piano is designed to detect Muons generated by the arrival of cosmic rays to Earth. When Muons impact a module, sounds and flashes of light are generated, by means of a phase shift fiber and two avalanche photodiodes (APD) placed at the ends of the fiber, the flashes are detected, converting them into electrical pulses. The APDs collect the light produced by the scintillator plastic, processed, and different activities can be carried out with this detector through the configuration options it has. Every time a cosmic ray is detected, a sound and a flash of light are produced, and the number of events detected by each channel is displayed through a screen. This system is composed of 5 modules a control and data processing system where the operation of the detector is configured. This way we can show what particle detection is like and demonstrate through sounds and lights that attract the attention of many people because each module has a particular musical note.
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