{"id":108,"date":"2018-06-03T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T21:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2018-06-03T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T22:40:49","slug":"detecting-primary-cosmic-rays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/research\/detecting-primary-cosmic-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Detecting Primary Cosmic Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Physics and Astronomy REU <\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Louisiana State University (LSU)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>Professor T. G. Guzik<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-141 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/LaunchDay-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/LaunchDay-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/LaunchDay.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I worked with three other undergraduate students on a project sponsored by Louisiana Aerospace Catalyst Experiences for Students (La ACES). <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Over the course of two months, my group designed a balloon-flight payload to distinguish between hydrogen and helium primary cosmic rays. This payload consisted of two scintillators coupled with two PMTs to form a coincidence system.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Specifically, I was in charge of all the electronics in the payload, which entailed working closely with an electrical engineer to design and construct the coincidence circuit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 0.4em\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/PayloadClose-up-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/PayloadClose-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/PayloadClose-up-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/files\/2018\/06\/PayloadClose-up.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physics and Astronomy REU Louisiana State University (LSU) Professor T. G. Guzik I worked with three other undergraduate students on a project sponsored by Louisiana Aerospace Catalyst Experiences for Students (La ACES). \u00a0 Over the course of two months, my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/research\/detecting-primary-cosmic-rays\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2298,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/elizabeth-louden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}