Cosmic Ray Detector Array Project

Supernovae across the universe eject cosmic rays that impact atomic nuclei in Earth’s atmosphere to create secondary particles like muons. In order to measure the cosmic rays and the secondary radiation, we used light sensitive Photomultiplier detectors connected to scintillator sheets by optical fibers enclosed in a light tight box. We assembled multiple detector boxes to measure the high speed muon particles and using 3 different detector boxes we formed an array. The properties of the cosmic ray muons were studied by using a four fold coincidence experimental setup. The detector signals were converted using the DRS4 digitizer and analyzed using CERN PAW package. In this conference, our results of the cosmic ray array would be presented. In addition, we would discuss how the pressure and temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere may cause variations in the collected counts of cosmic rays.