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Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

10-1-2025

Abstract

The Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments (BASE) measures atmospheric muons using an array of instruments carried by weather balloons. We seek to spend extended time in the region of highest intensity, the Regener-Pfotzer Maximum (Pfotzer Maximum) at 20 kilometers high. Using a set of Geiger Counters attached to a balloon, we can measure the secondary particles produced by atmospheric cascades at high altitudes. With risk of losing the balloon and the need to collect more data, we improved our payload with data-collecting components and experimented with a long-range data sender and receiver.

Department

Department of Physics, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

Project Mentor

Dr. Howard Brooks

Funding and Acknowledgements

The Science Research Fellows Program and the J. William Asher & Melanie J. Norton Endowed Fund in the Sciences

Energetic Particle Detection in the Pfotzer Maximum Methods and Equipments

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