Fourth year practical training

Muons produced by cosmic rays

Measure the lifetime and the magnetic moment of the muon.

Beta spectrometry using a double-focusing bipolar magnet

Measure radioactive spectra.

Electromagnetic calorimeter – Developing a cosmic ray detector 

  • Detection of muon decays inside the ECAL
  • Use and develop a tracks and showers reconstruction algorithm
  • Time alignment of the readout channels
  • Data analysis
  • Presentation

Past Experiments

Nuclear fusion with a Van de Graaff accelerator

Prove that a fusion reaction takes place by measuring the velocity of neutrons produced in a deuterium-tritium reaction.