International Cosmic Day 2018

Session

An introduction to cosmic rays

29 Nov 2018, 09:45

INFN Sezione di Pisa and Gruppo Collegato di Siena

Conveners

An introduction to cosmic rays

• Giacomo Bonnoli (Università di Siena & INFN Pisa)
• Riccardo Paoletti (SI)
• Edoardo Bossini (university of Siena-INFN Pisa)
• Federico Pilo (PI)

Description

A few introductory lessons on cosmic rays, their detection and data analysis

2. Cosmic Rays: what and when

Dr Edoardo Bossini (INFN-Pisa)

29/11/2018, 10:00

An introduction to Cosmic Ray physics, detectors and a bit of history

3. Detecting cosmic rays

Leonardo Angeli e Giovanni Rossolini (Corso di Laurea in Fisica e Tecnologie Avanzate - III anno)

29/11/2018, 10:30

Our experimental setup

4. Random events with constant rate and Poisson distribution

Mario Serrao (Corso di Laurea in Fisica e Tecnologie Avanzate - I anno)

29/11/2018, 10:45

Introduction to Poisson distribution and application to cosmic ray detection