Detector Data

NOTE:  The detectors were removed from Letchworth State Park on September 30, 2020

As of September 30, 2020

Detector Muons Detected Run Time  Rate (counts/sec)
1                         3,368,686 71 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes and 51 seconds 0.548027272
2                         1,664,223 78 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes and 23 seconds 0.244935232
3                         2,347,110 67 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes and 44 seconds 0.403650795
4                         1,861,157 68 days, 6 hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds 0.315545072
5                         1,617,497 70 days, 10 hours, 23 minutes and 32 seconds 0.265799084
6                         2,712,624 71 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes and 33 seconds 0.437049635
7                         1,893,442 78 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes and 9 seconds 0.277932809
8                         1,891,604 56 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 42 seconds 0.389273223
9                         1,812,103 74 days, 17 hours, 11 minutes and 44 seconds 0.280706644
10                         2,707,419 67 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes and 25 seconds 0.465051214

As of September 15, 2020

Detector Muons Detected   Run Time  Rate (counts/sec)
1 2,738,361   57 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes and 9 seconds 0.551898756
2 1,355,146   64 days, 7 hours, 41 minutes and 9 seconds 0.243851076
3 2,249,817   64 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and 38 seconds 0.405698634
4 1,606,829   58 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes and 46 seconds 0.315842003
5 1,298,067   55 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes and 34 seconds 0.269187096
6 2,194,535   57 days, 5 hours, 24 minutes and 1 seconds 0.443856797
7 1,561,519   64 days, 4 hours, 48 minutes and 39 seconds 0.28151104
8 1,516,562   42 days, 4 hours, 57 minutes and 51 seconds 0.415875782
9 1,470,574   60 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 32 seconds 0.283296734
10 2,095,390   52 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 40 seconds 0.45994705

As of August 11, 2020

Detector Muons Detected Run Time  Rate (counts/sec)
1 1,042,941 22 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes and 39 seconds 0.53949524
2 575,296 29 days, 5 hours, 34 minutes and 38 seconds 0.227778817
3 1,028,169 29 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 12 seconds 0.40808914
4 826,104 29 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes and 14 seconds 0.327427382
5 690,308 28 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes and 59 seconds 0.276140996
6 1,136,597 29 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes and 51 seconds 0.451817556
7 726,024 29 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes and 5 seconds 0.287994499
8 702,569 21 days, 4 hours, 18 minutes and 16 seconds 0.383939273
9 724,287 29 days, 3 hours, 36 minutes and 0 seconds 0.287579826
10 694,280 18 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 1 seconds 0.446235157

As of August 5, 2020

Detector Muons Detected Run Time  Rate (counts/sec)
1              1,040,905 16 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 10 seconds 0.527439318
2                 531,687 22 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes and 39 seconds 0.225901594
3              1,052,417 22 days, 21 hours, 3 minutes and 12 seconds 0.40929752
4                 841,904 22 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 46 seconds 0.332038372
5                 686,752 22 days, 17 hours, 24 minutes and 29 seconds 0.275572474
6              1,161,161 22 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes and 34 seconds 0.452573511
7                 765,519 22 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes and 52 seconds 0.291231974
8                 737,531 14 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes and 36 seconds 0.394106164
9                 756,730 22 days, 20 hours, 52 minutes and 46 seconds 0.288309671
10                 928,403 15 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 2 seconds 0.427817499

Notes:  When the detector temperature in the enclosure exceeds 100 deg F, the detector powers down, and has to be restarted manually.  This is why the run times are different for different detectors.

The efficiency of the detectors varies, and no detector detects 100% of the muons passing through it.  This is the most likely reason for why the count rates are different for different detectors.

 

 2023 -Fall Semester - Nine Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors were deployed on the SUNY Geneseo Campus as part of a Phys 372 project by Johnathan Conway.  The following graph shows the Average Muon Flux for each detector, collected from Nov 7 to 14, 2023.

 

Muon flux for each detector for Week 2

 

 The efficiency of the detectors varies, and no detector detects 100% of the muons passing through it.  This is the most likely reason for why the count rates are different for different detectors.

Here is a list of where the detectors were deployed:

ISC 01 ISC Lobby, Bottom Staircase
ISC 02 ISC Lobby, Middle Staircase
ISC 03 ISC Lobby Pendulum Gate
Doty 04 Doty Lobby, Near Coffee Machine
Doty 05 Doty Lobby, Behind Coffee Machine
Doty 06 Doty Lobby, North Railing
Bailey 07 Bailey Lobby, North Post
Bailey 08 Bailey Lobby, Middle Post
Bailey 09 Bailey Lobby, South Staircase