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Catching an exploding cosmic ray (Patreon)

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Every second of every day thousand of cosmic rays pass through you, but we normally never notice. These particles are the result of high energy collisions in the upper atmosphere called air showers that are the result of some of the most extreme events in the universe flinging particles through deep space. Today we detect and measure these amazing particles and see how they can be used to directly test special relativity, catch smugglers and even find hidden passages in Egyptian tombs.

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Catching an Exploding Cosmic Ray

Check out The Bismuth Smith, and get 20% off your first order when you use the code "thought20" at checkout: https://thebismuthsmith.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every second of every day thousand of cosmic rays pass through you, but we normally never notice. These particles are the result of high energy collisions in the upper atmosphere called air showers that are the result of some of the most extreme events in the universe flinging particles through deep space. Today we detect and measure these amazing particles and see how they can be used to directly test special relativity, catch smugglers and even find hidden passages in Egyptian tombs. Extra reading/videos: Source paper -https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275467414_Special_relativity_in_the_school_laboratory_A_simple_apparatus_for_cosmic-ray_muon_detection Pair production and antimatter - https://youtu.be/K16uPl6_S7A Muons could break the standard model - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Ko7NW2yQo Air showers - https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/pub/MATHUSLA/MATHUSLAPublic/cosmic-ray-physics_MATHUSLA.pdf Hadronization - https://indico.cern.ch/event/314801/contributions/1688594/attachments/603731/830823/Jet_WS_2014_RJF.pdf Pions - Kaons - _________________________________________________________________ Support the show and future projects: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thethoughtemporium Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thoughtemporium Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5vCi3jPJdURZwAOO_FNfQ/join Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/chironex/shop?asc=u _________________________________________________________________ My Social Media Pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethoughtemporium/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thethoughtemporium/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/emporiumthought Website: http://thethoughtemporium.com/ _________________________________________________________________