Northern Virginia Community College awarded 2017 SPS Chapter Research Award
OCT 01, 2017
Northern Virginia Community College awarded 2017 SPS Chapter Research Award
Zone and Chapter: Northern Virginia Community College
Project
Project Name: Atmospheric Muons as a Probe for the Higgs Vacuum Energy and of the Lead Stopping Power
Project Leaders: Cioli Barazandeh
Chapter Advisors: Walerian Majewski
Project Description: Using a single scintillation detector, we will measure muon’s lifetime, atmospheric flux, energy spectra and perform calculations within the Standard Model of Particles (SM) of the Higgs field vacuum expectation value and of electric and weak charges. We will then shield the detector and find the muon stopping power in lead.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb) Final Report (.pdf, 466 kb)