The CADMUS experiment in the frame of the BEXUS Programme: an educational perspective

G. Megías Homar, R. Bahí Buhigas, R. M. García Alarcia, G. Pascual López and A. Teixidó Bonfill

Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA 2019), pp. 24–28, University of Leicester, 2020

Abstract

Keywords: student-made experiment, particle detector, cloud chamber, muons, Special Relativity Theory, time dilation, REXUS/BEXUS Programme, stratosphere, high-altitude balloon, education

Cite

@inproceedings{MegiasHomar2020CADMUSExperiment,
  author    = {Meg{\'\i}as Homar, G. and Bah{\'\i} Buhigas, R. and Garc{\'\i}a Alarcia, R. M. and Pascual L{\'o}pez, G. and Teixid{\'o} Bonfill, A.},
  title     = {The {CADMUS} experiment in the frame of the {BEXUS} Programme: an educational perspective},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA 2019)},
  pages     = {24--28},
  address   = {Leicester, United Kingdom},
  publisher = {University of Leicester},
  year      = {2020},
  doi       = {10.29311/2020.07},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.29311/2020.07},
  abstract  = {CADMUS was a student-made experiment with the aim of measuring the flux of muons at different altitudes and experimentally verifying time dilation, one of the effects predicted by the Special Relativity Theory. It was developed in the frame of the REXUS/BEXUS Programme and flew to the stratosphere on a high-altitude balloon in October 2017. This paper discusses its development, from inception to launch, from the perspective of space educational activities.},
  keywords  = {student-made experiment, particle detector, cloud chamber, muons, Special Relativity Theory, time dilation, REXUS/BEXUS Programme, stratosphere, high-altitude balloon, education},
  file      = {2020/2020_MegiasHomar_CADMUSExperimentBEXUSProgramme.pdf}
}