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AWAN Cloud Chamber
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(left) Alpha tracks from Uranitite (right) Alpha tracks from Americium-241
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Vacuum Test of AWAN

Thursday 8 October 2020

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200621A & 20200621B

NOTE: This post is a regular update on "one-day-findings" based on the experiment objectives of AWAN_AmαS_At. More of such post will be updated until data acquisition is sufficient for statistical analysis.



PARAMETERS

ACQUISITION DATE: 2020 June 21
CHAMBER: AWAN
SOURCE: 29.6 kBq (purchased 2013 July) Americium-241 button in aluminium slit
TARGET: Atmospheric nuclei @ 1 atm
CONDENSANT: 60 % 2-Propanol (Isopropanol) in 40 % water

CAMERA: Direct photography with NIKON D5000
FOCAL LENGTH: 60 mm
F/-NUMBER, ISO: 3.2, 4000
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 s (10 ms)


DATA ANALYSIS

Photographs taken: 22 + 46
α-tracks registered: 684 + 1541
Electron tracks registered: 2 + 15
Forked tracks: 3 + 6 (0.44 % + 0.39 %)
Photoelectron tracks: 2 + 14
Secondary electron tracks: 0 + 1
Cosmic ray tracks: 3 + 9


GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS


ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200621ADSC_0010

20200621BDSC_0041

20200621BDSC_0042


ELECTRON TRACKS

20200621BDSC_0023

20200621BDSC_0027

20200621BDSC_0029

20200621BDSC_0034

20200621BDSC_0035

20200621BDSC_0039

20200621BDSC_0042


COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200621BDSC_0060

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