AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200630B & 20200630C

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 30
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: 100 + 68
α-tracks registered: 3736 + 2627
Electron tracks registered: 26 + 11
Forked tracks: 17 + 11 (0.46 % + 0.42 %)
Photoelectron or beta tracks: 22 + 10
Secondary electron tracks: 4 + 1
Cosmic ray tracks: 14 + 8

GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0151

20200630BDSC_0160

20200630BDSC_0163

20200630BDSC_0229

20200630BDSC_0230

20200630CDSC_0266

20200630CDSC_0283

20200630CDSC_0291

ELECTRON TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0184

20200630BDSC_0191

20200630BDSC_0211

20200630BDSC_0212

20200630BDSC_0222

20200630BDSC_0232

20200630BDSC_0242

20200630CDSC_0286

COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0165

20200630BDSC_0191

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200630A

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 30
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: 142
α-tracks registered: 4313
Electron tracks registered: 28
Forked tracks: 34 (0.79 %)
Photoelectron or beta tracks: 25
Secondary electron tracks: 3
Cosmic ray tracks: 20

GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0001

20200630ADSC_0019

20200630ADSC_0021

20200630ADSC_0108

20200630ADSC_0129

ELECTRON TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0031

20200630ADSC_0039

20200630ADSC_0051

COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0134

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200622A

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 22
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: 224
α-tracks registered: 7147
Electron tracks registered: 61
Forked tracks: 41 (0.57 %)
Photoelectron or beta tracks: 47
Secondary electron tracks: 14
Cosmic ray tracks: 17

GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200622ADSC_0185

20200622ADSC_0219

20200622ADSC_0225

20200622ADSC_0265

20200622ADSC_0292

20200622ADSC_0294

20200622ADSC_0394

ELECTRON TRACKS

20200622ADSC_0189

20200622ADSC_0208

20200622ADSC_0212

20200622ADSC_0223

20200622ADSC_0230

20200622ADSC_0236

20200622ADSC_0268

20200622ADSC_0328

20200622ADSC_0375

COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200622ADSC_0300

20200622ADSC_0331

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200621C

 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: 108
α-tracks registered: 3597
Electron tracks registered: 25
Forked tracks: 19 (0.53 %)
Photoelectron tracks: 22
Secondary electron tracks: 3
Cosmic ray tracks: 14

GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200621CDSC_0087

20200621CDSC_0089

20200621CDSC_0094

20200621CDSC_0117

20200621CDSC_0128

20200621CDSC_0171

ELECTRON TRACKS

20200621CDSC_0130

20200621CDSC_0132

20200621CDSC_0140

20200621CDSC_0156

COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200621CDSC_0088