HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

1. Hobart and William Smith Colleges CoDR Report Conceptual Design Review Team Members: Jeffrey Rizza Lisa Ditchek Matthew Sanders Christopher Demas Advisors: Ileana DumitriuPh.D Peter SpacherPh.D HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

2. Our Project: Mission • Mission: The purpose our our experiment is to determine the flux of muons at various levels within the atmosphere and to determine if there is a muon flux in spaceusing a solid state scintillation detector. • Measure muon flux density during flight • See how acceleration of the rocket influences muon flux detection • Determine if muons are in space • Determine velocity of the muons • In addition, we wish to analyze the atmosphere with a low resolution spectrometer. • Chemical Composition at different altitudes • Doppler shift in the acquired spectra • Cyclical patterns in the spectral intensity HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

3. Hobart and William Smith Colleges CoDR Report Our Project: Mission HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

4. Our Project: Theory and Concepts • Muons: A high energy cosmic ray particle belonging to the Lepton family known to be generated in Earth’s atmosphere. • The source of muons, primarily cosmic rays, is one of the biggest unanswered questions in physics today. • Most muons are thought to be generated at altitudes of about 15 Km. • Research on muon flux in the upper level atmosphere is mostly uncharted territory. Cosmic Rays Decay in atmosphere forming Muons. HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

5. Our Project: Theory and Concepts Continued… • Muons: A high energy cosmic ray particle belonging to the Lepton family known to be generated in the Earth’s atmosphere. • Biology: • Ionizing particles, including muons, are known mutagens – causing irreversible damage to cells such as DNA double strand breaks. • Evolution (Microorganisms in upper layers of the atmosphere) • Tell us about our origins • Mutation of disease causing • organisms HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

6. Our Project: Objective • Objective: Measure muon flux of at various altitudes in Earth’s atmosphere as well as taking low resolution spectral images of the atmosphere for chemical analysis. • System Requirements: • A solid state scintillator detector • Structural support and light tight encasement of detector • Altitude collection/calculation • Spectrometer • Port/window access • Data collection system/Electronics • Minimum Success: • Muon flux detection at various altitudes. HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

7. Our Project: Expected Results Expected results: Muon flux will decrease with altitude Muon energy distribution will remain constant Direction of muon detected will reverse at higher altitudes From the spectra collected we will be able to extract information about the rotation of the rocket Spectral data will also enable us to determine atmospheric chemical composition at various altitudes HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

8. Our Project: Mission t ≈ 1.7 min Altitude: 95 km t ≈ 1.3 min Altitude: 75 km Apogee t ≈ 2.8 min Altitude: ≈115 km t ≈ 4.0 min Altitude: 95 km t ≈ 4.5 min Altitude: 75 km End of Orion Burn t ≈ 0.6 min Altitude: 52 km t ≈ 5.5 min Chute Deploys -Data collection begins at T -10seconds seconds -All systems on -Begin data collection t = 0 min t ≈ 15 min Splash Down -end of data collection HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

9. Hobart and William Smith Colleges CoDR Report Our Project: Design HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

10. Our Project: Design Overview Two Silicon Photomultipliers will be placed in the canister 4”Inches apart. The Silicon Scintillator material is optimal so that lower voltages can be utilized. HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

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13. Our Project: Electrical Layout HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

14. Our Project: Main Components • Two Muon detectors • 1 in Plastic Scintillator encased in a .125 in Aluminum light tight housing. • Silicon Photomultiplier used for detection of muons • Maximize area of detector by using entire canister diameter • Arduino Uno • Spectrometer HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

15. Our Project: Design Requirements • We will stay within the 20 ±2 lbs • Balance payload such that the center of mass is within a 1 x 1 x 1 inch envelope of the payloads geometric center • We will build the payload to withstand the stresses of the flight (upwards of 25 g’s) HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

16. Hobart and William Smith Colleges CoDR Report Our Project: Logistics HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

17. Our Project: Team Organization Advisors: Ileana DumitiuPh.D Peter SpacherPh.D Co-Lead Contact liaison Christopher Demas Co-Lead Jeffrey Rizza Researcher: Matthew Sanders Researcher: Lisa Ditchek Programing Specialist: (Coming soon) HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

18. Our Project: Cost *We may need to probe the interest of companies in our research if we are unsuccessful in receiving a grant from the NYSCG. HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

19. Our Project: Contact Matrix HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

20. Our Project: Availability Matrix *For now this is our revised availability matrix HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

21. Our Project: Conclusion • Objective: Build a payload that will detect Muons in the atmosphereand perform low resolution spectroscopy. • Future plans: • We will continue to research and perform ground testing with muon detector at HWS. • Continuesearching forfunding • Start PDR • Detailed electronic considerations and designs • Continue to build team (find programming specialist) HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014

22. Our Project: Mission • Questions: • Altitude Readings correlated to time? • Can NASA trigger data collection prior to launch? • Can you invite Matthew and Jeffrey to the RockSat-C Dropbox? • Do we supply power? HWS CoDR Report, Oct. 2014