Michael Gisondo with Corbin Covault

Cherenkov Detector – Cherenkov Detectror for High Energy Cosmic Ray Observation

Cherenkov radiation can be used to reconstruct energy and direction of high energy cosmic rays entering Earth’s atmosphere. A low cost, low maintenance, durable Cherenkov detector will be designed, constructed, and tested with actual cosmic ray events for consideration by the Auger North project team as an alternative to some of the costly fluorescence detectors currently employed by the Auger South project and proposed for the Auger North project. In addition, cosmic ray shower simulations will be carried out to test the effectiveness of adding various array geometries of multiple Cherenkov detectors to the current station setup proposed by the Auger North team.