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Want to learn how to capture high energy particle flows, which travel in space at the speed of light? If yes, install on your smartphone a special application “DECO”. IN unlike huge, multi-million particle detectors placed in the laboratories of space observatories, the DECO program allows smartphone owners to turn their phone into a pocket cosmic ray detector. To do this, just download application, and also place a piece of duct tape on the lens a camera that blocks light particles of radiation. Justin Vandeabrook, professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he the creator of the application, said: “Due to the fact that this the program uses the same principles of operation as computer programs in laboratories, it can easily turn simple phone into a high energy particle detector. “Today for astrophysicists cosmic rays still remain a mystery. However scientists are sure that a huge part of cosmic radiation produce black holes and exploding supernovae. The waves cosmic rays are constantly broken by the Earth’s atmosphere, however a significant part of these emissions nevertheless passes through the protective layers atmosphere, while releasing streams of high-energy particles. Most of these particles are protons, but they also contain cocktail of other particles, including electrons and heavy atomic nuclei, which in turn are made up of protons and neutrons. Many scientists believe that a closer study of these particles can help us learn more about the mysterious dark matter, which, as It is believed to be more than 27 percent of the total mass of the universe. In addition to the above particles, in cosmic rays was discovered another type of particle is muons. Thanks to silicon chips, which built into the cameras of smartphones, the DECO application can only detect, but also fix such particles. Digital cameras receive an image by recording light particles emitting at shock about silicon electrical signals. These signals are perceived. device like pixel captions. The DECO application is intended for snap pictures every few seconds, as well as for scanning any signatures of pixel particles. If pixel captions are detected, then the application saves the photo and registers picture. Muons are weakly interacting particles. Since they freely pass through ceilings and walls of premises, the DECO application can fix them almost anywhere in the world. Though, Of course, the application installed on the smartphone cannot replace the sensitivity and accuracy of larger and more complex particle detectors, however, it will allow not only scientists, but and ordinary people get closer to the mysteries of space.
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