Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities
The HELYCON project aims at the installation of cosmic air-shower detectors on the roofs of high-school buildings in western Greece. During the last four years, the HELYCON project made a substantial progress. Three HELYCON stations were installed and are still in operation at the Hellenic Open Univ...
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| author | Antonios Leisos Apostolos Tsirigotis George Bourlis Michael Petropoulos Leonidas Xiros Ioannis Manthos Spyros Tzamarias |
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| description | The HELYCON project aims at the installation of cosmic air-shower detectors on the roofs of high-school buildings in western Greece. During the last four years, the HELYCON project made a substantial progress. Three HELYCON stations were installed and are still in operation at the Hellenic Open University (HOU) campus, while a small-scale air-shower detector ( μ Cosmics detector), suitable for in classroom operation, was developed. During the construction and operation of these detectors, many experimental tests and calibration procedures were established, offering the framework for the educational activities of the HELYCON project. In this work, we present the recent developments of the HELYCON project and describe the main aspects of the methodology we use in a five-day training program that introduces the Greek education community to the experimental procedures of HELYCON. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10718dd84efd4add8f426f80404520fe2022-12-22T04:01:23ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972018-12-0151410.3390/universe5010004universe5010004Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach ActivitiesAntonios Leisos0Apostolos Tsirigotis1George Bourlis2Michael Petropoulos3Leonidas Xiros4Ioannis Manthos5Spyros Tzamarias6Physics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26222 Patras, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26222 Patras, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26222 Patras, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26222 Patras, GreecePhysics Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, 26222 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceThe HELYCON project aims at the installation of cosmic air-shower detectors on the roofs of high-school buildings in western Greece. During the last four years, the HELYCON project made a substantial progress. Three HELYCON stations were installed and are still in operation at the Hellenic Open University (HOU) campus, while a small-scale air-shower detector ( μ Cosmics detector), suitable for in classroom operation, was developed. During the construction and operation of these detectors, many experimental tests and calibration procedures were established, offering the framework for the educational activities of the HELYCON project. In this work, we present the recent developments of the HELYCON project and describe the main aspects of the methodology we use in a five-day training program that introduces the Greek education community to the experimental procedures of HELYCON.http://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/5/1/4cosmic raysair-shower detectorHELYCONeducational cosmic-ray telecopes |
| spellingShingle | Antonios Leisos Apostolos Tsirigotis George Bourlis Michael Petropoulos Leonidas Xiros Ioannis Manthos Spyros Tzamarias Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities Universe cosmic rays air-shower detector HELYCON educational cosmic-ray telecopes |
| title | Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities |
| title_full | Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities |
| title_fullStr | Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities |
| title_short | Hellenic Lyceum Cosmic Observatories Network: Status Report and Outreach Activities |
| title_sort | hellenic lyceum cosmic observatories network status report and outreach activities |
| topic | cosmic rays air-shower detector HELYCON educational cosmic-ray telecopes |
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