Microsoft Excel 2012 was used to write the following instructions.
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Project 1: A tool to find the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays: coordinate systems
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Events in galactic coordinates
Events as Aitoff projection
- Modify your plot to an Aitoff projection .
Need Help?
- Can you find an explanation for the distribution of the detected cosmic ray events?
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Project 2: Cosmic rays can tell about space weather
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- Here are two data files for Forbush events available for download:
time period 1:
12 May 2005 to 28 May 2005
time period 2:
1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006.
- Load the data file into Excel
Need Help?
- Display the pressure corrected flux of cosmic ray particles as a function of time.
Need Help?
Convert unixtime to a date.
- Try to explain the following statement: "Space travel can be healthier during a solar storm"
- Neutron monitor rates which are recorded by neutron monitor bases
can also provide information about Forbush events.
These neutron monitors are located in many countries and
data can be retrieved from each station.
- Display the neutron monitor rate for the time period
between 07/01/2006 to 12/31/2006 recorded by the station in Rome, Italy.
Compare the plot with the plot you made with the Auger data for the same period of time.
Can you explain your results?
- You can display the neutron monitor rate on the web interface Need Help?
- Check out for more Forbush events with
the online tool for Auger space weather data
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Project 3: Earthquakes can change the detection of cosmic rays
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A recent earthquake happend 1267228800
unix seconds after Midnight Coordinated Universal Time.
- Which human date corresponds to 1267228800 unix seconds?
- Load the data file "earthquake_data.txt"
into your Excel spreadsheet.
- Display the impact of vibrations on the detected flux of cosmic ray particles.
Convert unixtime to a date.
Need Help?
- Try to find an explanation for the data your plot shows in February 2010.
