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Using Muon Tomography we can probe the internal structure of massive objects, like volcanoes, with particles from stars and galaxies far far away... help us identify these particles inside our detectors
Learn moreTake a look into events registered by our detectors and help us to categorise their signal. In both of the workflows in the project you are welcome to try and find the proper particle tracks and extra particle strikes on the detector surfaces. The "Introductory" workflow looks at simpler cases, where our computer proposes a track. The "FreeStyle" workflow looks at events where the proposition of a track becomes difficult for our machine but it should be easy if you spent some time in the "Introductory" workflow.
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I am very excited about this project because at last we get the chance to investigate our methods in great detail with the help of people from around the world. I look forward to see where this journey will take us.
Cosmic Muon ImagesAbout Cosmic Muon Images
We are a team of young researchers from different walks of science. We place muon detectors all around the globe and we study the inner structure of massive objects from volcanoes to ancient tombs and from underground tunnels to blast furnaces.
Jacques is in charge of the group activities being the most experienced researcher he takes care of the design and the calibration of our detectors, and plans the future missions of the team. Marina and Antoine perform analyses using muon tomography data creating crisp and beautiful images of Volcanoes and underground tunnels. Where the untrained eye only sees density differences, they see magma highways, underground networks of water pathways and dangerous ground instabilities that are about to catastrophically collapse. Amelie and Matias study the impact of the earth's environment on the amount of muons our detectors receive, without their work our method wouldn't be that accurate. Theodore develops simulations of our detectors and tries to identify the various background sources in our data.
This last part, dear reader, will actually be the focus of our work here in Zooniverse. Can you help us investigate the different event topologies inside our detectors? This will be a valuable contribution since it will help us to optimize our methods and to understand better our detectors.
Your work could lead to the development of better tools for our analysis, better detectors for future missions and have a positive impact on all domains that muon tomography touches.
We are confident that by joining forces we will be able to enrich both our experimental understanding and -why not?- have some fun while doing it.
This project is part of REINFORCE (Research Infrastructures FOR Citizens in Europe).
REINFORCE aims to:
engage citizens in the contribution to online frontier science, create an active community of citizen participants in scientific endeavours, introduce responsible research and innovation into the citizen science landscape, assess the impact of citizen science in science and society, create a citizen science project policy roadmap for other large-scale research infrastructures, and explore the potential of frontier citizen science for inclusion and diversity.
4 REINFORCE projects are available in Zooniverse:
GWitchHunters
New Particle Search at CERN
Cosmic Muon Images
Deep Sea Explorers
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