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The CADMUS experiment in the frame of the BEXUS Programme: an educational perspective

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posted on 2020-06-09, 16:05 authored by G. Megías Homar, R. Bahí Buhigas, R. M. García Alarcia, G. Pascual López, A. Teixidó Bonfill

CADMUS was a student-made experiment with the aim of measuring the flux of muons at different altitudes and experimentally verifying time dilation, one of the effects predicted by the Special Relativity Theory. It was developed in the frame of the REXUS/BEXUS Programme and flew to the stratosphere on a high-altitude balloon in October 2017. This paper discusses its development, from inception to launch, from the perspective of space educational activities.

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Citation

Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities, 2019, pp. 24-28

Source

3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities, September 16-18, 2019, Leicester, United Kingdom

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities

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24-28

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University of Leicester

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978-1-912989-09-6

Copyright date

2020

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Notes

Symposium organised by: University of Leicester, UK Students for the Exploration & Development of Space, National Space Academy, ESA Education Office

Editors

Nigel Bannister, Áine O’Brien, Alexander Kinnaird

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University of Leicester, UK

Temporal coverage: start date

2019-09-16

Temporal coverage: end date

2019-09-18

Language

en

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    student-made experimentparticle detectorcloud chambermuonsSpecial Relativity Theorytime dilationREXUS/BEXUS Programmestratospherehigh-altitude ballooneducationSpace Science

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