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Long-Term Solar Modulation with AMS-02

In this activity, you will use the proton rate (i.e. the number of protons per second arriving at Earth) measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) to explore how cosmic rays are influenced by the Sun, an effect called solar modulation.
You will use measurements of protons with different energies to investigate whether solar modulation affects particles of all energies in the same way or if it is an effect that varies with energy.

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Study Cosmic Rays with Neutron Monitors

In this tutorial you will learn about cosmic ray properties as measured by neutron monitors.
There is a worldwide network of NMs that are used by scientists to monitor cosmic rays. We can use this network to measure a number of known cosmic ray properties and make predictions about what we can measure with our particle detector.

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Search for Solar Energetic Particles with AMS-02

In this activity, you are challenged to identify particles accelerated by the Sun, called Solar Energetic Patricles mesured by Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) a particle detector flying onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
After you have found your SEP event, you will compare it with other teams’ events to discover which SEP event is the most intense, which has the highest energy SEPs, and more.

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