Cosmic Piano: analysing the sound of the Universe
Credit : Cosmic Piano
Abstract
The Cosmic Piano is an innovative outreach tool designed to detect muons from air showers produced by cosmic rays colliding with the atmosphere. It consists of scintillator-based modules with avalanche photodiodes (APD) readout, which produce a musical note and a flash of light whenever a muon passes through one of them and triggers its electronics. It associate a musical note and a colour for five detectors and create Cosmic Music, seamlessly fusing scientific phenomena with live music.
IPPOG presentation (2024) : https://indico.cern.ch/event/1419411/contributions/6157421/attachments/2975294/5237366/CosmicPianoIppog.key
Contact
Authors :
- Guillermo Tejeda Muñoz (Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico),
- Luis Alberto Perez Moreno (Princeton University, USA),
- Simone Ragoni (Creighton University, USA),
- Hector David Regules Medel (Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico),
- Arturo Fernández Téllez (Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico),
- Yael Antonio Vasquez Beltran (Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico)
Supported by :
- ALICE Collaboration,
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Related IPPOG Collaboration member :
Contact :
- simone.ragoni [at] cern.ch
Project status
Ongoing (updated 2025-04-07)
Files & Resources
- Academic publications :
– https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15003
– https://pos.sissa.it/476/1164
– https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/adc2c5 - Video (EN) :
– https://youtu.be/HNm1yrnmbwA - Cosmic Piano code (EN) :
– https://github.com/siragoni/CosmicPiano - Sofia, Bulgaria 2023 (EN) :
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1G9xHzcV1Y