Show HN: A DIY particle detector kit developed at CERN

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Hey HN, this is a particle detector developer by my friend Oliver Keller for his PhD at CERN. I've put together some kits so you can more easily build one yourself.

Previously discussed:

- DIY Particle Detector: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23196177

- CERN publishes instructions for building your own particle detector: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23185665

- CERN at Home: Building a Particle Detector: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24344382

The kit is a nice idea.

I have the parts to build the MIT Cosmic Watch, but have not put it together yet. I think there were two or three things left to source...and it ended up on the back of my bench, then on a shelf.

any tips for ALPHA detectors :)? Somehow, those are significantly harder to DIY than beta/gamma..

The same PCB can be used to build an alpha spectrometer. This variant is a little harder to use correctly which is why we are not selling it as a kit yet. You can however use the links in the page to buy most of the required components from 3rd parties.

https://kitspace.org/boards/github.com/ozel/diy_particle_det...

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