GPS time synchronization in school-network cosmic ray detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 848-853

  Berns, Hans Gerd ^a   Burnett, Toby H ^a   Gran, Richard ^a   Wilkes, R Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Data acquisition (DAQ); Global position system (GPS); Secondary schools; Time synchronization

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR CORRECTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FRONT-END ELECTRONICS; NEUTRINOS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 3342954902     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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