1999/09/15 by J. G. Cramer, S. R. Elliott, J. F. Wilkerson +2
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as Proc 26th ICRC (Salt Lake City, 1999) 4, 341 · 4 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 1999/09/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The number and density of schools in the Seattle area is convenient for the study of distributed particle showers produced at the top of the atmosphere by ultra-high energy (about 1020 eV) cosmic rays. We are forming a collaboration for the development of a distributed detector network to study air showers from such ultra-high energy cosmic rays. We call the cosmic ray measurement component WALTA (WAshington Large-area Time-coincidence Array). WALTA aims to provide teachers and students the opportunity to become active participants in forefront scientific projects. A cornerstone of the program will be to install a measurement module at each participating school.