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µPPET: studying the Cosmic Rays Muon Puzzle by probing muons with J-PETs

2023/50/E/ST9/00576

Keywords:

Cosmic Rays Muon Puzzle scintillators J-PET hadronic interaction models muon cross-section

Descriptors:

  • ST9_11:
  • ST2_02:

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Alessio Porcelli 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA BIS 13 - announced on 2023-06-19

Amount awarded: 3 060 134 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2024-10-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2028-09-30

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (1)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. UPPET: Investigating the Muon Puzzle with J-PET Detectors
    Authors:
    Alessio Porcelli, Kavya Valsan Eliyan, Gabriel Moskal, Nousaba Nasrin Protiti, Diana Laura Sirghi , Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Neha Chug, Catalina Curceanu, Eryk Czerwiński, Manish Das, Marek Gorgol, Jakub Hajduga, Sharareh Jalali, Bożena Jasińska, Krzysztof Kacprzak, Tevfik Kaplanoglu, Łukasz Kapłon, Kamila Kasperska, Aleksander Khreptak, Grzegorz Korcyl, Tomasz Kozik, Deepak Kumar, Karol Kubat, Edward Lisowski, Filip Lisowski, Justyna Mędrala-Sowa, Wiktor Mryka, Simbarashe Moyo, Szymon Niedźwiecki, Szymon Parzych, Piyush Pandey, Elena Perez del Rio, Bartłomiej Rachwał, Martin Rädler, Sushil Sharma, Magdalena Skurzok, Ewa Łucja Stȩpień, Tomasz Szumlak, Pooja Tanty, Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili, Satyam Tiwari, and Paweł Moskal
    Academic press:
    Universe (rok: 2025, tom: 11 (6) 180, strony: 12), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/universe11060180 - link to the publication
  1. The UPPET Project: Application of J-PET for Cosmic Rays Investigation
    Authors:
    Alessio Porcelli
    Conference:
    Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on New Trends in Nuclear and Medical Physics (rok: 2025, tom: 2nd Symposium on New Trends in Nuclear and Medical Physics, strony: 5), Wydawca: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science
    Data:
    konferencja 24-26 September 2025
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.148.S80 - link to the publication