We report on our studies of applying novel detector technologies developed for LHC-era experiments to cosmic ray detection. In particular, we are investigating usage of scintillating tiles with embedded wavelength-shifting fibers and avalanche photodiode readout as part of a robust, inexpensive cosmic air shower detector. In the near future, we are planning to deploy detector stations based on this technology at area high schools and colleges as part of an outreach and education effort, known as SCROD.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0106002,
title = {School Cosmic Ray Outreach Detector (SCROD)},
author = {L. A. Anchordoqui and J. Cook and M. Gabour and N. Kirsch and J. MacLeod and T. P. McCauley and Y. Musienko and T. C. Paul and S. Reucroft and J. D. Swain and R. Terry},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0106002},
year = {2007}
}
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Talk to be presented in the 27th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 07-15 August 2001, Hamburg, Germany