The Polish association CREDO http://credo.science responded a very interesting mail to my proposal of counting muons with their Android application to see if anything strange happens in Formentera gravityless during muons rains. Following my crazy theory, it should be less muons when close by a gravity less spot. I managed some crazy friends to go out at night by an archeological site and above the great crack on Cabo Berberie (only perceptible by ESA satelitte) to hunt for invisible particules the Sun and other stars are spitting on us. Thanks to Homepage | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center, we could spot a strong solar storm and ejection 60% chances. By the time it reached Formentera, we were in two different spots in Cabo Berberie's national park at night, hunting muons. We were frankly amazed by the result, capting the esperated number of muons that day on the north side of the 98m colline and not a single one on the south side, even waiting half hour. Slawomir, from the Polish association, founded the idea interesting.
"Good morning,
From the point of view of theory, differences in gravity should have no noticeable effect on the number of muons
(they arrive not because the Earth attracts them, but because they come from space).
BUT
Perhaps decaying dark matter could be sensitive to differences in gravity, and this could be seen in the radiation.
That's why I think your idea is interesting, but can be difficult to implement.
To conduct good research, you mainly need time.
If the phone is able to detect traces, it should detect several traces per hour.
But for it to make sense from a statistical point of view (to be able to confirm that particle detection behaves differently in this place - more/less traces) it would have to be done for a longer time and then compared with the results of this device in a "normal" place carried out in such same long time - e.g. a month.
For better statistics, it would be good to have more than one smartphone - if a given change is visible on all devices, then the result is more reliable.
It is also important to remember that ambient conditions, weather, temperature also affect the number of detections.
It would also be good to have some other detectors - if other detectors (e.g. based on a scintillator) showed the same change in the number of detections, it could be considered something unusual.
Detections only on one device or only in a short period of time (a few hours) do not make much sense because it will be difficult to deduce anything from them.
Best regards,
Sławomir Stuglik
CREDO Helpdesk"
I love the idea of science performed too by the people, a concept also developed by Polish Credo. So, in Formentera, we need a protocol, a sponsor and dozens of cellular Android. But that project also have a very interesting aspect about music. Because not only sunsets are sensible to gravity (Formentera's ones are renowned in the whole world for its fascinating intensity and unusual range of colors), but also sound, which in gravityless is supposed to slow down a bit.
I consider all those options are important to make a movie on how a group of hippies friends discovers physical mysteries , with good rhythms and amazing sunsets. Having worked in French movies industry 20 years ago, I know how to write a movie script.
But I am not so sure about building the experiment protocol with a minima (0) budget to be able to evidence a muon absence in the gravityless place in Formentera. I thought maybe 4 places in Formentera, 2 in Ibiza and another 2 in Barcelona, 350km north, what mean we need at least 8 cellular phones Android to perform the experience. Any advices on possible protocols to follow to reach a minimum reliability?
I am really excited by the idea.
I spoke with IA. ready as a boy scout, to help me building a protocol for this experiment. Exciting.
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