Natural background radiation can be measured using a geiger counter.
Some of the high-energy background radiation is known to come from
outer space. It has been observed that while taking the background
radiation measurements, there are times when there are significant
differences which may be caused by bursts of cosmic radiation. The
purpose of this project is to gather data regarding the significant
differences of the natural background radiation count at various
locations on the surface of the Earth. The data will be posted on
this website and experimenters may use the posted data to make
additional studies into the nature of the significant differences.
They may also make arrangements to make observations at specific
dates, times, and circumstances.
According to the information from the Aware Electronics site, the
probability of any of the individual counts per minute being
significantly above background can be found by 1) Taking the square
root of the background counts per minute to determine the standard
deviation, 2) Subtracting the background counts per minute from the
the count of the high spike. 3) Then dividing that by the standard
deviation to find the deviations above background which can be used
with a table of Gaussian or Normal distribution "Areas under the
standard Normal Curve" to determine the probability of the high
reading being more than a chance variation. For example, if the
background count was 13 and one of the individual high spikes were
28, the square root of 13 would be 3.61, the difference of the high
count with the background count would be 15, and the deviations above
background would be 4.16 which would be very significant (higher than
a 99% probability that it was something other than the normal
background radiation that caused it).
Adult experimenters may fill in the background count radiation count
and other data for your location.
(Do not hit return after any entry)
This project concerns anomalies. You can check out a group that makes serious efforts to study anomalies by linking to the Society for Scientific Exploration
You can check out the current background radiation in Pittsburgh by going to the Radiation Levels in Pittsburgh site of Robert Thibadeau.
Find the current background radiation in Longmont, Colorado by going
to the
Background Radiation in Longmont, CO site which makes use of an
RM-60 from Aware Electronics.
From here you can go to THE BACKGROUND
RADIATION SURVEY PROJECT on this website.
From here you can go to the main Cybergalaxy of
James A. Petrait website.
© 1998-2004, James A. Petrait, Director, Cosmic Radiation
Project
Send e-mail to James A. Petrait:
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