Muon Detector: Day5

Today we finished up testing the efficiency of Paddle A by varying it's voltage while keeping Paddle B's voltage fixed.  Our results showed us that 1800 volts is the ideal voltage for both paddles.  Next, we  kept the paddles at a fixed voltage of 1800 volts and at a distance of 14 inches from each other.  We then varied the angle of the paddles with zero degrees being completely vertical and 90 degrees being completely horizontal.  Our results showed that the rate of photons counted was highest at zero degrees and close to 0 at 90 degrees.  This shows us that the path of a muon is vertical, they do not tend to come in at angles.  Since we still got a count for 90 degrees, we are going to test our paddles for light leaks again next time we meet.