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SWANotchFM'24 Filter Design Challenge
We are pleased to announce SWANotchFM'24, the SWAN Notch Filter Design Challenge 2024, organized by the Department of SPASE, IIT Kanpur, inviting motivated teams from educational and research institutes in India to participate in this opportunity to innovate and become one of the key contributors of the Indian-Sky Watch Array Network (SWAN).
Please visit https://bit.ly/m/SWANotchFM24 for challenge details.
Discovery of a new Feature in Cosmic Ray Spectrum
Dr. Fahim Varsi, doctoral student in Physics department working under supervision of Prof. Pankaj Jain (SPASE department) discovers a kink in the cosmic ray spectrum. It is generally expected that cosmic rays originate from a supernova explosion and display a simple power law spectrum up to energies of order of a million GeV. The presence of a kink challenges this understanding and indicates the presence of another source. The discovery may provide some important clues which may help in unravelling the mystery of the origin of cosmic rays.
The corresponding paper is published in Physical Review Letters:
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 051002 (2024) - Evidence of a Hardening in the Cosmic Ray Proton Spectrum at around 166 TeV Observed by the GRAPES-3 Experiment (aps.org) [1]
Some popular articles on the discovery:
A new kink in proton spectrum to enhance our knowledge of cosmic ray origin (phys.org) [2]
A new kink in proton spectrum will enhance ou | EurekAlert! [3]
A new kink in proton spectrum will enhance our knowledge of cosmic ray (scienmag.com) [4]
A new kink in proton spectrum to enhance our knowledge of cosmic ray origin - Tech and Science Post [5]
Proton Spectrum Kink Boosts Understanding of Cosmic Ray Origin | Mirage News [6]
IITK-ISRO Space Instrumentation and Payload Development Workshop (28-30 March 2024)
National Space Day celebration August 24, 2024