[25p-1BL-1~10] 【Open Symposium】Detector developments for radiation education and citizen science

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM JST(5:00 AM - 5:20 AM UTC)

[25p-1BL-3] Citizen science “Thundercloud Project”

〇Naoki Tsuji¹, Teruaki Enoto^1,2, Miwa Tsurumi¹, Yuko Ikkatai³, Gabriel Diniz¹, Toru Takagaki⁴, Shoko Miyake⁵, Kazuhiro Nakazawa⁶, Kazuo Tanaka⁷ (1.Kyoto Univ., 2.RIKEN, 3.Kanazawa Univ., 4.TAC, 5.NIT Ibaraki, 6.Nagoya Univ., 7.Waseda Univ.)

Keywords:

Thundercloud,Citizen Science,Gamma ray

The mechanism of lightning is a mystery and may be triggered by the interaction between the strong electric field and cosmic-ray air showers. The “Thundercloud Project” is a new attempt to elucidate the mysteries of lightning and thunderclouds using Citizen Science. With the cooperation of citizen supporters, many gamma-ray monitors, Cogamo, are installed near Kanazawa during winter seasons to develop a large-scale thunderstorm and lightning observation network. We aim to realize open science in collaboration with the public and contribute to the cutting-edge research in the physics field.