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I started this
project with more of an idea of creating a system that would visualize
Cherenkov radiation via webcam utilizing a Gamma radiation source and heavy
water in some heavy lead shielding to produce the tell tale bursts of blue
light. Perhaps hook it up to the LCD window kit system we did and display it on
the windowed screen. When I decided to ramp up the
project and also was experimenting with other types and sources of
radiation for the project I stumbled across a myriad of new ideas for possible
systems with some far reaching and profound results. While this write-up is
just discussing in detail the implementation of this apparatus for ones
personal amusement via screensaver, there are other far reaching possibilities
for this system I will discuss later in the article.
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