LUCID stands for Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector. It is a cosmic ray detector array designed by our sixth form students using CERN technology from the Large Hadron Collider.

Cosmic rays are high energy particles coming from space. They consist primarily of protons, electrons, alpha particles and gamma rays. LUCID will fly on  a Surrey Satellite Technology Limited satellite in 2011. It will be involved in a number of experiments to monitor cosmic rays.

Its design allows it to measure directionality of high energy cosmic rays from outside our galaxy. The detector uses medipix detector technology developed at CERN. This will be the first time this detector technology has been transferred to the Space environment.

LUCID will make new contributions to the study cosmic rays, helping to predict damaging proton storms that cause single-event upsets to space technology and cause radiation damage to humans.

Langton Ultimate Cosmic Ray Intensity Detector

LUCID Appendix