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Muon radiography is a promising technique to image the internal density structures upto a few hundred meters scale, such as tunnels, pyramids and volcanos, by measuring the flux attenuation of cosmic ray muons after trvaling through these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-29 Y. Cheng , R. Han , Z. Li , J. Li , J. Li , W. Gu , X. Yang , X. Ouyang , B. Liao

Measurements of cosmic-ray muon rates and energy deposition spectra in a one tonne liquid scintillator detector at 1070 metres vertical depth in the Boulby underground laboratory are discussed. In addition, the simulations used to model the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Robinson , V. A. Kudryavtsev , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , P. K. Lightfoot , N. J. C. Spooner , N. J. T. Smith , I. Liubarsky

The research focuses on the non-invasive imaging technique using cosmic muon absorption tomography to monitor the internals of archaeological / civil / industrial structures of intermediate size. It integrates experimental measurements and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-01 Piyush Pallav , Purba Bhattacharya , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar

In this report, we assess muon multiple scattering tomography as a non-destructive inspection technique in several typical areas of interest to the nuclear power industry, including monitoring concrete degradation, gate valve conditions,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-27 J. M. Durham , E. Guardincerri , C. L. Morris , J. Bacon , J. Fabritius , S. Fellows , K. Plaud-Ramos , D. Poulson , J. Renshaw

In this paper we present a complete and detailed computational model of the response of the hybrid Muon Telescope (MuTe), designed to perform muography volcanic studies. This instrument combines two particle detection techniques: first, a…

The aim of the paper is to investigate possibility of utilizing a shallow underground laboratory for the study of energy dependent solar modulation process and to find an optimum detector configuration sensitive to primaries of widest…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-03 Nikola Veselinović , Aleksandar Dragić , Mihailo Savić , Dimitrije Maletić , Dejan Joković , Radomir Banjanac , Vladimir Udovičić

We report on the first steps in the development of a small-size muon telescope based on glass Resistive Plate Chambers with small active area ($16\times 16~{\rm cm}^2$). The long-term goal of this project is to focus on applications of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-19 Sophie Wuyckens , Andrea Giammanco , Pavel Demin , Eduardo Cortina Gil

Cosmic rays, originating from stars, supernovae, and other astrophysical sources, are composed of high-energy particles that enter Earths atmosphere. Upon interaction with atmospheric nuclei, these primary cosmic rays generate secondary…

Cosmic muon spallation backgrounds are ubiquitous in low-background experiments. For liquid scintillator-based experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the spallation product $^{10}$C is an important background in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-23 A. Li , A. Elagin , S. Fraker , C. Grant , L. Winslow

Muon Tomography (MT) based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons traversing shipping containers is a promising candidate for identifying threatening high-Z materials. Since position-sensitive detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-06-25 Marcus Hohlmann , Patrick Ford , Kondo Gnanvo , Jennifer Helsby , David Pena , Richard Hoch , Debasis Mitra

Cosmic ray muons present a large part of the radiation background and depending on the application of interest muons can be seen as background noise, e.g., radiation mapping, radiation protection, dosimetry, or as a useful interrogation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-10 Junghyun Bae , Stylianos Chatzidakis

Underground detectors measure the directions of up-coming muons of neutrino origin. They can also observe down-going muons made by gamma rays in the Earth's atmosphere. Although gamma ray showers are muon-poor, they produce a sufficient…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen , T. Stanev

Cosmic ray muon scattering tomography (MST) is an imaging technique that utilizes muon scattering in matter to inspect high-Z materials non-destructively, without requiring an artificial radiation source. This method offers significant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-18 Zheng Liang , Zebo Tang , Xin Li , Baiyu Liu , Cheng Li , Jiacheng He , Kun Jiang , Yonggang Wang , Ye Tian , Yishuang Zhang , Zeyu Wang

The CosmicWatch Desktop Muon Detector is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) based undergraduate-level physics project that incorporates various aspects of electronics-shop…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-02 Spencer N. Axani

Cosmic ray muons have emerged as a non-conventional high-energy radiation probe to monitor dense and large objects. Muons are the most abundant cosmic radiation on Earth, however, their flux at sea level is approximately 10,000 min^-1m^-2…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Junghyun Bae , Stylianos Chatzidakis

Muon tomography is a generic imaging method using the differential absorption of cosmic muons by matter. The measured contrast in the muons flux reflects the matter density contrast as it does in conventional medical imaging. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-20 Jacques Marteau , Bruno Carlus , Dominique Gibert , Jean-Christophe Ianigro , Kevin Jourde , Bruno Kergosien , Pascal Rolland

Muon imaging, a non-invasive technique that utilizes naturally occurring cosmic muons, has emerged as a promising tool for exploring underwater objects, including shipwrecks. This study investigates the potential of muon radiography to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-09 Anzori Sh. Georgadze

Cosmic-ray muons can be used for the non-destructive imaging of spent nuclear fuel in sealed dry storage casks. The scattering data of the muons after traversing provides information on the thereby penetrated materials. Based on these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-17 T. Braunroth , N. Berner , F. Rowold , M. Péridis , M. Stuke

A cosmic ray hodoscope with two-dimensional spacial sensitivity and good time resolution has been developed. The system is designed to use the cosmic muons as probes to test the performances of charged particle sensitive detectors. This…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-08-28 Chengguang Zhu

This article gives a point of view on the studies of the muon-induced background for the underground experiments using a liquid scintillator detectors. The results obtained are in good agreement with the data, especially for the neutron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-17 Karim Zbiri