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LiquidO is an innovative radiation detector concept. The core idea is to exploit stochastic light confinement in a highly scattering medium to self-segment the detector volume. In this paper, we demonstrate event-by-event muon tracking in a…

Muon radiography often referred to as muography, is an imaging technique that uses freely available cosmic-ray muons to study the interior structure of natural or man-made large-scale objects. The amount of multidisciplinary applications of…

We are developing a novel high-brightness atomic beam, comprised of a two-body exotic atom called muonium (M $ = \mu^+ + e^-$), for next-generation atomic physics and gravitational interaction measurements. This M source originates from a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-29 J. Zhang , D. Goeldi , R. Iwai , M. Sakurai , A. Soter

Elementary particle physics is a fascinating field of modern physics investigating the basic constituents of matter and their interactions. In the experiments large accelerators and very sophisticated detector systems are usually used.…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-05-09 D. Bosnar , Z. Matić , I. Friščić , P. Žugec , H. Janči

This study explores the feasibility of using scintillation detectors for muon calorimetry through experiments conducted at CERN's T10 beamline. Results from organic scintillators with varying thicknesses and readout methods, as well as a…

The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment has started taking physics data with the goal of performing an independent measurement of the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA/LIBRA. A muon detector was constructed by using plastic…

We utilise muons from cosmic ray to explore hidden underground archaeological structures. Presented here is the design, simulation studies and first laboratory results of a compact, scintillators based, cosmic ray muon telescope for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-28 Yan Benhammou , Erez Etzion , Gilad Mizrachi , Meny Raviv Moshe , Yiftah Silver , Igor Zolkin

We present and discuss the development and performance of a compact scintillating fiber (SciFi) detector for timing to be used in the Mu3e experiment at very high particle rates. The SciFi detector is read out with multichannel silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-23 A. Bravar , A. Buonaura , S. Corrodi , A. Damyanova , Y. Demets , L. Gerritzen , Ch. Grab , C. Martin Perez , A. Papa

Muon tomography or muography is an emerging imaging technique that uses cosmogenic muons as the radiation source. Due to its diverse range of applications and the use of natural radiation, muography is being applied across many fields such…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-02 R. M. I. D Gamage , S. Basnet , E. Cortina Gil , P. Demin , A. Giammanco , R. Karnam , M. Moussawi , M. Tytgat , .

We propose a high-precision, fast, robust and cost-effective muon detector concept for an FCC-ee experiment. This design combines precision drift tubes with fast plastic scintillator strips to enable both spatial and timing measurements.…

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

Experiments such as mu2e (FNAL, USA) and COMET (KEK, Japan), seeking the direct muon-to-electron conversion as part of the study of Charged Leptons Flavor Violation processes, should have a extremely high, up-to 99.99\%, efficiency muon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-04 A. Artikov , V. Baranov , A. Boikov , D. Chokheli , Yu. I. Davydov , V. Glagolev , A. Simonenko , Z. Tsamalaidze , I. Vasilyev , I. Zimin

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…

Tomographic imaging techniques using the Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons are increasingly being exploited for the non-destructive assay of shielded containers in a wide range of applications. One such application is the…

Muon radiography, also known as muography, is a non-destructive geophysical technique for the study of the internal structure of large objects such as volcanoes. This is possible by constructing an image based on the differential absorption…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-14 R. Calderón-Ardila , A. Almela , M. Gómez-Berisso , A. Sedoski , C. Varela , A. Vesga-Ramírez , H. Asorey

Research on a large-area, cost-effective Muon Telescope Detector has been carried out for RHIC and for next generation detectors at future QCD Lab. We utilize state-of-the-art multi-gap resistive plate chambers with large modules and long…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Lijuan Ruan

The performance of a scintillating fiber detector prototype for tracking under high rate conditions is investigated. A spatial resolution of about100 micron is aimed for the detector. Further demands are low occupancy and radiation hardness…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 E. C. Aschenauer , J. Baehr , V. Gapienko , B. Hoffmann , A. Kharchilava , H. Luedecke , R. Nahnhauer , R. Shanidze

We report on a new measurement of the energy resolution that can be attained in liquid xenon when recording only the scintillation light. Our setup is optimized to maximize light collection, and uses state-of-the-art, high-PDE,…

COMET is a leading experiment to search for coherent conversion of $\mu^- \mathrm{N}\to e^- \mathrm{N}$ with a high-intensity pulsed muon beamline, produced by the innovative slow extraction techniques. Therefore, it is critical to measure…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-18 Yu Xu , Yunsong Ning , Zhizhen Qin , Yao Teng , Changqing Feng , Jian Tang , Yu Chen , Yoshinori Fukao , Satoshi Mihara , Kou Oishi