A scintillating fibres tracker detector for archaeological applications

Evaluation of positioning and density profiling accuracy of muon radiography by utilizing a 15-ton steel block

“…Since the average energy of quasihorizontal muons ranges from 10 to 30 GeV, the accuracy will be improved when the target size is slightly bigger than that used in this work (the range of 30-GeV muons is 150 hg cm −2 in iron). This is consistent with an uncertainty of 0.2 g cm −3 that is announced for a measurement period of 45 days (Nagamine et al, 2005).…”

“…Thus, in order to perform cosmic-ray muon radiography, one makes use either of muons coming from above the structure to be investigated by a detector underneath it, or by quasi-horizontal muons with the detector placed sideways. Since George's first muon radiography, researchers have been attempting to image pyramids (Alvarez et al, 1970), ore bodies (Malmqvist et al, 1979), volcanoes (Tanaka et al, , 2008Lesparre et al, 2012), seismic faults , caves (Caffau et al, 1997), and archaeological sites (Basset et al, 2006;Menichelli et al, 2007) radiographically using cosmic-ray muons. However, accuracy in positioning and determining the density has not been quantitatively estimated.…”

Cosmic ray tracking to monitor the stability of historical buildings: a feasibility study

“…This technique, known as muon tomography, needs a more complex apparatus. While the absorption technique requires the measurement of the muon position and Measurement Science and Technology Cosmic ray tracking to monitor the stability of historical buildings: a feasibility study G Bonomi 1,2,5 , M Caccia 3,4 , A Donzella 1,2 , D Pagano 1,2 , V Villa 1 and A Zenoni 1,2 direction only downstream of the object to be inspected, the technique based on muon scattering requires the measurement of muon position and direction both upstream and downstream, to measure the angular deviation of every single muon.…”

A Geant4 framework for generic simulations of atmospheric muon detection experiments

“…The detection of atmospheric muons for investigating the density structure of target bodies is a growing field with many real-world applications. Modern fields of investigation relying on this technique ranges from geology [Tanaka et al 2005, Ambrosi et al 2011] to archaeology [Menichelli et al 2007]. Novel possibilities opened up recently also for monitoring legacy nuclear waste storage sites [Clarkson et al 2014], nuclear power plants [Morris et al 2014] and nuclear contraband [Gnanvo et al 2008].…”