Muon detector for underground tomography

Yan Benhammou; Erez Etzion; Gilad Mizrachi; Meny Raviv Moshe; Yiftah Silver; Igor Zolkin

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2022.167412

Muon detector for underground tomography

Yan Benhammou, Erez Etzion, Gilad Mizrachi, Meny Raviv Moshe, Yiftah Silver, Igor Zolkin

School of Physics and Astronomy

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

We utilize cosmic ray muons 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 underground muon radiography.

Original language	English
Article number	167412
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1042
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167412
State	Published - 1 Nov 2022

Keywords

3-D imaging
High energy physics
Muon tomography
Particle detectors

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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