A new method for imaging nuclear threats using cosmic ray muons
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
Muon tomography is a technique that uses cosmic ray muons to generate three-dimensional images of volumes using information contained in the Coulomb scattering of the muons. Advantages of this technique are the ability of cosmic rays to penetrate significant overburden and the absence of any additional dose delivered to subjects under study beyond the natural cosmic ray flux. Disadvantages include the relatively long exposure times and poor position resolution and complex algorithms needed for reconstruction. Furthermore, we demonstrate a new method for obtaining improved position resolution and statistical precision for objects with spherical symmetry.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Test Site/National Security Technologies, LLC, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25946
- OSTI ID:
- 1249216
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/25946-1754
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 3, Issue 8; ISSN 2158-3226
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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