Muon radiography in Russia with emulsion technique. First experiments future perspectives

Journal Article · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938895· OSTI ID:22499177

Aleksandrov, A. B.; Bagulya, A. V.; Chernyavsky, M. M.; Konovalova, N. S.; Polukhina, N. G.; Shchedrina, T. V.; Starkov, N. I.; Tioukov, V. E.; Vladymyrov, M. S. ^[1]; Managadze, A. K.; Roganova, T. M. ^[2]; Orurk, O. I. ^[3]; Zemskova, S. G. ^[1]

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1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
3. Research Institute of Tire Industry, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Cosmic ray muon radiography is a novel technique for imaging the internal structures of massive objects. It exploits the capability of high energy muons from cosmic-rays in order to obtain a density map of investigated object and trying to guess information on the variation in the density distribution. Nuclear emulsions are tracking detectors well suited to be employed in this context since they have an excellent angular resolution (few mrad), they are cheap, compact and robust, easily transportable, able to work in harsh environments, and do not require power supply. This work presents the first successful results in the field of muon radiography in Russia with nuclear emulsions.

• OSTI ID: 22499177
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1702, Issue 1; Conference: ICCMSE 2015: International conference of computational methods in sciences and engineering 2015, Athens (Greece), 20-23 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
COSMIC RADIATION
DENSITY
DISTRIBUTION
IMAGES
INFORMATION
MUONS
NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
RESOLUTION