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Title: Elena Guardincerri: Tracking muons to reduce nuclear threats and help preserve architectural treasures

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1239924· OSTI ID:1239924
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

When Elena Guardincerri was a physics PhD student at the University of Genova, she considered muons a nuisance. She built muon detectors to snare these secondary cosmic rays, which were interfering with her experiments to study elusive neutrinos.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1239924
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21258
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English