[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric muons as an imaging tool

L Bonechi, R D'Alessandro, A Giammanco - Reviews in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of atmospheric muons, collectively
named under the neologism “muography”, exploit the abundant natural flux of muons …

Muography

HKM Tanaka, C Bozza, A Bross, E Cantoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Muography takes advantage of the specific properties of cosmic-ray muons, relativistic
leptons that are much heavier than electrons. Cosmic-ray muons have strong penetrating …

Toward the end-to-end optimization of particle physics instruments with differentiable programming

T Dorigo, A Giammanco, P Vischia, M Aehle, M Bawaj… - Reviews in Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
The full optimization of the design and operation of instruments whose functioning relies on
the interaction of radiation with matter is a super-human task, due to the large dimensionality …

Applications of cosmic-ray muons

G Bonomi, P Checchia, M D'Errico, D Pagano… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Applications of cosmic-ray muons have grown in numbers in the last decades. This was
possible thanks to the development of detectors and techniques employed in particle and …

Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering

ZX Zhang, T Enqvist, M Holma, P Kuusiniemi - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2020 - Springer
Muography is a novel imaging method using natural cosmic-ray radiation for characterising
and monitoring variation in average material density in a diverse range of objects that …

Three-dimensional muon imaging of cavities inside the Temperino mine (Italy)

D Borselli, T Beni, L Bonechi, M Bongi, D Brocchini… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Muon radiography (muography) is an imaging technique based on atmospheric muon
absorption in matter that allows to obtain two and three-dimensional images of internal …

3D muography for the search of hidden cavities

L Cimmino, G Baccani, P Noli, L Amato, F Ambrosino… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Muography (or muon radiography) is a technique that exploits the penetration capability of
muons, elementary particles similar to electrons but with a mass about 200 times larger …

Transmission-based muography for ore bodies prospecting: A case study from a Skarn Complex in Italy

T Beni, D Borselli, L Bonechi, M Bongi… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Transmission-based muography (TM) is an innovative imaging technique based on the
measurement and analysis of the cosmic ray muons flux attenuation within the target under …

Laser scanner and UAV digital photogrammetry as support tools for cosmic-ray muon radiography applications: an archaeological case study from Italy

T Beni, D Borselli, L Bonechi, L Lombardi, S Gonzi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The use of light detection and ranging technologies, ie terrestrial laser scanner (TLS),
airborne laser scanner (ALS) and mobile laser scanner (MLS), together with the unmanned …

Development and commissioning of a compact Cosmic Ray Muon imaging prototype

X Luo, Q Wang, K Qin, H Tian, Z Fu, Y Zhao… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the muon tomography's capability of imaging high Z materials, some potential
applications have been reported on inspecting smuggled nuclear materials in customs. A …