[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 …

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 …

Imaging of underground cavities with cosmic-ray muons from observations at Mt. Echia (Naples)

G Saracino, L Amato, F Ambrosino, G Antonucci… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Muography is an imaging technique based on the measurement of absorption profiles for
muons as they pass through rocks and earth. Muons are produced in the interactions of high …

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 …

Cosmic ray muon computed tomography of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage casks

D Poulson, JM Durham, E Guardincerri… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Radiography with cosmic ray muon scattering has proven to be a successful method of
imaging nuclear material through heavy shielding. Of particular interest is monitoring dry …

[BOOK][B] Messengers from the Cosmos

F Riggi - 2023 - Springer
All areas of scientific investigation may be considered, especially in the eyes of those
directly involved in that activity, as an exciting adventure. If we looked for a definition of …

Applications of muon absorption radiography to the fields of archaeology and civil engineering

G Saracino, F Ambrosino, L Bonechi… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Muon radiography, also known as muography, is an imaging technique that provides
information on the mass density distribution inside large objects. Muons are naturally …

GGS: A Generic Geant4 Simulation package for small-and medium-sized particle detection experiments

N Mori - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Generic Geant4 Simulation (GGS) is a package designed to speed-up the
realization and deployment of Monte Carlo simulation software based on Geant4, for small …

Verification of spent nuclear fuel in sealed dry storage casks via measurements of cosmic-ray muon scattering

JM Durham, D Poulson, J Bacon, DL Chichester… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
Most of the plutonium in the world resides inside spent nuclear reactor fuel rods. This high-
level radioactive waste is commonly held in long-term storage within large, heavily shielded …

A new cylindrical borehole detector for radiographic imaging with muons

L Cimmino, F Ambrosino, A Anastasio, M D'errico… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Muon radiography is a methodology which enables measuring the mass distribution within
large objects. It exploits the abundant flux of cosmic muons and uses detectors with different …