[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 …

Joint measurement of the atmospheric muon flux through the Puy de Dôme volcano with plastic scintillators and Resistive Plate Chambers detectors

F Ambrosino, A Anastasio, A Bross… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The muographic imaging of volcanoes relies on the measured transmittance of the
atmospheric muon flux through the target. An important bias affecting the result comes from …

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 …

The MU-RAY project: detector technology and first data from Mt. Vesuvius

F Ambrosino, A Anastasio, D Basta… - Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Muon Radiography allows to map the density of a volcanic cone. It is based on the
measurement of the attenuation of the flux of muons present in the cosmic radiation on the …

First measurement of ice‐bedrock interface of alpine glaciers by cosmic muon radiography

R Nishiyama, A Ariga, T Ariga, S Käser… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The shape of the bedrock underneath alpine glaciers bears vital information on the
erosional mechanism related to the flow of ice. So far, several geophysical exploration …

The MIMA project. Design, construction and performances of a compact hodoscope for muon radiography applications in the context of archaeology and geophysical …

G Baccani, L Bonechi, D Borselli… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Muon Imaging for Mining and Archaeology (MIMA) project aims at the
development of a non-invasive technique for imaging dense structures or cavities, hidden in …

Volcanoes in Italy and the role of muon radiography

R D'Alessandro, F Ambrosino… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cosmic-ray muon radiography (muography), an imaging technique that can provide
measurements of rock densities within the top few 100 m of a volcanic cone, has now …

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 …