Title of article
Portable cosmic muon telescope for environmental applications
Author/Authors
R. and Barnafoldi، نويسنده , , Gergely G?bor and Hamar، نويسنده , , Gerg? and Melegh، نويسنده , , Hunor Gergely and Ol?h، نويسنده , , L?szl? and Sur?nyi، نويسنده , , Gergely and Varga، نويسنده , , Dezs?، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages
10
From page
60
To page
69
Abstract
A portable, low power consumption cosmic muon tracking system based on Close Cathode MWPC technology is presented, which is designed for operation in highly humid environmental conditions such as underground caves, tunnels, or cellars. The system measures the angular distribution of cosmic muons with resolution of 10 mrad, allowing for a tomographic mapping of the soil density above the detector unit. The size of the detector, 0.1 m2 of total sensitive surface, was designed to fulfill the requirement of transport through humanly passable natural cave tunnels. First results from the Ariadne Cave System in Pilis Mountains, Hungary are shown, which constrains the necessary data taking time for meaningful tomographic mapping.
Keywords
Cosmic muon detection , Geophysics applications , Speleology , Muon tomography
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2206271
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