Title :
Charged particle energy loss radiography for homeland security applications
Author :
Borozdin, Konstantin N. ; Morris, Christopher L. ; Fraser, Andrew M. ; Green, J. Andrew ; Mariam, Fesseha G. ; Schultz, Larry J. ; Cuellar, Leticia ; Hengartner, Nicolos W. ; Saunders, Alexander ; Walstrom, Peter L.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA
fDate :
Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009
Abstract :
We discuss an innovative low-dose approach for detecting shielded strategic nuclear materials (SNM) based on measuring the energy-loss of energetic protons penetrating an object.
Keywords :
national security; position sensitive particle detectors; radiography; charged particle energy loss radiography; energetic protons; homeland security applications; innovative low-dose approach; shielded strategic nuclear materials; Energy loss; Energy measurement; Loss measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Particle beams; Particle scattering; Position measurement; Protons; Radiography; Terrorism;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3961-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402464
