Name: International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021)
Start: 2021-11-24T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2021-11-26T14:10:00+01:00
Location: Ghent

International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021)

from Wednesday, 24 November 2021 (08:00) to Friday, 26 November 2021 (14:10)

Monday, 22 November 2021
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
08:30 Registration and welcome
Registration and welcome
08:30 - 09:15
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

08:30 Registration

09:00 Welcome
09:15
09:15 - 10:15
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

09:15 Muography for Underground Geological Surveys: ongoing application at the Lousal Mine (Portugal) - Pedro Teixeira (ICT/IIFA - Universidade de Évora)

09:45 Muography of the active Sakurajima volcano: recent results and future perspectives of hazard assessment - László Oláh (Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
10:45
10:45 - 11:35
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

10:45 Muography in Colombia: simulation framework and instrumentation - Jesus Peña Rodriguez (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)

11:15 Muography developments within the MuAR project: advances in simulations and new detectors designs - Hernán Asorey (CNEA)
11:35
11:35 - 12:35
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

11:35 Towards portable high-resolution muon detector based on RPCs - Samip Basnet (Catholic University of Louvain)

11:55 Construction and readout systems of gaseous muography detectors - Dezso Varga (Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Wigner RCP) (HU))

12:15 Application of Portable Gaseous Detectors for Underground Muography - Gergő Hamar (Wigner RCP, Budapest)
12:35 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:35 - 14:00
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
14:00
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

14:00 COMMAND: a COmpact and Multi-purpose Muon And Neutron Detector - Davide Pagano (Universita di Brescia (IT))

14:20 A Novel Readout Scheme for Muon Tomography Application in Material Identification - Subhendu Das (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))

14:40 Borehole Muon Telescope for Underground Muography - Luigi Cimmino (University of Naples "Federico II" and INFN Napoli)
15:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

15:30 Technological development and application of muography with nuclear emulsions - Kunihiro Morishima (Nagoya University (JP))

15:50 Novel Muon Tomography Detector for the Pyramids - Richard Kouzes Richard Kouzes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Richard Kouzes (PNNL)

16:10 Muography at Low Background Noise Underground Research Laboratory of Rustrel. - Ignacio Lazaro Roche (LSBB - Laboratoire Souterrain a Bas Bruit (FR))
Thursday, 25 November 2021
09:00
09:00 - 10:20
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

09:00 A muon generator for cosmic-ray muon applications - Germano Bonomi (Universita di Brescia (IT))

09:20 Impact of geodesic parameters on the muon flux simulated by CORSIKA - Amélie Cohu (Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I), IN2P3, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, UMR 5822)

09:40 The simulations chain of the MURAVES experiment - Marwa Al Moussawi (Catholic University of Louvain)

10:00 Muography and geology - Does it matter which continent you stand on? - Pasi Kuusiniemi (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))
10:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
10:50
10:50 - 12:10
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

10:50 Assessing the rock density distribution of a volcano lava dome with a 4-panel scintillator-based muon detector - Raphael Bajou (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)

11:10 The MURAVES experiment : study of the Vesuvius Great Cone with Muon Radiography - Mariaelena D'Errico (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II & INFN)

11:30 Muon imaging and monitoring applied to hydrogeological studies at the Mont Terri Underground Rock Laboratory, Switzerland - Matías Tramontini (CONICET - Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

11:50 Recent results from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ work on muon tomography for nuclear security and safeguards - Oleg Kamaev (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL))
12:10 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:40
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
13:40
13:40 - 14:20
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

13:40 Absorption muographic challenges on the surface - Gábor Nyitrai (Wigner RCP, Budapest)

14:00 Imaging and evaluation of defects in civil structures using Muon Scattering Tomography (MST) - Sridhar Tripathy (SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS) Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics) Supratik Mukhopadhyay (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))
14:20
14:20 - 15:00
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

14:20 Muography in the university and in the museum - Sofia Andringa Dias (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)

14:40 The Cosmic Muon Images demonstrator within the REINFORCE project - Theodore Avgitas (IP2I)
15:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
15:30
15:30 - 16:15
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

15:30 Monte Carlo simulation for background study of the Wudalianchi volcano with cosmic ray muons - Lingxin Chen (Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Science)

15:50 Nuclear Waste Imaging and Diversion Monitoring using Muon Scattering Tomography - Michael Weekes

15:55 Muography Application in IFIN-HH - Denis Stanca

15:55 MUCH: an imaging Cherenkov telescope for volcano muography - Davide Mollica (INAF/IASF Palermo)

15:55 Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza - Ishbel Jamieson

15:55 The MURAVES experiment at Vesuvius: geophysical implications

16:00 Unveiling triangular correlation of angular deviation in muon scattering tomography by means of GEANT4 simulations - Ahmet Ilker Topuz (Catholic University of Louvain)

16:00 Development of Mudulus, a muography detector based on double-synchronized electronics for geophysical applications - Rolando Calderón Ardila (Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas )

16:00 Simulation Studies for Muography of the Pyramids - Shereen Aly (Helwan University and Canadian Internaational College)

16:00 Meiga, a dedicated framework used for muography applications - Alvaro Taboada (ITeDA, CNEA)

16:00 Simulation of a first case study for magnetic field imaging with the Magic-µ technique - Hamid Basiri (Kyushu University)

16:00 Development of a non-destructive inspection method for trees using cosmic rays - Akira Nishio (Nagoya University)

16:00 Measurement of cosmic rays with emulsion chambers in water - Nobuko Kitagawa (Nagoya University)

16:00 Development of a borehole detector with nuclear emulsions - Tomoya Imanishi (Nagoya University)

16:00 Volcanic Eruption Forecasting using Cosmic Ray Muography and Artificial Intelligence - Thomas Chen (Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)

16:00 Trends in publishing muography related research results. The situation at the end of 2020 - Marko Holma (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))

16:00 Measurement of the Low-energy Muon Spectra with the Rotatable NEWCUT Spectrometer - László Oláh (Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

16:00 Muography, outreaching and transdisciplinarity - Marko Holma (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))
16:15
16:15 - 17:15
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

16:15 Magnetic-field imaging by cosmic-ray muon (Magic-µ) - Tadahiro Kin (Kyushu University)

16:35 Atmospheric ray tomography for low-Z materials - Andi Hektor (GScan OÜ & KBFI)

16:55 Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza - Alan Bross (Fermilab)
Friday, 26 November 2021
09:00
09:00 - 10:20
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

09:00 Thoughts about an ideal validation environment for muography applications - Jari Joutsenvaara ((1)Kerttu Saalasti Institute, University of Oulu, Finland; (2) Virtual Muography Institute (global); (3) Arctic Planetary Science Institute, Finland; (4) Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi, Finland)

09:20 Civil Infrastructure Monitoring using Muon Radiography - Chris Steer (Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations (UK))

09:40 Imaging of the inner zone of blast furnaces using the muon radiography: the BLEMAB project - Sandro Gonzi (Università degli Studi di Firenze and INFN)

10:00 Application of muography to the industrial sector - Aitor Orio (Muon Systems) Pablo Martinez Ruiz Del Arbol (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC (ES))
10:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
10:50
10:50 - 12:10
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

10:50 The use of muon radiography in the verification of nuclear geological disposal facilities - Lee F. Thompson (University of Sheffield (UK))

11:10 Muon Tomography Applications for Nuclear Waste Management and Decommissioning in the UK - Matthew Ryan (National Nuclear Laboratory)

11:30 SilentBorder project: a new generation of custom and security scanners - Madis Kiisk (University of Tartu)

11:50 Simulation Study of Reinforced Concrete Blocks With Muon Imaging Techniques - Guangliang Yang (University of Glasgow)
12:10
12:10 - 12:20
Room: Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen
Contributions

12:10 Closing statements - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE))