International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021)

from Wednesday, 24 November 2021 (08:00) to Friday, 26 November 2021 (14:10)
Ghent (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
24 Nov 2021
25 Nov 2021
26 Nov 2021
AM
08:30
Opening - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE)) (until 09:15) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
08:30 Registration   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:00 Welcome   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:15
Collaboration reports - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE)) (until 10:15) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:15 Muography for Underground Geological Surveys: ongoing application at the Lousal Mine (Portugal) - Pedro Teixeira (ICT/IIFA - Universidade de Évora)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:45
Collaboration reports - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE)) (until 11:35) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:45 Muography in Colombia: simulation framework and instrumentation - Jesus Peña Rodriguez (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:15 Muography developments within the MuAR project: advances in simulations and new detectors designs - Hernán Asorey (CNEA)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:35
Instrumentation - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE)) (until 12:35) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:35 Towards portable high-resolution muon detector based on RPCs - Samip Basnet (Catholic University of Louvain)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:55 Construction and readout systems of gaseous muography detectors - Dezso Varga (Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Wigner RCP) (HU))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
12:15 Application of Portable Gaseous Detectors for Underground Muography - Dr Gergő Hamar (Wigner RCP, Budapest)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:00
Simulation tools and studies - Andrea Giammanco (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE)) (until 10:20) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:00 A muon generator for cosmic-ray muon applications - Germano Bonomi (Universita di Brescia (IT))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:40 The simulations chain of the MURAVES experiment - Marwa Al Moussawi (Catholic University of Louvain)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:00 Muography and geology - Does it matter which continent you stand on? - Pasi Kuusiniemi (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50
Data analysis and image reconstruction - Giiulio Saracino (Universita e sezione INFN di Napoli (IT)) (until 12:10) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:50 Assessing the rock density distribution of a volcano lava dome with a 4-panel scintillator-based muon detector - Mr Raphael Bajou (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:50 Recent results from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ work on muon tomography for nuclear security and safeguards - Oleg Kamaev (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:00
Applications - Giovanni Macedonio (INGV - Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy) (until 10:20) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:00 Thoughts about an ideal validation environment for muography applications - Mr 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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:20 Civil Infrastructure Monitoring using Muon Radiography - Chris Steer (Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations (UK))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
09:40 Imaging of the inner zone of blast furnaces using the muon radiography: the BLEMAB project - Dr Sandro Gonzi (Università degli Studi di Firenze and INFN)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:00 Application of muography to the industrial sector - Pablo Martinez Ruiz Del Arbol (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC (ES)) Mr Aitor Orio (Muon Systems)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50
Applications - Giovanni Macedonio (INGV - Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy) (until 12:10) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
10:50 The use of muon radiography in the verification of nuclear geological disposal facilities - Lee F. Thompson (University of Sheffield (UK))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:10 Muon Tomography Applications for Nuclear Waste Management and Decommissioning in the UK - Dr Matthew Ryan (National Nuclear Laboratory)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:30 SilentBorder project: a new generation of custom and security scanners - Madis Kiisk (University of Tartu)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
11:50 Simulation Study of Reinforced Concrete Blocks With Muon Imaging Techniques - Dr Guangliang Yang (University of Glasgow)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
PM
12:35 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Instrumentation - Simone Donati (University of Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Simone Donati (Universita di Pisa & INFN (IT)) (until 15:00) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:00 COMMAND: a COmpact and Multi-purpose Muon And Neutron Detector - Prof. Davide Pagano (Universita di Brescia (IT))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:20 A Novel Readout Scheme for Muon Tomography Application in Material Identification - Mr Subhendu Das (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:40 Borehole Muon Telescope for Underground Muography - Luigi Cimmino (University of Naples "Federico II" and INFN Napoli)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
Instrumentation - Simone Donati (University of Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Simone Donati (Universita di Pisa & INFN (IT)) (until 16:30) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:30 Technological development and application of muography with nuclear emulsions - Kunihiro Morishima (Nagoya University (JP))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:50 Novel Muon Tomography Detector for the Pyramids - Richard Kouzes Richard Kouzes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Richard Kouzes (PNNL)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:10 Muography at Low Background Noise Underground Research Laboratory of Rustrel. - Dr Ignacio Lazaro Roche (LSBB - Laboratoire Souterrain a Bas Bruit (FR))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
12:10 --- Lunch break ---
13:40
Data analysis and image reconstruction - Giiulio Saracino (Universita e sezione INFN di Napoli (IT)) (until 14:20) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
13:40 Absorption muographic challenges on the surface - Gábor Nyitrai (Wigner RCP, Budapest)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:00 Imaging and evaluation of defects in civil structures using Muon Scattering Tomography (MST) - Supratik Mukhopadhyay (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN)) Mr Sridhar Tripathy (SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS) Nayana Majumdar (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:20
Science communication and outreach - Akitaka Ariga (Chiba University Nishi-Chiba Campus (JP)) (until 15:00) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:20 Muography in the university and in the museum - Sofia Andringa Dias (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
14:40 The Cosmic Muon Images demonstrator within the REINFORCE project - Theodore Avgitas (IP2I)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
Poster session (until 16:15) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:50 Nuclear Waste Imaging and Diversion Monitoring using Muon Scattering Tomography - Michael Weekes   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:55 MUCH: an imaging Cherenkov telescope for volcano muography - Davide Mollica (INAF/IASF Palermo)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:55 Muography Application in IFIN-HH - Denis Stanca   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:55 The MURAVES experiment at Vesuvius: geophysical implications   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
15:55 Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza - Ishbel Jamieson   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Development of a borehole detector with nuclear emulsions - Tomoya Imanishi (Nagoya University)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Development of a non-destructive inspection method for trees using cosmic rays - Dr Akira Nishio (Nagoya University)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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 )   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Measurement of cosmic rays with emulsion chambers in water - Dr Nobuko Kitagawa (Nagoya University)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
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)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Meiga, a dedicated framework used for muography applications - Alvaro Taboada (ITeDA, CNEA)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Muography, outreaching and transdisciplinarity - Marko Holma (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Simulation of a first case study for magnetic field imaging with the Magic-µ technique - Hamid Basiri (Kyushu University)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Simulation Studies for Muography of the Pyramids - Ms Shereen Aly (Helwan University and Canadian Internaational College)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Trends in publishing muography related research results. The situation at the end of 2020 - Marko Holma (Muon Solutions Oy, Pyhäjärvi (Finland))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Unveiling triangular correlation of angular deviation in muon scattering tomography by means of GEANT4 simulations - Ahmet Ilker Topuz (Catholic University of Louvain)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:00 Volcanic Eruption Forecasting using Cosmic Ray Muography and Artificial Intelligence - Thomas Chen (Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:15
New Ideas (until 17:15) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:15 Magnetic-field imaging by cosmic-ray muon (Magic-µ) - Prof. Tadahiro Kin (Kyushu University)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:35 Atmospheric ray tomography for low-Z materials - Andi Hektor (GScan OÜ & KBFI)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
16:55 Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza - Alan Bross (Fermilab)   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
12:10
Closing (until 12:20) (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)
12:10 Closing statements - Michael Tytgat (Ghent University (BE))   (Het Pand, Zaal August Vermeylen)