As cosmic muons traverse a target they interact with it (eg. bremsstrahlung,..) that induces a secondary radiation, whose spectra depends on the material-composition of the target. This imaging technique is sensitive to low-Z materials as well, opening a novel non-invasive material-identification method for medium-sized obscure targets.
Our Hungarian-Serbian collaboration pioneered in...
Muography is a rapidly expanding research field, its development boosted both by an emerging coherent research community as well as technology transfer towards professional end-users. Unlike the variety of applications, the measurement tool serves one purpose: efficient, reliable, sufficiently precise cosmic muon detection. The talk aims to give an overview of the instrumental challenges,...
Unconsolidated materials and soils have a general capability to absorb and retain fluids because of their porosity. Measuring this water content can be important for certain applications such as heap leaching.
Heap leaching is mineral processing technology wherein certain metals (e.g. Cu, Au, Ag..) are extracted from a stack of crushed mineral ore via chemical reactions initiated by a...
The massive and growing global port trade demands efficient procedures and technologies to inspect in an automated way containers and vehicles where goods and materials are carried. The MUON CARGO project [1], co-financed by Puertos del Estado [2] (public business entity under the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda), has been launched with the aim of complementing the...
Muon scattering tomography is a novel cosmic muon imaging technique that exploits the multiple Coulomb-scattering of the cosmic muons.
Imaging and identification of enclosed high-Z materials become possible,
usable in large volume scanners. The proof of concept is supported via several simulation frameworks and experimental demonstartions.
As the scattering angle strongly depends on...
The natural flux of cosmic-ray muons impinges upon the Earth’s surface allows us to study the interior composition, density and obtain 3D-reconstructions of geological and human-made structures using muon detectors.
In this contribution, we describe the state-of-the-art muon tracking system developed by the company GScan in collaboration with our research partners. The detector system...
