Muography is a non-invasive technique that exploits the absorption and scattering features of cosmic-ray muons and produces projectional image of a target volume. We are studying different muon telescope configurations for use in tomography applications such as imaging the spent nuclear fuel dry cask, border controls of transport, and radiography applications such as to investigate...
A novel readout technique was designed for applications covering large surfaces, such as the muon scattering tomography. Knowing that the FEE is often the driving cost of RPCs, the new codification was developed with the initial intention of significantly reducing the dependence of the number of electronic channels on the detector area, without substantial decrease of its performance.
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Since their discovery in 1912, cosmic rays have been an invaluable source of information about the distant universe, constituting one of the pillars of the so-called multi-messenger astronomy. Also, they act as a penetrating radiation providing information about near-Earth space and the solar activity. In order to deepen our knowledge in cosmic rays, a new family of detectors called Trasgos...
In the Hadron Hall of J-PARC, we plan to measure the cross sections for exclusive Drell-Yan reaction ($π^- p→μ^+ μ^- n$) aiming to determine the generalized parton distribution functions (GPDs) of nucleons. The experiment will be conducted in the π20 beamline and MRPCs will be utilized for muon identification. An area of 1.8 m × 2.4 m will be covered by a MRPC that is designed to identify a...
