15–16 Sept 2016
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Europe/Lisbon timezone

MPGD-based muon telescopes for archeology: the ScanPyramids project

15 Sept 2016, 10:30
20m
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Speaker

Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Description

Three muon telescopes based on multiplexed Micromegas have recently been built for the ScanPyramids mission whose aim is to image four Egyptian pyramids in Giza and Daschour sites. These telescopes were installed early June on the North and East faces of Khufu and took data during 2-3 months. We will report in this talk on their operation in extreme conditions (temperature, dust in particular) and their general performance.

Primary author

Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))

Presentation materials