[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric muons as an imaging tool

L Bonechi, R D'Alessandro, A Giammanco - Reviews in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of atmospheric muons, collectively
named under the neologism “muography”, exploit the abundant natural flux of muons …

Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering

ZX Zhang, T Enqvist, M Holma, P Kuusiniemi - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2020 - Springer
Muography is a novel imaging method using natural cosmic-ray radiation for characterising
and monitoring variation in average material density in a diverse range of objects that …

Future prospects of muography for geological research and geotechnical and mining engineering

M Holma, Z Zhang, P Kuusiniemi… - Muography: Exploring …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmic‐ray muography has several current and many promising future applications in
geosciences, geotechnical engineering, and mining engineering. Muography, if applied to …

3D muography for the search of hidden cavities

L Cimmino, G Baccani, P Noli, L Amato, F Ambrosino… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Muography (or muon radiography) is a technique that exploits the penetration capability of
muons, elementary particles similar to electrons but with a mass about 200 times larger …

Transmission-based muography for ore bodies prospecting: A case study from a Skarn Complex in Italy

T Beni, D Borselli, L Bonechi, M Bongi… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Transmission-based muography (TM) is an innovative imaging technique based on the
measurement and analysis of the cosmic ray muons flux attenuation within the target under …

Muon tomography for railway tunnel imaging

LF Thompson, JP Stowell, SJ Fargher, CA Steer… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Cosmic ray muon radiography utilizes highly penetrating cosmic ray muons to image the
density profile of an object of interest. Here we report on a trial to use a portable field …

Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications

J Bae, S Chatzidakis - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Cosmic ray muons have been considered as a non-conventional radiation probe in various
applications. To utilize cosmic ray muons in engineering applications, two important …

Laser scanner and UAV digital photogrammetry as support tools for cosmic-ray muon radiography applications: an archaeological case study from Italy

T Beni, D Borselli, L Bonechi, L Lombardi, S Gonzi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The use of light detection and ranging technologies, ie terrestrial laser scanner (TLS),
airborne laser scanner (ALS) and mobile laser scanner (MLS), together with the unmanned …

Muon tomography using micromegas detectors: From Archaeology to nuclear safety applications

H Gómez - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Muon tomography, or muography, stands out as a non-invasive technique for the scanning
of big objects internal structure. It relies on the measurement of the direction changes or …

Bedrock sculpting under an active alpine glacier revealed from cosmic-ray muon radiography

R Nishiyama, A Ariga, T Ariga, A Lechmann, D Mair… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Mountain glaciers form landscapes with U-shaped valleys, roche moutonées and
overdeepenings through bedrock erosion. However, little evidence for active glacial carving …