{"title":"Magnetic Field Imaging by Cosmic-Ray Muons (Magic-μ): First Feasibility Simulation for Strong Magnetic Fields","authors":"T. Kin, H. Basiri, E. Gil, A. Giammanco","doi":"10.31526/jais.2023.297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2023.297","url":null,"abstract":"We have proposed a novel application for cosmic-ray muography, called Magic-$mu$, which is short for Magnetic field Imaging by Cosmic-ray Muons. The general goal of Magic-$mu$ is to detect the presence of a magnetic field or magnetic flux density whose three-dimensional distribution is unknown. Depending on the application, Magic-$mu$ can have three detection modes. The first is\"magnetic field imaging,\"which is detecting the presence of a magnetic field in specific voxels within a region of space. The other two modes, transmission and deflection, aim not only to detect the presence but also to measure the flux density of the magnetic field. We have performed a feasibility study using the PHITS Monte Carlo simulation code, for strong and weak magnetic fields. In this paper, we first give an overview of the concept and basic principles of magnetic field muography. Then, the results of the feasibility study on magnetic field imaging for a strong magnetic field (more than 500 mT) are presented.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127448893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Subhendu Das, S. Tripathy, S. Sarkar, N. Majumdar, S. Mukhopadhyay
{"title":"A Novel Readout Scheme for Muon Tomography Application in Material Identification","authors":"Subhendu Das, S. Tripathy, S. Sarkar, N. Majumdar, S. Mukhopadhyay","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.261","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports a cost-effective, multi-parameter readout and data-acquisition system for a muon scattering tomography system based on Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). Initial test measurements with a prototype Resistive Plate Chamber were performed using a low-cost FPGA coupled to the NINO ASIC for the event selection and handling data. The Time over-Threshold (TOT) property of NINO ASICs has been used to achieve better position information and achieve precise tracking capability. In our test setup, we try to build an imaging setup using a single RPC and lead block, which covers some areas of RPC. A glass RPC of dimension 30cm x 30cm, filled with a gas mixture of 95% Freon and 5% Isobutane, equipped with two orthogonal panels of readout strips of width 3 cm and pitch 3.2 cm, has been operated.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129443144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. D’Errico, F. Ambrosino, A. Anastasio, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, A. Bross, R. Ciaranfi, L. Cimmino, C. Ciulli, R. D'Alessandro, A. Giammanco, F. Giudicepietro, S. Gonzi, R. Karnam, G. Macedonio, V. Masone, N. Mori, M. Moussawi, M. Orazi, G. Passeggio, R. Peluso, A. Pla-Dalmau, C. Rendón, A. Samalan, G. Saracino, G. Scarpato, P. Strolin, M. Tytgat, E. Vertechi, L.Viliani
{"title":"The MURAVES Experiment: A Study of the Vesuvius Great Cone with Muon Radiography","authors":"M. D’Errico, F. Ambrosino, A. Anastasio, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, A. Bross, R. Ciaranfi, L. Cimmino, C. Ciulli, R. D'Alessandro, A. Giammanco, F. Giudicepietro, S. Gonzi, R. Karnam, G. Macedonio, V. Masone, N. Mori, M. Moussawi, M. Orazi, G. Passeggio, R. Peluso, A. Pla-Dalmau, C. Rendón, A. Samalan, G. Saracino, G. Scarpato, P. Strolin, M. Tytgat, E. Vertechi, L.Viliani","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.273","url":null,"abstract":"The MURAVES experiment aims at the muographic imaging of the internal structure of the summit of Mt. Vesuvius, exploiting muons produced by cosmic rays. Though presently quiescent, the volcano carries a dramatic hazard in its highly populated surroundings. The challenging measurement of the rock density distribution in its summit by muography, in conjunction with data from other geophysical techniques, can help the modeling of possible eruptive dynamics. The MURAVES apparatus consists of an array of three independent and identical muon trackers, with a total sensitive area of 3 square meters. In each tracker, a sequence of 4 XY tracking planes made of plastic scintillators is complemented by a 60 cm thick lead wall inserted between the two downstream planes to improve rejection of background from low energy muons. The apparatus is currently acquiring data. Preliminary results from the analysis of a first data sample are presented. 1 ar X iv :2 20 2. 12 00 0v 1 [ ph ys ic s. in sde t] 2 4 Fe b 20 22","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131556299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bross, E. Dukes, R. Ehrlich, Eric Fernandez, Sophie Dukes, M. Gobashy, Ishbel Jamieson, P. L. Rivière, Mira Liu, G. Marouard, Nadine Moeller, A. Pla-Dalmau, P. Rubinov, Omar Shohoud, P. Vargas, Tabitha Welch
{"title":"Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of Giza","authors":"A. Bross, E. Dukes, R. Ehrlich, Eric Fernandez, Sophie Dukes, M. Gobashy, Ishbel Jamieson, P. L. Rivière, Mira Liu, G. Marouard, Nadine Moeller, A. Pla-Dalmau, P. Rubinov, Omar Shohoud, P. Vargas, Tabitha Welch","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.280","url":null,"abstract":"The pyramids of the Giza plateau have fascinated visitors since ancient times and are the last of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world still standing. It has been half a century since Luiz Alvarez and his team used cosmic-ray muon imaging to look for hidden chambers in Khafre’s Pyramid. Advances in instrumentation for High-Energy Physics (HEP) allowed a new survey, ScanPyramids, to make important new discoveries at the Great Pyramid (Khufu) utilizing the same basic technique that the Alvarez team used, but now with modern instrumentation. The Exploring the Great Pyramid Mission plans to field a very-large muon telescope system that will be transformational with respect to the field of cosmic-ray muon imaging. We plan to field a telescope system that has upwards of 100 times the sensitivity of the equipment that has recently been used at the Great Pyramid, will image muons from nearly all angles and will, for the first time, produce a true tomographic image of such a large structure.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128445738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Kouzes, A. Bonneville, A. Lintereur, I. Mostafanezhad, Ryan Pang, B. Rotter, F. Snigdha, M. Tytgat, S. Aly, B. Elmahdy, Y. Assran, A. Mahrous
{"title":"Novel Muon Tomography Detector for the Pyramids","authors":"R. Kouzes, A. Bonneville, A. Lintereur, I. Mostafanezhad, Ryan Pang, B. Rotter, F. Snigdha, M. Tytgat, S. Aly, B. Elmahdy, Y. Assran, A. Mahrous","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.240","url":null,"abstract":"Cosmic-ray muons which impinge upon the Earth’s surface can be used to image the density of geological and man-made materials located above a muon detector. The detectors used for these measurements must be capable of determining the muon rate as a function of the angle of incidence. Applications of this capability include geological carbon storage, natural gas storage, enhanced oil recovery, compressed air storage, oil and gas production, tunnel detection, and detection of hidden rooms in man-made structures such as the pyramids. For these applications the detector must be small, rugged, and have operational characteristics which enable its use in remote locations, such as low power requirements. A new muon detector design is now being constructed to make measurements on the Khafre pyramid, in Egypt, to look for unknown voids that might exist in the structure. The new detector design uses monolithic plates of scintillator with wavelength shifting fiber optic readout to obtain location information. This design will meet the operational requirements, while also providing a geometry which can be modified for different measurement conditions.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128188588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Aly, Y. Assran, A. Bonneville, B. Elmahdy, R. Kouzes, A. Lintereur, A. Mahrous, I. Mostafanezhad, R. Pang, B. Rotter, F. Snigdha, M. Tytgat, M. University, D. Physics, Astronomy, Ghent, Belgium, Institute of Basic, A. Science, Egypt-Japan University of Science, Technology, Alexandria, Egypt., D. Physics, Faculty of Computer Science, H. University, Cairo, C. F. A. Physics, The British University in Egypt, Elmira City, Canadian International college, Sheikh Zayed Campus, Giza, S. University, Elmira City, Suez-Cairo Road, Suez, Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon., P. S. University, S. College, Pennsylvania., P. N. N. Laboratory, Richland, Washington
{"title":"Simulation Studies of a Novel Muography Detector for the GreatPyramids","authors":"S. Aly, Y. Assran, A. Bonneville, B. Elmahdy, R. Kouzes, A. Lintereur, A. Mahrous, I. Mostafanezhad, R. Pang, B. Rotter, F. Snigdha, M. Tytgat, M. University, D. Physics, Astronomy, Ghent, Belgium, Institute of Basic, A. Science, Egypt-Japan University of Science, Technology, Alexandria, Egypt., D. Physics, Faculty of Computer Science, H. University, Cairo, C. F. A. Physics, The British University in Egypt, Elmira City, Canadian International college, Sheikh Zayed Campus, Giza, S. University, Elmira City, Suez-Cairo Road, Suez, Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon., P. S. University, S. College, Pennsylvania., P. N. N. Laboratory, Richland, Washington","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.306","url":null,"abstract":"Muography is an imaging technique that can be used to examine the interior structure of large-size objects. The technique is based on measurements of the absorption of cosmic-ray muons passing through the object under study. Muographic imaging was already successfully applied to the discovery of a new void inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, Egypt. With the aim of studying the Pyramid of Khafre, the second largest pyramid at Giza, a new muography detector is currently being constructed. In this paper we report on the development of a corresponding new simulation framework of the Great Pyramids and the detector setup. This simulation will serve as a basis to develop the data and image reconstruction algorithms to be used during our future muography campaign in the Pyramid of Khafre, and will allow us to study the relevant experimental conditions at the site.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127609631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Moussawi, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi, L. Cimmino, R. D'Alessandro, M. D’Errico, A. Giammanco, R. Karnam, G. Macedonio, C. Rendón, A. Samalan, G. Saracino, M. Tytgat
{"title":"The Simulations Chain of the MURAVES Experiment","authors":"M. Moussawi, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi, L. Cimmino, R. D'Alessandro, M. D’Errico, A. Giammanco, R. Karnam, G. Macedonio, C. Rendón, A. Samalan, G. Saracino, M. Tytgat","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.303","url":null,"abstract":"The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of the summital cone of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy. A detailed Monte Carlo simulation framework is necessary in order to investigate the effects of the experimental constraints and to perform comparisons with the actual observations. Our Monte Carlo setup combines a variety of Monte Carlo programs that address different aspects of cosmic muon simulation, from muon generation in the Earth’s upper atmosphere to the response of the detector, including the interactions with the material of the volcano. We will elaborate on the rationale for our technical choices, including trade-off between speed and accuracy, and on the lessons learned, which are of general interest for similar use cases in muon radiography. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021), 24-26 Nov. 2022 at Ghent, Belgium. Submitted to Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science. 1 ar X iv :2 20 2. 03 37 5v 1 [ ph ys ic s. in sde t] 7 F eb 2 02 2","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"709 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130184381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Pena-Rodr'iguez, A. Vesga-Ram'irez, A. V'asquez-Ram'irez, M. Su'arez-Dur'an, R. D. Le'on-Barrios, D. Sierra-Porta, R. Calder'on-Ardila, J. Pisco-Guavabe, Hernán Asorey, J. D. Sanabria-G'omez, L. A. N'unez
{"title":"Muography in Colombia: Simulation Framework, Instrumentation,and Data Analysis","authors":"J. Pena-Rodr'iguez, A. Vesga-Ram'irez, A. V'asquez-Ram'irez, M. Su'arez-Dur'an, R. D. Le'on-Barrios, D. Sierra-Porta, R. Calder'on-Ardila, J. Pisco-Guavabe, Hernán Asorey, J. D. Sanabria-G'omez, L. A. N'unez","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.271","url":null,"abstract":"We present the Colombo-Argentinian Muography Program for studying inland Latin-American volcanoes. It describes the implementation of a simulation framework covering various factors with different spatial and time scales: the geomagnetic effects at a particular geographic point, the development of extensive air showers in the atmosphere, the propagation through the scanned structure and the detector response. Next, we sketch the criteria adopted for designing, building, and commissioning MuTe: a hybrid Muon Telescope based on a composite detection technique. It combines a hodoscope for particle tracking and a water Cherenkov detector to enhance the muon-to-background-signal separation due to extensive air showers’ soft and multiple-particle components. MuTe also discriminates inverse-trajectory and lowmomentum muons by using a picosecond Time-of-Flight system. We also characterise the instrument’s structural –mechanical and thermal– behaviour, discussing preliminary results from the background composition and the telescope-health monitoring variables. Finally, we discuss the implementations of an optimisation algorithm to improve the volcano internal density distribution estimation and machine learning techniques for background rejection.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132946862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Basiri, T. Kin, N. Okamoto, E. Gil, A. Giammanco
{"title":"Simulation of a First Case Study for Magnetic Field Imaging with theMagic-μTechnique","authors":"H. Basiri, T. Kin, N. Okamoto, E. Gil, A. Giammanco","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.277","url":null,"abstract":"So far, most of the developments in muography (or cosmic-ray muon radiography) have been based on either the scattering or the absorption of cosmic-ray muons produced by the nuclear interactions between primary cosmic-rays and the nuclei of the Earth’s atmosphere. Applications of muography are increasing in various disciplines. A new use of this technique to measure a magnetic field has recently been proposed by our group. This new application takes advantage of the electric charge of cosmic-ray muons, which causes them to change their trajectory due to the Lorentz force generated by a magnetic field. In this study, we present a feasibility study of the proposed technique by simulating a simple dipole magnet using the three-dimensional finite element solution package AMaze, together with the PHITS Monte Carlo simulation tools. The distribution of magnetic field flux densities around the magnet was calculated in AMaze and entered into the PHITS code. Positive and negative cosmic-ray muons were generated based on the PHITS-based analytical radiation model (PARMA). A comparison of the count rate maps of the detected muons on two position-sensitive scintillator detectors for the magnetic field ON and OFF was studied using PHITS. The simulation results show ar X iv :2 20 1. 07 46 6v 1 [ ph ys ic s. in sde t] 1 9 Ja n 20 22 A PREPRINT JANUARY 20, 2022 the effect of the magnet on the count rate maps and are promising for the newly proposed application of cosmic-ray muons, the imaging of a magnetic field.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122760416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Versatile Method for the Reconstruction of Scintillator-Based Muon Telescope Events","authors":"R. Bajou, M. Rosas-Carbajal, J. Marteau","doi":"10.31526/jais.2022.254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.254","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new method to process the data recorded with muon telescopes. We have developed this processing method for the plastic scintillator-based hodoscopes located around the volcano La Soufrière de Guadeloupe, in the French Lesser Antilles, in order to perform muon radiographies of the lava dome region, strongly impacted by the volcanic hydrothermal activity. Our method relies on particle trajectory reconstruction, performing a fit of the recorded hits in the impacted scintillator bars using a Random Sample Consensus algorithm. This algorithm is specifically built to discriminate outlier points, usually due to noise hits, in the data. Thus, it is expected to significantly improve the signal/noise separation in muon track hits and to obtain higher quality estimates of the particles’ incident trajectories in our detectors. The first analysis of the RANSAC-reconstructed events offers promising results in terms of average density maps. To illustrate the performances of this algorithm, we provide angular resolution and reconstruction efficiency estimates using a GEANT4 simulation of a telescope equipped with four detection matrices. In addition, we also show preliminary results from open-sky data recorded with such telescope at La Soufrière de Guadeloupe volcano.","PeriodicalId":224303,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION IN SCIENCE","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128174664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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