Obtaining material identification with cosmic ray radiography
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Abstract
The passage of muons through matter is dominated by the Coulomb interaction with electrons and nuclei in the matter. The muon interaction with the electrons leads to continuous energy loss and stopping of the muons. The muon interaction with nuclei leads to angular diffusion. Using both stopped muons and angle diffusion interactions allows us to determine density and identify materials. Here we demonstrate material identification using data taken at Los Alamos with a particle tracker built from a set of sealed drift tubes with commercial electronics and software, the Mini Muon Tracker (MMT).
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OpenAlex topics: Particle Detector Development and Performance · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
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Affiliations
Los Alamos National Laboratory 1 , Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
National Security Technologies 2 , Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
KEK 3 , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-0801, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan and UC-Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Decision Sciences 4 , 12345 First American Way, Suite 130, Poway, CA 92064, USA
University of New Mexico 5 Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, , Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
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