Obtaining material identification with cosmic ray radiography

C. L. Morris; Konstantin Borozdin; Jeffrey Bacon; Elliott Chen; Zarija Lukić; Edward Milner; Haruo Miyadera; John Perry; Dave Schwellenbach; Derek Aberle; Wendi Dreesen; J. Andrew Green; George G. McDuff; Kanetada Nagamine; Michael Sossong; Candace Spore; Nathan Toleman

doi:10.1063/1.4766179

AIP Advances (Dec 2012)

Obtaining material identification with cosmic ray radiography

C. L. Morris,
Konstantin Borozdin,
Jeffrey Bacon,
Elliott Chen,
Zarija Lukić,
Edward Milner,
Haruo Miyadera,
John Perry,
Dave Schwellenbach,
Derek Aberle,
Wendi Dreesen,
J. Andrew Green,
George G. McDuff,
Kanetada Nagamine,
Michael Sossong,
Candace Spore,
Nathan Toleman

Affiliations

C. L. Morris: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Konstantin Borozdin: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Jeffrey Bacon: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Elliott Chen: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Zarija Lukić: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Edward Milner: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Haruo Miyadera: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
John Perry: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Dave Schwellenbach: National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
Derek Aberle: National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
Wendi Dreesen: National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
J. Andrew Green: National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
George G. McDuff: National Security Technologies, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
Kanetada Nagamine: KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-0801, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan and UC-Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Michael Sossong: Decision Sciences, 12345 First American Way, Suite 130, Poway, CA 92064, USA
Candace Spore: Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
Nathan Toleman: Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766179
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 042128 – 042128-7

Abstract

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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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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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