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
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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