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Research article
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21 Dec 2018
Research article |
| 21 Dec 2018
| 21 Dec 2018
The effect of rock composition on muon tomography measurements
Alessandro Lechmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Invited contribution by Alessandro Lechmann, recipient of the EGU Seismology Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award 2016.
David Mair
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Akitaka Ariga
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Tomoko Ariga
Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Antonio Ereditato
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ryuichi Nishiyama
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ciro Pistillo
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Paola Scampoli
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Dipartimento di Fisica “E.Pancini”, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Fritz Schlunegger
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Mykhailo Vladymyrov
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Measurement of the neutron and gamma spectra at the training and research reactor AKR-2 M. Zmeškal et al. 10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111194
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- Cosmogenic muon background characterization for the Colorado Underground Research Institute D. Keblbeck et al. 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.023036
- Positioning, navigation, and timing on the Moon and Mars with galactic cosmic rays G. Leone et al. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112496
- Applications of cosmic-ray muons G. Bonomi et al. 10.1016/j.ppnp.2020.103768
- Muon tomography in geoscientific research – A guide to best practice A. Lechmann et al. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103842
- Subsurface cosmogenic and radiogenic production of Ar42 S. Poudel et al. 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.082010
- Plug Formation Imaged Beneath the Active Craters of Sakurajima Volcano With Muography L. Oláh et al. 10.1029/2019GL084784
- Bayesian joint muographic and gravimetric inversion applied to volcanoes A. Barnoud et al. 10.1093/gji/ggz300
- Muon absorption imaging for the density structure of metro tunnel overburden J. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.nima.2025.170307
- The PUMAS library V. Niess 10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108438
- SMAUG v1.0 – a user-friendly muon simulator for the imaging of geological objects in 3-D A. Lechmann et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-2441-2022
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Short summary
Muon tomography is a technology, similar to X-ray tomography, to image the interior of an object, including geologically interesting ones. In this work, we examined the influence of rock composition on the physical measurements, and the possible error that is made by assuming a too-simplistic rock model. We performed numerical simulations for a more realistic rock model and found that beyond 300 m of rock, the composition starts to play a significant role and has to be accounted for.
Muon tomography is a technology, similar to X-ray tomography, to image the interior of an...
