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Pérez Prada, Maximilian and Barnes, Sarah and Stephan, Maurice (2022) Analysis of Secondary Particles as a Complement to Muon Scattering Measurements. Instruments, 6 (4), p. 66. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/instruments6040066. ISSN 2410-390X.
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Abstract
Cosmic ray tomography is an emerging imaging technique utilizing an ambient source of radiation. One common tomography method is based on the measurement of muons scattered by the examined objects, which allows the reconstruction and discrimination of materials with different properties. From the interaction of air shower particles induced through cosmic rays with the material to be scanned, secondary particles, predominantly photons, neutrons and electrons, can be produced, which carry complementary information about the objects and their materials. However, this information is currently not fully exploited or only studied in coincidence with the incoming air shower particles. Therefore, this work presents a novel approach utilizing only the information from secondary particles to reconstruct and discriminate objects made out of a variety of materials. It also includes a detailed analysis of the kinematics of secondary particles and their dependency on material characteristics. In addition, a reconstruction algorithm to produce 3D maps of the examined volume from the measurement of secondary particles is introduced. This results in a successful reconstruction and differentiation of objects in various geometrical compositions.
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Analysis of Secondary Particles as a Complement to Muon Scattering Measurements | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 18 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/instruments6040066 | ||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | p. 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | ||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 2410-390X | ||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | cosmic rays; tomography; secondary particle; shipping container | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | other | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | other | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | other | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | no assignment | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | no assignment | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | no assignment | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Bremerhaven | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures > Maritime Security Technologies | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Pérez Prada, Dr. Maximilian | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 09 Jan 2023 14:12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2023 14:12 |
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