Muon radiography method for fundamental and applied research

A.B. Aleksandrov^a, M.S. Vladymyrov^a, V.I. Galkin^b, c, L.A. Goncharova^a, V.M. Grachev^d, S.G. Vasina^a, N.S. Konovalova^a, A.A. Malovichko^e, A.K. Managadze^c, N.M. Okat’eva^a, N.G. Polukhina^a, d, f, T.M. Roganova^c, N.I. Starkov^a, V.E. Tioukov^a, g, M.M. Chernyavsky^a, T.V. Shchedrina^a
^aLebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^bLomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobevy Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^cLomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^dNational Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
^eGeophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Lenina 189, Obninsk, 249035, Russian Federation
^fNational University of Science and Technology "MISIS", Leninskii prosp. 4, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation
^gIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy

This paper focuses on the basic principles of the muon radiography method, reviews the major muon radiography experiments, and presents the first results in Russia obtained by the authors with this method on the basis of emulsion track detectors.

Keywords: muon radiography, nuclear photoemulsion, image recognition, track detectors
PACS: 07.05.Fb, 07.05.Hd, 07.05.Kf, 29.40.-h (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2017.07.038188
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2017/12/d/
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Citation: Aleksandrov A B, Vladymyrov M S, Galkin V I, Goncharova L A, Grachev V M, Vasina S G, Konovalova N S, Malovichko A A, Managadze A K, Okat’eva N M, Polukhina N G, Roganova T M, Starkov N I, Tioukov V E, Chernyavsky M M, Shchedrina T V "Muon radiography method for fundamental and applied research" Phys. Usp. 60 1277–1293 (2017)

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Received: 21st, March 2017, revised: 27th, July 2017, accepted: 19th, July 2017

Оригинал: Александров А Б, Владимиров М С, Галкин В И, Гончарова Л А, Грачёв В М, Васина С Г, Коновалова Н С, Маловичко А А, Манагадзе А К, Окатьева Н М, Полухина Н Г, Роганова Т М, Старков Н И, Тюков В Э, Чернявский М М, Щедрина Т В «Метод мюонной радиографии для фундаментальных и прикладных исследований» УФН 187 1375–1392 (2017); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2017.07.038188