[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric muons as an imaging tool

L Bonechi, R D'Alessandro, A Giammanco - Reviews in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of atmospheric muons, collectively
named under the neologism “muography”, exploit the abundant natural flux of muons …

Muography

HKM Tanaka, C Bozza, A Bross, E Cantoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Muography takes advantage of the specific properties of cosmic-ray muons, relativistic
leptons that are much heavier than electrons. Cosmic-ray muons have strong penetrating …

High-definition and low-noise muography of the Sakurajima volcano with gaseous tracking detectors

L Oláh, HKM Tanaka, T Ohminato, D Varga - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Muography is a novel method to highly resolve the internal structure of active volcanoes by
taking advantage of the cosmic muon's strong penetration power. In this paper, we present …

Three‐dimensional density structure of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe lava dome from simultaneous muon radiographies and gravity data

M Rosas‐Carbajal, K Jourde, J Marteau… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Muon imaging has recently emerged as a powerful method to complement standard
geophysical tools in the understanding of the Earth's subsurface. Muon measurements yield …

Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering

ZX Zhang, T Enqvist, M Holma, P Kuusiniemi - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2020 - Springer
Muography is a novel imaging method using natural cosmic-ray radiation for characterising
and monitoring variation in average material density in a diverse range of objects that …

Future prospects of muography for geological research and geotechnical and mining engineering

M Holma, Z Zhang, P Kuusiniemi… - Muography: Exploring …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmic‐ray muography has several current and many promising future applications in
geosciences, geotechnical engineering, and mining engineering. Muography, if applied to …

Transmission-based muography for ore bodies prospecting: A case study from a Skarn Complex in Italy

T Beni, D Borselli, L Bonechi, M Bongi… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Transmission-based muography (TM) is an innovative imaging technique based on the
measurement and analysis of the cosmic ray muons flux attenuation within the target under …

Origin of shallow volcanic tremor: the dynamics of gas pockets trapped beneath thin permeable media

T Girona, C Caudron, C Huber - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Linking volcano‐seismic signals with subsurface processes is crucial to improve the
forecasting of volcanic eruptions. One of the most enigmatic signals is shallow volcanic …

Wireless muometric navigation system

HKM Tanaka - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
While satellite-based global navigation systems have become essential tools in our daily
lives, their effectiveness is often hampered by the fact that the signals cannot be accessed in …

Plug formation imaged beneath the active craters of Sakurajima volcano with muography

L Oláh, HKM Tanaka, T Ohminato… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sakurajima Muography Observatory captured the formation of a volcanic plug
beneath the Showa crater with a spatial resolution of∼ 60 m in accordance with the end of …