• DOI:10.1063/1.4940897
• Corpus ID: 119277442

Imaging the inside of thick structures using cosmic rays

@article{Guardincerri2016ImagingTI,
  title={Imaging the inside of thick structures using cosmic rays},
  author={Elena Guardincerri and J. Matthew Durham and Christopher L. Morris and Jeffrey D. Bacon and Tess Marie Daughton and S. Fellows and Olivia Ruth Johnson and D. J. Morley and K. Plaud-Ramos and Daniel Poulson and Z. Wang},
  journal={AIP Advances},
  year={2016},
  volume={6},
  pages={015213}
}

• E. Guardincerri, J. Durham, +8 authors Z. Wang
• Published 6 January 2016
• Physics
• AIP Advances

The authors present here a new method to image reinforcement elements inside thick structures and the results of a demonstration measurement performed on a mock-up wall built at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The method, referred to as “multiple scattering muon radiography”, relies on the use of cosmic-ray muons as probes. The work described in this article was performed to prove the viability of the technique as a means to image the interior of the dome of Florence Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites and among the highest profile buildings in existence. Its result shows the effectiveness of the technique as a tool to radiograph thick structures and image denser object inside them.