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Article

Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays

by
Sayani Biswas
1,*,
Lars Gerchow
1,*,
Hubertus Luetkens
1,
Thomas Prokscha
1,
Aldo Antognini
1,2,
Niklaus Berger
3,
Thomas Elias Cocolios
4,
Rugard Dressler
1,
Paul Indelicato
5,
Klaus Jungmann
6,
Klaus Kirch
1,2,
Andreas Knecht
1,
Angela Papa
1,7,
Randolf Pohl
8,
Maxim Pospelov
9,10,
Elisa Rapisarda
1,
Peter Reiter
11,
Narongrit Ritjoho
1,2,
Stephanie Roccia
12,
Nathal Severijns
4,
Alexander Skawran
1,2,
Stergiani Marina Vogiatzi
1,2,
Frederik Wauters
3,
Lorenz Willmann
6 and
Alex Amato
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Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
2
Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
3
PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
4
KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
5
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
6
Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747AA Groningen, The Netherlands
7
Departimento di Fisica, Univeristà di Pisa and INFN sez. Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
8
QUANTUM and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
9
Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W9, Canada
10
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
11
Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
12
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique Cosmologie-IN2P3, Grenoble INP, CNRS, Universit Grenoble Alpes, 38026 Grenoble, France
 
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Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2541; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052541
Submission received: 31 January 2022 / Revised: 23 February 2022 / Accepted: 25 February 2022 / Published: 28 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Non-destructive Techniques for Cultural Heritage Characterization)
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Abstract

The toolbox for material characterization has never been richer than today. Great progress with all kinds of particles and interaction methods provide access to nearly all properties of an object under study. However, a tomographic analysis of the subsurface region remains still a challenge today. In this regard, the Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) technique has seen rebirth fueled by the availability of high intensity muon beams. We report here a study conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). It demonstrates that the absence of any beam time-structure leads to low pile-up events and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with less than one hour acquisition time per sample or data point. This performance creates the perspective to open this technique to a wider audience for the routine investigation of non-destructive and depth-sensitive elemental compositions, for example in rare and precious samples. Using a hetero-structured sample of known elements and thicknesses, we successfully detected the characteristic muonic X-rays, emitted during the capture of a negative muon by an atom, and the gamma-rays resulting from the nuclear capture of the muon, characterizing the capabilities of MIXE at PSI. This sample emphasizes the quality of a continuous beam, and the exceptional SNR at high rates. Such sensitivity will enable totally new statistically intense aspects in the field of MIXE, e.g., elemental 3D-tomography and chemical analysis. Therefore, we are currently advancing our proof-of-concept experiments with the goal of creating a full fledged permanently operated user station to make MIXE available to the wider scientific community as well as industry.
Keywords: non-destructive technique; negative muon induced X-ray emission; continuous muon beam; sandwich sample; depth-dependent elemental analysis non-destructive technique; negative muon induced X-ray emission; continuous muon beam; sandwich sample; depth-dependent elemental analysis

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Biswas, S.; Gerchow, L.; Luetkens, H.; Prokscha, T.; Antognini, A.; Berger, N.; Cocolios, T.E.; Dressler, R.; Indelicato, P.; Jungmann, K.; et al. Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052541

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Biswas S, Gerchow L, Luetkens H, Prokscha T, Antognini A, Berger N, Cocolios TE, Dressler R, Indelicato P, Jungmann K, et al. Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(5):2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052541

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Biswas, Sayani, Lars Gerchow, Hubertus Luetkens, Thomas Prokscha, Aldo Antognini, Niklaus Berger, Thomas Elias Cocolios, Rugard Dressler, Paul Indelicato, Klaus Jungmann, and et al. 2022. "Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays" Applied Sciences 12, no. 5: 2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052541

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Biswas, S., Gerchow, L., Luetkens, H., Prokscha, T., Antognini, A., Berger, N., Cocolios, T. E., Dressler, R., Indelicato, P., Jungmann, K., Kirch, K., Knecht, A., Papa, A., Pohl, R., Pospelov, M., Rapisarda, E., Reiter, P., Ritjoho, N., Roccia, S., ... Amato, A. (2022). Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays. Applied Sciences, 12(5), 2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052541

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