Applications of Theory and Techniques on Cosmic Rays and Their Secondaries into Sustainable Practice
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 408
Special Issue Editor
Interests: instrumentation development; physics; physics simulation; scintillation detectors; muons; data analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Special Issue on “Applications of Theory and Techniques on Cosmic Rays and Their Secondaries into Sustainable Practice”.
The idea of using secondary cosmic ray particles, and especially muons, beyond fundamental physics studies, can be traced back to 1955 when E.P. George proposed to measure the muon flux inside and outside a tunnel to calculate their transmission rate and measure the density of the overburden rock. The number of attempts to use muons as probes for large structures’ inspection has seen a steep increase since the beginning of the 21st century. The most attractive use of muons is probably the search for hidden chambers inside pyramids, as L. Alvarez did in 1970 and, more recently, the Scan Pyramids mission starting in 2015 at the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. However, the range of applications that receive a boost from the peculiarities of muon interaction in matter and their properties is increasingly broad.
The technologies employed can vary as much as their applications. Initially, instrumentation came from the interruption of research experiments in particle physics where secondary cosmic ray particles constituted background noise. However, the increasing interest in the previously mentioned applications forced the development of specific technologies tailored to final usage. We can distinguish two main categories in secondary cosmic ray measurements: flux absorption and scattering angle tracking. The former is similar to X radiography, where muons substitute high-energy photons—which is where it gets its name of muography or muon-radiography from. The latter is well suited when the goal of the analysis is determining the presence of high-Z elements inside matter.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect the best research in the application of theory and technologies concerning muon interaction in matter and their tracing, as well as to produce images in activities such as mitigation of volcanic hazard, nuclear waste monitoring, fight against illicit traffic of fissile material, stability investigation of strategic facilities such as dams or historical buildings, and other sustainable practice within the scope of the journal.
Dr. Giuseppe Gallo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- applied physics
- natural hazards
- volcanology
- cultural heritage
- nuclear waste monitoring
- mining
- tracing algorithms
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