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Muon tomography applied to active volcanoes

2015/10/18 by Jacques Marteau, Marteau, Jacques, Bruno Carlus +11
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics (physics.geo-ph) #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #hep-ex #physics.geo-ph #physics.ins-det

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1510.05292

7 pages, 7 figures, International Conference on New Photo-detectors,PhotoDet2015, 6-9 July 2015, Moscow, Troitsk, Russia. Submitted to PoS

arxiv created 2015/10/18 · arxiv updated 2015/10/20

Abstract

Muon tomography is a generic imaging method using the differential absorption of cosmic muons by matter. The measured contrast in the muons flux reflects the matter density contrast as it does in conventional medical imaging. The applications to volcanology present may advantadges induced by the features of the target itself: limited access to dangerous zones, impossible use of standard boreholes information, harsh environmental conditions etc. The Diaphane project is one of the largest and leading collaboration in the field and the present article summarizes recent results collected on the Lesser Antilles, with a special emphasis on the Soufrière of Guadeloupe.

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