Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications
Abstract Cosmic ray muons have been considered as a non-conventional radiation probe in various applications. To utilize cosmic ray muons in engineering applications, two important quantities, trajectory and momentum, must be known. The muon trajectories are easily reconstructed using two-fold detec...
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| description | Abstract Cosmic ray muons have been considered as a non-conventional radiation probe in various applications. To utilize cosmic ray muons in engineering applications, two important quantities, trajectory and momentum, must be known. The muon trajectories are easily reconstructed using two-fold detector arrays with a high spatial resolution. However, precise measurement of muon momentum is difficult to be achieved without deploying large and expensive spectrometers such as solenoid magnets. Here, we propose a new method to estimate muon momentum using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators. This is accurate, portable, compact (< 1m3), and easily coupled with existing muon detectors without the need of neither bulky magnetic nor time-of-flight spectrometers. The results show that not only our new muon spectrometer can measure muon momentum with a resolution of ± 0.5 GeV/c in a momentum range of 0.1–10.0 GeV/c, but also we can reconstruct cosmic muon spectrum with high accuracy (~ 90%). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e753e5b9c3c4146b10e1c8a7a1b28aa2022-12-21T23:59:33ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-02-0112111010.1038/s41598-022-06510-2Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applicationsJunghyun Bae0Stylianos Chatzidakis1School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue UniversitySchool of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstract Cosmic ray muons have been considered as a non-conventional radiation probe in various applications. To utilize cosmic ray muons in engineering applications, two important quantities, trajectory and momentum, must be known. The muon trajectories are easily reconstructed using two-fold detector arrays with a high spatial resolution. However, precise measurement of muon momentum is difficult to be achieved without deploying large and expensive spectrometers such as solenoid magnets. Here, we propose a new method to estimate muon momentum using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators. This is accurate, portable, compact (< 1m3), and easily coupled with existing muon detectors without the need of neither bulky magnetic nor time-of-flight spectrometers. The results show that not only our new muon spectrometer can measure muon momentum with a resolution of ± 0.5 GeV/c in a momentum range of 0.1–10.0 GeV/c, but also we can reconstruct cosmic muon spectrum with high accuracy (~ 90%).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06510-2 |
| spellingShingle | Junghyun Bae Stylianos Chatzidakis Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications Scientific Reports |
| title | Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| title_full | Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| title_fullStr | Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| title_short | Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| title_sort | fieldable muon spectrometer using multi layer pressurized gas cherenkov radiators and its applications |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06510-2 |
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