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Giammanco A, Al Moussawi M, Boone M, De Kock T, De Roy J, Huysmans S, Kumar V, Lagrangev M, Tytgat M. Toward using cosmic rays to image cultural heritage objects. iScience 2025; 28:112094. [PMID: 40160420 PMCID: PMC11952855 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Revised: 11/01/2024] [Accepted: 12/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2025] Open
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Muons are elementary particles abundantly and freely produced in cosmic-ray interactions and can be used for nondestructive imaging of internal structures. This novel technique, nicknamed "muography", has been applied in use cases ranging from geophysics to archaeology to nuclear safety, but it has been so far underexplored for a vast category of cultural heritage objects that are relatively dense (stone, metals, etc.) and with size ranging from decimeters to human size. In this paper, we review recent development of portable muon detectors and explore the strengths and limitations of the technique. Despite the limited particle flux available, muography is found to be an intriguing option, particularly in cases where the items to be analyzed are not transportable or set up in a confined environment.
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- Andrea Giammanco
- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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- Ghent University Centre for X-ray Tomography, University of Ghent, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES), University of Antwerp, Mutsaardstraat 31, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Stone Sculpture Studio, Conservation & Restoration, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- Stone Sculpture Studio, Conservation & Restoration, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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- Elementary Particle Physics Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
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Miyadera H, Morris CL. Muon scattering tomography: review. APPLIED OPTICS 2022; 61:C154-C161. [PMID: 35201040 DOI: 10.1364/ao.445806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cosmic-ray muon scattering tomography has gathered attention in the security and nuclear industries in the last 10 years. Muon scattering tomography is capable of identifying atomic numbers of objects, is highly sensitivity to high-atomic-number materials such as uranium, and is very useful for detecting them in a background of low-atomic-number material. The principle, detectors, and applications of muon tomography are presented, as well as its future aspect.
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Hou L, Zhang Q, Yang J, Cai X, Yao Q, Huo Y, Chen Q. A novel reconstruction algorithm based on density clustering for cosmic-ray muon scattering inspection. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Morris CL, King NSP, Kwiatkowski K, Mariam FG, Merrill FE, Saunders A. Charged particle radiography. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2013; 76:046301. [PMID: 23481477 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/76/4/046301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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New applications of charged particle radiography have been developed over the past two decades that extend the range of radiographic techniques providing high-speed sequences of radiographs of thicker objects with higher effective dose than can be obtained with conventional radiographic techniques. In this paper, we review the motivation and the development of flash radiography and in particular, charged particle radiography.
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- C L Morris
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM 87545, USA
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