Development of a two-fold segmented detection system for near horizontally cosmic-ray muons to probe the internal structure of a volcano

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 507, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 657-669

  Tanaka, H ^a,d   Nagamine, K ^a,b   Kawamura, N ^b   Nakamura, S N ^c   Ishida, K ^a   Shimomura, K ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray muon; Multiplicity cut analysis; Segmented detection system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; VOLCANOES;

DETECTION SYSTEMS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0038034869     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01372-X     Document Type: Article

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