Detection of high-Z objects using multiple scattering of cosmic ray muons

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4294-4297

  Priedhorsky, William C ^a   Borozdin, Konstantin N ^a   Hogan, Gary E ^a   Morris, Christopher ^a   Saunders, Alexander ^a   Schultz, Larry J ^a   Teasdale, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOGRAPHY; URANIUM;

MUONS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0142260423     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1606536     Document Type: Article

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11. Our calculation assumes a Gaussian distribution of scattering angles, and did not consider the non-Gaussian tail of the scattering distribution. We also did not model the small fraction of cosmic rays (about 10%) which are not muons. However, low-energy electrons will be absorbed, and high-energy (∼GeV) electrons behave like muons. The close accord of experiment and simulation in Ref. 1 suggests that these effects are not crucial.