Radiographic measurements of the internal structure of Mt. West Iwate with near-horizontal cosmic-ray muons and future developments

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

Volumn 555, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 164-172

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray; Muon; Radiography; Tomography; Volcano

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; GRAVIMETERS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DETECTION SYSTEM; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; MUON; VOLCANO;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 28044440660     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.099     Document Type: Article

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