Muon detectors, systems and methods
| DWPI Title: System for detecting muon, has processor that includes instructions to determine attenuation of muons to produce two-dimensional image of object, when processes muon detections are executed in telescopic mode by processing detections |
| Abstract: A muon detector system capable of determining muon direction and flight trajectory or path is disclosed. The muon detector system includes scintillators for determining muon direction, and an array of muon detectors arranged in orthogonal layers for determining flight trajectory. The system can be used for tomographic and telescopic mode imaging, and may be used for imaging concealed and/or subterranean objects. |
| Use: System for detecting muon used to image volcano and smaller object such as contents of cargo containers, drug, tunnel, and nuclear waste. |
| Advantage: The muon detector for subsurface imaging reduces cost and increases access to targets of interest. Several detectors are used on side of the object to improve resolution or construct three dimensional (3D) images of the scene. |
| Novelty: The system (10) has a muon detector (12) comprising a trajectory determination system, a scintillator assembly (20), a processor (14), and a user interface (16). The processor comprises executable commands for determining the directionality of muons passing through the scintillator assembly and for determining a trajectory through which muons pass through the trajectory determination assembly. The processor further comprises executable commands for imaging an object not located within the muon detector. The processor includes instructions to determine attenuation of muons to produce a 2-dimensional image of an object by muon detector, when processes muon detections are executed in telescopic mode by processing detections. |
| Filed: 12/10/2015 |
| Application Number: US14965666A |
| Tech ID: SD 13017.1 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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