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[4] DIAPHANE setup at the Etna volcano from DIAPHANE web site devoted to the "Development of cosmic-ray muons tomography in geophysics"
{6] Muons tomography applied to geosciences and volcanology J. Marteau, D. Gibert, N. Lesparre, F. Nicollin, P. Noli, F. Giacoppo
[7] Imaging Maya Pyramids and Other Large Things with Cosmic Ray Muons, University of Texas Maya Muon Tomography
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I don't really know anything about muon tomography, but the images you show seem to imply that the object you want to image has to be be between the sky and the sensor. Since I guess you cannot image the salt domes through Earth, it seems you would have to somehow get the sensor under the salt dome = drilling quite a lot... What am I missing?
Thomas,
Very valid qustion you have. i was thinking of two things, either:
* one can use the holes drilled to get the graviity or seismic measurements. The muon measurements provide a different kind of measurement which might enrich the current imaging.
* use the fact that the coulomb scattering is different for salt and the rest of the soil so that any assymetry at the surface flux is the result of different muon scattering trajectories and therefore different media underneath.
You may have noticed that the title of the entry was a question :-) as in, it needs to be looked into. these detectors could be left alone in the middle of nowhere for months at a time without much human intervention.
Igor.
Interesting ideas indeed.
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