Muon Radiography of Large Natural and Industrial Objects—A New Stage in the Nuclear Emulsion Technique

• Published in: Journal of experimental and theoretical physics 2022-04, Vol.134 (4), p.506-510
• Main Authors: Aleksandrov, A. B., Vasina, S. G., Galkin, V. I., Grachev, V. M., Konovalov, A. S., Konovalova, N. S., Korolev, P. S., Larionov, A. A., Managadze, A. K., Melnichenko, I. A., Okateva, N. M., Polukhina, N. G., Roganova, T. M., Sadykov, Zh. T., Starkov, N. I., Starkova, E. N., Tioukov, V. E., Chernyavskiy, M. M., Shevchenko, V. I., Shchedrina, T. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Angular resolution; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Elementary Particles; Methods; Monasteries; Muons; Nuclear physics; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theory; Radiography; Relativity Theory; Solid State Physics
• ISSN: 1063-7761; 1090-6509
• DOI: 10.1134/S106377612204001X

A new study of a historical object on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Holy Trinity Danilov Monastery, implemented by the muon radiography is presented. The method is based on the registration of changes in the cosmic muon fluxes during their passage through the object under study. Nuclear photoemulsions with unique spatial and angular resolution having the widest range of applications in experimental nuclear physics were used as experimental equipment. The experiment demonstrates a high efficiency of the method in the search for hidden objects, the presence of which on the territory of the monastery is confirmed by the results obtained.