High Energy Phenomenology Seminar - Dan Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College) "Muon Tomography as an Exploration Tool"
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Location
- Room 464
- Date
- Nov 10, 2023 11:00 am
- Speaker
- Dan Snowden-Ifft
- Contact
- Brandy Koebbe
- BKOEBBE@ILLINOIS.EDU
- Views
- 96
- Originating Calendar
- Physics - High Energy Physics Seminar
Muon tomography uses naturally occurring cosmic ray muons to image up to a kilometer of intervening material on the surface of the earth. It has been utilized to "x-ray" a variety of structures from volcanoes to nuclear reactors. A research agreement between Occidental College and a mineral exploration company has allowed the construction of a high-resolution TPC for use in a borehole. A discussion of the detector and early results will be presented. A recent publication on the feasibility of using borehole detectors to discover illegal border tunnels will be described. Finally a speculative idea for the future will be discussed.