GEANT4 Simulation of a Cosmic Ray Muon Tomography System With Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors for the Detection of High-Z Materials

被引：35

作者：

Hohlmann, Marcus ^{[1
]}

Ford, Patrick ^{[1
]}

Gnanvo, Kondo ^{[1
]}

Helsby, Jennifer ^{[1
]}

Pena, David ^{[1
]}

Hoch, Richard ^{[2
]}

Mitra, Debasis ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Florida Inst Technol, Dept Phys & Space Sci, Melbourne, FL 32901 USA

[2] Florida Inst Technol, Dept Comp Sci, Melbourne, FL 32901 USA

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE | 2009年 / 56卷 / 03期

关键词：

Cargo interrogation; cosmic ray muons; high-Z material; multiple scattering; tomography; GEM; RECONSTRUCTION;

D O I：

10.1109/TNS.2009.2016197

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Muon tomography (MT) based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons traversing shipping containers is a promising candidate for identifying threatening high-Z materials. Since position-sensitive detectors with high spatial resolution should be particularly suited for tracking muons in a MT application, we propose to use compact micro-pattern gas detectors, such as gas electron multipliers (GEMs), for muon tomography. We present a detailed GEANT4 simulation of a GEM-based MT station for various scenarios of threat material detection. Cosmic ray muon tracks crossing the material are reconstructed with a point-of-closest-approach algorithm to form 3-D tomographic images of the target material. We investigate acceptance, Z-discrimination capability, effects of placement of high-Z material and shielding materials inside the cargo, and detector resolution effects for such a NIT station.

引用

页码：1356 / 1363

页数：8

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