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Methodical notes on the use of cosmic muons in radiography

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The algorithm for estimating muon fluxes after passing through extended objects is described. Based on this algorithm, the distributions of muon characteristics for iron and soil of various thicknesses are obtained. The data obtained are compared with simulation results using the GEANT4 package. The minimum sizes of a soil cavity, at which its detection by muon radiography is possible, were estimated.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. G. Zemskova & N. I. Starkov

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, ul. Joliot-Curie 6, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    S. G. Zemskova

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  1. S. G. Zemskova
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Original Russian Text © S.G. Zemskova, N.I. Starkov, 2015, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2015, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 11–19.

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Zemskova, S.G., Starkov, N.I. Methodical notes on the use of cosmic muons in radiography. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 42, 37–42 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335615020025

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