MuGrid-v2: A novel scintillator detector for multidisciplinary applications
Abstract
Muography, traditionally recognized as a potent instrument for imaging the internal structure of gigantic objects, has initialized various interdisciplinary applications. As the financial and labor costs of muography detector development hinder their massive applications, we develop a novel muon detector called MuGrid by coupling a monolithic plastic scintillator with a light guide array in order to achieve competitive spatial resolution while substantially reducing production costs. For a prototype detector in 30 × 30 cm2, the intrinsic spatial resolution has been optimized toward a millimeter scale. An outdoor field muography experiment was conducted to monitor two buildings for validation purposes. The test successfully resolved the geometric influence of architectural features based on the attenuation of muon flux in good agreement between experimental results and the simulation prediction.
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Journal Info
Journal of Applied Physics
American Institute of Physics
Authors (16)
Tao Yu
Yunsong Ning
School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University 1 , 510275 Guangzhou, and , Guangzhou,
Yi Yuan
Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Rd., Shanghai 201210, China
Shihan Zhao
School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University 1 , 510275 Guangzhou, and , Guangzhou,
Songran Qi
School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University 1 , 510275 Guangzhou, and , Guangzhou,
Mingchen Sun
Yuye Li
School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University 1 , 510275 Guangzhou, and , Guangzhou,
Zhirui Liu
Aiyu Bai
School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University 1 , 510275 Guangzhou, and , Guangzhou,
Hesheng Liu
Yibo Ling
School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University 2 , Guangzhou,
Geng Tuo
School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University 2 , Guangzhou,
Ting On Chan
School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University 2 , Guangzhou,
Zhou Zhou
Yu Chen
Jian Tang