Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-79-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-79-2013
Research article
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18 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 18 Feb 2013

Evaluation of positioning and density profiling accuracy of muon radiography by utilizing a 15-ton steel block

H. K. M. Tanaka

Abstract. A model experiment was performed in order to evaluate the spatial resolution and the accuracy of determining the density by utilizing a steel block. The steel block (7.8 g cm−3) is 5 m thick along the muon trajectories and weighs about 15 t. By comparing the experimental result with simulations, the density and the width of the steel block were measured as 7.3 ± 1.0 g cm−3 and 37 ± 15 cm, respectively.