Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985rpesc.......28a&link_type=abstract
In its USSR Rept.: Earth Sci. (JPRS-UES-85-008) p 28 (SEE N86-12697 03-42) Transl. into ENGLISH from NTR: Probl. i Resheniya
Mathematics
Logic
Ground Water, Muons, Rocks, Tomography, X Ray Analysis, Boreholes, Density Measurement, Geological Surveys, Minerals
Scientific paper
A method called muon tomography has been developed to study underground rock structure. The flow of cosmic rays, penetrating the Earth's atmosphere produces a downpour of various elementary particles, including muons. They are capable of penetrating for kilometers into the Earth's depths. These particles can be used as a source for x-raying underground rock and also foundations of engineering structures. Instruments used for such measurements have been given the name of muon telescopes. Usually they are installed in a tunnel beneath the object to be studied, and the object's density is measured with high accuracy according to the intensity of radiation falling on detectors. Muons help to detect hollow spaces in underground rock masses which form as a result of the washing out of soluble rock by ground water, such as in limestone. The recording principle is the same: if such hollow spaces are present in the zone of visibility of a muon telescope, the flow of recorded particles increases immediately.
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