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View article: Muon imaging of a blast furnace: The European project BLEMAB
Muon imaging of a blast furnace: The European project BLEMAB Open
In the central area of a blast furnace, called “cohesive zone,” the high temperature up to 2000°C allows us to melt most of the materials in input. The performance of a blast furnace depends on the shape and density of the cohesive zone, a…
View article: Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius
Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius Open
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims to employ muography imaging techniques to investigate the internal structure of the summit of Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano located near Naples, Italy. This paper reports recent a…
View article: Detected Abundances of Nuclei Relative to <sub>26</sub>Fe for Elements <sub>14</sub>Si through <sub>44</sub>Ru with CALET on the International Space Station
Detected Abundances of Nuclei Relative to <sub>26</sub>Fe for Elements <sub>14</sub>Si through <sub>44</sub>Ru with CALET on the International Space Station Open
The Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 August and continuously operating since, measures cosmic-ray (CR) electrons, nuclei, and gamma rays. CALET, with its 27 radiation length…
View article: Precision Spectral Measurements of Chromium and Titanium from 10 to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>250</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> and Sub-Iron to Iron Ratio with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station
Precision Spectral Measurements of Chromium and Titanium from 10 to and Sub-Iron to Iron Ratio with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station Open
The Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), in operation on the International Space Station since 2015, collected a large sample of cosmic-ray (CR) iron and sub-iron events over a wide energy interval. In this Letter, we report an update …
View article: Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius
Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius Open
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims to use muography imaging techniques to study the internal structure of the summit of the Mt. Vesuvius, an active volcano near Naples, Italy. This paper presents recent advancements in…
View article: Optimizing sea level muon flux modelling: a 2D fit approach and integration into Geant4 generators
Optimizing sea level muon flux modelling: a 2D fit approach and integration into Geant4 generators Open
Starting from the measurements conducted in 2004 with the ADAMO silicon spectrometer, we have performed a 2D fit procedure to diverse combinations of muon flux datasets documented in the literature. The fit employed three different formula…
View article: The Transmission Muography Technique for Locating Potential Radon Gas Conduits at the Temperino Mine (Tuscany, Italy)
The Transmission Muography Technique for Locating Potential Radon Gas Conduits at the Temperino Mine (Tuscany, Italy) Open
Transmission muography is an imaging technique that allows us to obtain two-dimensional and three-dimensional average-target density images by measuring the transmission of atmospheric muons. Through this technique, it is possible to obser…
View article: New results obtained from CALET observations after 8 years of data collection on the International Space Station
New results obtained from CALET observations after 8 years of data collection on the International Space Station Open
The Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is a cosmic-ray observatory operating since October 2015 on the International Space Station. The primary scientific goals of the CALET mission include the investigation of the mechanism of cosmic…
View article: UAV digital photogrammetry as support tool for transmission-based muography
UAV digital photogrammetry as support tool for transmission-based muography Open
The employment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for digital photogrammetry applications (UAV-DP), together with satellite data, has emerged as a pivotal tool for conducting reliable muographic campaigns. This study aims to present a comp…
View article: Exploring the potential of muon radiography for blast furnace assessments: advancements in non-invasive imaging and structural analysis
Exploring the potential of muon radiography for blast furnace assessments: advancements in non-invasive imaging and structural analysis Open
The BLEMAB European project (BLast furnace stack density Estimation through online Muon ABsorption measurements), the evolution of the previous Mu-Blast European project, is designed to investigate in detail the capability of muon radiogra…
View article: Muography as a support technique for non-invasive research and three-dimensional localization of tombs in archaeological sites: a case study from Palazzone Necropolis (Perugia – Italy)
Muography as a support technique for non-invasive research and three-dimensional localization of tombs in archaeological sites: a case study from Palazzone Necropolis (Perugia – Italy) Open
Transmission muography is a non-invasive imaging technique that exploits the penetrating power of atmospheric muons into matter to obtain two-dimensional and three-dimensional density images of the monitored structure. The detectors used a…
View article: Muographic Study of the Palazzone Necropolis (Perugia-Italy)
Muographic Study of the Palazzone Necropolis (Perugia-Italy) Open
The Palazzone Necropolis, located southeast of the hill of Perugia (Italy), is an Etruscan archaeological site open to the public, and well-known thanks to the numerous finds and its (~)200 tombs from the Hellenistic age and 5 from the Arc…
View article: Simulation Tools, First Results, and Experimental Status of the MURAVES Experiment
Simulation Tools, First Results, and Experimental Status of the MURAVES Experiment Open
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy, with the use of muons freely and abundantly produced by cosmic rays. In particular, the MURAVES exper…
View article: Muon Imaging for Cu-Fe Ore Shoot Identification: Results and Next Challenges
Muon Imaging for Cu-Fe Ore Shoot Identification: Results and Next Challenges Open
Transmission-based muography (TM) is becoming an innovative and nondestructive imaging technique based on the measurement of the cosmic ray muon flux attenuation within matter, allowing the reconstruction of two- or three-dimensional trans…
View article: Simulation tools, first results and experimental status of the MURAVES experiment
Simulation tools, first results and experimental status of the MURAVES experiment Open
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy, with the use of muons freely and abundantly produced by cosmic rays. In particular, the MURAVES exper…
View article: Laser scanner and UAV digital photogrammetry as support tools for cosmic-ray muon radiography applications: an archaeological case study from Italy
Laser scanner and UAV digital photogrammetry as support tools for cosmic-ray muon radiography applications: an archaeological case study from Italy Open
The use of light detection and ranging technologies, i.e. terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), airborne laser scanner (ALS) and mobile laser scanner (MLS), together with the unmanned aerial vehicles digital photogrammetry (UAV-DP) and satellit…
View article: Direct measurements of cosmic rays with the calorimetric electron telescope on the international space station
Direct measurements of cosmic rays with the calorimetric electron telescope on the international space station Open
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope, CALET, has been measuring high-energy cosmic rays on the International Space Station since October 13, 2015. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are to search for possible nearby sources …
View article: Erratum: Charge-Sign Dependent Cosmic-Ray Modulation Observed with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station [Phys. Rev. Lett. <b>130</b>, 211001 (2023)]
Erratum: Charge-Sign Dependent Cosmic-Ray Modulation Observed with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station [Phys. Rev. Lett. <b>130</b>, 211001 (2023)] Open
This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.211001.
View article: Results from CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) Observations of Gamma-rays on the International Space Station
Results from CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) Observations of Gamma-rays on the International Space Station Open
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station (ISS) has been in operation since its launch in 2015. The main instrument, the CALorimeter (CAL), is optimized to observe high-energy electr…
View article: Optimizing Selection Criteria for the CALET Ultra-Heavy Cosmic Ray Analysis
Optimizing Selection Criteria for the CALET Ultra-Heavy Cosmic Ray Analysis Open
CALET, the Calorimetric Electron Telescope, launched to the International Space Station in August 2015 and in continuous operation since, has gathered over seven years of data so far. CALET is able to measure cosmic-ray (CR) electrons, nuc…
View article: Iron and Nickel fluxes measured by CALET on the International Space Station
Iron and Nickel fluxes measured by CALET on the International Space Station Open
propagation and acceleration phenomena in our Galaxy. The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is measuring the spectra of heavy nuclei up to the highest directly observed energies on the International Space Station. In this contributio…
View article: Dark Matter Limits from the CALET Electron+Positron Spectrum with Individual Astrophysical Source Background
Dark Matter Limits from the CALET Electron+Positron Spectrum with Individual Astrophysical Source Background Open
The ISS-based Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is directly measuring the energy spectrum of electron+positron cosmic rays up to 20 TeV. Annihilation or decay of dark matter (DM) could produce signatures in the positron and electron …
View article: Feasibility study on an analysis of CR helium flux with the CALET detector based on an extended acceptance
Feasibility study on an analysis of CR helium flux with the CALET detector based on an extended acceptance Open
In this work, we present a feasibility study aiming at a measurement of the cosmic ray (CR) helium flux utilizing CALET data with a significantly enhanced statistical precision. It is based on\na wider geometrical acceptance compared to th…
View article: The cosmic-ray electron and positron spectrum measured with CALET on the International Space Station
The cosmic-ray electron and positron spectrum measured with CALET on the International Space Station Open
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) has been collecting data on the International Space Station for more than seven years since October 2015. CALET is an all-calorimetric instrument with a total vertical thickness of 30 radiation l…