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most citedTowards portable muography with small-area, gas-tight glass Resistive Plate Chambers

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physics.ins-det2026

Construction and characterization of a muon trigger detector for the PSI muEDM experiment

Guan Ming Wong, Tianqi Hu, Samip Basnet +15

We present the upgraded design, construction, and beam test results for the Muon Trigger Detector (MTD) developed for the muon Electric Dipole Moment (muEDM) experiment at the Paul…

physics.ins-det2025

Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius

Yanwen Hong, Marwa Al Moussawi, Fabio Ambrosino +27

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 nea…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Development and Performance Analysis of Glass-Based Gas-Tight RPCs for Muography Applications

S. Ikram, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil +10

To achieve high-resolution muography of compact targets in scenarios with complex logistical constraints, we are developing a portable muon detector system utilizing glass Resistiv…

hep-ex2025★ 6 cited

A compact frozen-spin trap for the search for the electric dipole moment of the muon

A. Adelmann, A. R. Bainbridge, I. Bailey +57

The electric dipole moments~(EDM) of fundamental particles inherently violate parity~(P) and time-reversal~(T) symmetries. By virtue of the CPT theorem in quantum field theory, the…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Performance testing of gas-tight portable RPC for muography applications

V. Kumar, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil +8

This paper reports the latest developmental efforts for a position-sensitive glass-based Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) and a multi-channel Data AcQuisition (DAQ) system tailored fo…

physics.ins-det2023

Small-area Portable Resistive Plate Chambers for Muography

Amrutha Samalan, Samip Basnet, Eduardo Cortina Gil +8

Muography is finding applications in various domains such as volcanology, archaeology, civil engineering, industry, mining, and nuclear waste surveys. To simplify transportation an…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

Simulation tools, first results and experimental status of the MURAVES experiment

Andrea Giammanco, Yanwen Hong, Marwa Al Moussawi +29

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 abundantl…

physics.ins-det2022

Portable Resistive Plate Chambers for Muography in confined environments

R. M. I. D Gamage, Samip Basnet, Eduardo Cortina Gil +7

Muography (or muon radiography) is an imaging technique that relies on the use of cosmogenic muons as a free and safe radiation source. It can be applied in various fields such as…

physics.ins-det2022

The MURAVES experiment: study of the Vesuvius Great Cone with Muon Radiography

M. D'Errico, F. Ambrosino, A. Anastasio +28

The MURAVES experiment aims at the muographic imaging of the internal structure of the summit of Mt. Vesuvius, exploiting muons produced by cosmic rays. Though presently quiescent,…

physics.ins-det2022

The simulations chain of the MURAVES experiment

M. Moussawi, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi +10

The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of the summital cone of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy. A detailed Monte Carl…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

Towards a portable high-resolution muon detector based on Resistive Plate Chambers

S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil, P. Demin +6

The use of conventional imaging techniques becomes problematic when faced with challenging logistics and confined environments. In particular, such scenarios are not unusual in the…

physics.ins-det2021★ 7 cited

A portable muon telescope for multidisciplinary applications

R. M. I. D Gamage, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil +6

Muon tomography or muography is an emerging imaging technique that uses cosmogenic muons as the radiation source. Due to its diverse range of applications and the use of natural ra…

physics.ins-det2021★ 7 cited

End-to-end simulations of the MUon RAdiography of VESuvius experiment

A. Samalan, S. Basnet, L. Bonechi +10

The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of the summital cone of Mt. Vesuvius, an active volcano near Naples (Italy), by measuring its density profile t…

physics.ins-det2020★ 12 cited

Towards portable muography with small-area, gas-tight glass Resistive Plate Chambers

S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil, P. Demin +5

Imaging techniques that use atmospheric muons, collectively named under the neologism "muography", have seen a tremendous growth in recent times, mainly due to their diverse range…