| dc.contributor.advisor |
Roy Schwitters |
| dc.creator |
Wright, Eric T.
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-08-31T18:37:06Z |
| dc.date.available |
2011-08-31T18:37:06Z |
| dc.date.created |
2007-05 |
| dc.date.issued |
2011-08-31 |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2152/13354 |
| dc.description.abstract |
I describe the general design of the prototype particle detector constructed
by the Maya Muon Tomography Group and how it can be used
to e ectively \x-ray" building and ground structure in a location of interest
using cosmic-ray muons. I give detailed descriptions of the high
level data acquisition and tracking systems, which are responsible for
reconstructing muon trajectories from raw data. In addition, I present
the rst images obtained from the detector. These images show the
basic features of several University of Texas buildings in the vicinity
of the Engineering Science Building and demonstrate the feasibility of
muon tomographic imaging with our detector. |
| dc.language.iso |
eng |
| dc.subject |
College of Natural Sciences
|
| dc.subject |
muons
|
| dc.subject |
muon tomography imaging
|
| dc.subject |
Maya Muon Tomography Group
|
| dc.subject |
particle detector
|
| dc.subject |
cosmic-rays
|
| dc.title |
A detector for muon tomography: Data acquisition and preliminary results |
| dc.type |
Thesis |
| dc.description.department |
Physics
|
