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Muon Radiography of Large Natural and Industrial Objects—A New Stage in the Nuclear Emulsion Technique

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A new study of a historical object on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Holy Trinity Danilov Monastery, implemented by the muon radiography is presented. The method is based on the registration of changes in the cosmic muon fluxes during their passage through the object under study. Nuclear photoemulsions with unique spatial and angular resolution having the widest range of applications in experimental nuclear physics were used as experimental equipment. The experiment demonstrates a high efficiency of the method in the search for hidden objects, the presence of which on the territory of the monastery is confirmed by the results obtained.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. B. Aleksandrov, S. G. Vasina, N. S. Konovalova, N. M. Okateva, N. G. Polukhina, N. I. Starkov, E. N. Starkova, V. E. Tioukov, M. M. Chernyavskiy & T. V. Shchedrina

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia

    S. G. Vasina

  3. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Galkin

  4. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 115409, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Grachev, N. G. Polukhina & V. I. Shevchenko

  5. Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Konovalov

  6. Moscow Theological Academy of the Russian Orthodox Church, 141300, Sergiev Posad, Moscow oblast, Russia

    P. S. Korolev & A. A. Larionov

  7. Skobeltsyn Research Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. K. Managadze & T. M. Roganova

  8. National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Melnichenko, N. G. Polukhina & Zh. T. Sadykov

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This article was prepared for the special issue dedicated to the centenary of A. E. Chudakov

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Aleksandrov, A.B., Vasina, S.G., Galkin, V.I. et al. Muon Radiography of Large Natural and Industrial Objects—A New Stage in the Nuclear Emulsion Technique. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 134, 506–510 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377612204001X

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