Specialists from the Rosatom Scientific Institute have created a unique method for prospecting solid minerals, based on the registration of the flow of cosmic muons at various depths in wells. For this purpose, a muon tomograph was created. This was reported in the press service of the state corporation.
The device is capable of registering muons at depths of up to 1500 meters.
By placing muon tomograph detectors in several wells near the area of soil under study, after collecting data on the muon flux, a three-dimensional tomographic picture of the soil density distribution in the volume under study is constructed using the developed software. The muon tomograph detectors were created entirely on the territory of Russia, all detector nodes were developed and created by the project team's own efforts
The muon tomograph is easy to transport due to its modular design. The length of one module is less than 2.5 meters, and the weight is about 40 kilograms. The device will increase the efficiency of prospecting and assessing mineral reserves.
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