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Muon Shielding

Muon Shielding is a radiological protection method within particle accelerator shielding design that specifically mitigates the penetration and secondary effects of highly relativistic muons generated during high-energy collisions, distinguishing it from shielding against other particle types by addressing the unique challenges posed by muons' weak interaction with matter and high penetration depth.

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1.7K

Citations

1.4K

Authors

235

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2017–2026

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Publications

76

Muon imaging: Principles, technologies and applications

S. Procureur · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 2017 · 125 citations

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A facility for the test of large-area muon chambers at high rates

S. Agosteo, S. Altieri, G. Belli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 2000 · 73 citations

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MARS15 Overview

N. Mokhov, S. Striganov · AIP conference proceedings · 2007 · 60 citations · Full text

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Imaging a nuclear reactor using cosmic ray muons

John Oliver Perry, M. Azzouz, Jeffrey Bacon et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 2013 · 59 citations · Full text

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The high-energy particle package onboard CSES

Xiang Li, Y. B. Xu, Zhenghua An et al. · Radiation Detection Technology and Methods · 2019 · 56 citations

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Authors

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  1. NM
    N. Mokhov

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, United States

    6 publications · 158 citations

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  2. SC
    Stylianos Chatzidakis

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

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  3. HI
    Hiroshi Iwase

    High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan

    3 publications · 33 citations

    3

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  4. PV
    P. Vitulo

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 108 citations

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  5. HH
    Hideo Hirayama

    High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan

    3 publications · 33 citations

    3

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Institutions

235

  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    97 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

    Batavia, United States

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    399 citations

  3. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

    Tsukuba, Japan

    6 h-index

    35 publications

    500 citations

  4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati

    Frascati, Italy

    5 h-index

    88 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli

    Naples, Italy

    5 h-index

    36 publications

    667 citations

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    5 h-index

    22 publications

    761 citations

  7. University of Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    478 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    178 citations

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  2. Nuclear Instruments and Methods

    6 publications · 106 citations

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  3. Journal of Instrumentation

    JINST · 6 publications · 151 citations

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

    3 publications · 37 citations

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