Simulation and reconstruction algorithms for a commercial muon tomography system
- Cuenca García, José Javier
- Juan Antonio Garzón Heydt Director
- Pablo Cabanelas Eiras Director
Universidade de defensa: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Fecha de defensa: 20 de decembro de 2018
- Eugenio Gil López Presidente/a
- Ignacio Duran Escribano Secretario
- José Manuel Udías Moinelo Vogal
Tipo: Tese
Resumo
Muon tomography has become a great imaging technique and nowadays is applied in several research fields. It is used to produce images of nuclear reactors, to determine the volcanic activity or even to search secret chambers inside Egypt's pyramids. The improvement in security on the borders against illegal traffic of radioactive materials has become a homeland security priority. This has motivated that many countries are interested on the development of new technologies that allow, with a high level of confidence, the detection of that kind of substances. The goal of this thesis is to develop the simulation software, the mathematical algorithms, and the analysis tools needed to construct a scanner based on the RPC detector technology. This system is based on the cosmic muon tomography to produce images of heavy materials inside containers.