Mar 15, 2015
Observation of muonic X-rays of cosmic-ray muons stopped in Al and Fe targets
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
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- 84
- Number
- 3
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- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.7566/JPSJ.84.034301
© 2015 The Physical Society of Japan. We successfully measured muonic X-rays of cosmic-ray muons stopped in Al and Fe targets. In order to identify the events that incoming cosmic-ray muons were stopped in the targets, a coincidence and anticoincidence system of three plastic scintillators was used. The X-rays associated with the atomic muon captures were measured with germanium detectors. Measurements using the Al and Fe targets were carried out for 33 and 16 days, respectively. A sufficient number of muonic X-ray events for identifying the elemental compositions of the target materials were clearly observed. This technique provides a means of nondestructive elemental analysis that does not require the use of particle accelerators.
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- DOI : 10.7566/JPSJ.84.034301
- ISSN : 0031-9015
- eISSN : 1347-4073
- SCOPUS ID : 84924957577
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000350484400019