Material Identification in Nuclear Waste Drums using Muon Scattering Tomography and Multivariate Analysis

no code implementations • 24 Nov 2020 • M. J. Weekes, A. F. Alrheli, D. Barker, D. Kikoła, A. K. Kopp, M. Mhaidra, J. P. Stowell, L. F. Thompson, J. J. Velthuis

The use of muon scattering tomography for the non-invasive characterisation of nuclear waste is well established.

Instrumentation and Detectors High Energy Physics - Experiment

A Fixed-Target Programme at the LHC: Physics Case and Projected Performances for Heavy-Ion, Hadron, Spin and Astroparticle Studies

no code implementations • 2 Jul 2018 • C. Hadjidakis, D. Kikoła, J. P. Lansberg, L. Massacrier, M. G. Echevarria, A. Kusina, I. Schienbein, J. Seixas, H. S. Shao, A. Signori, B. Trzeciak, S. J. Brodsky, G. Cavoto, C. Da Silva, F. Donato, E. G. Ferreiro, I. Hrivnacova, A. Klein, A. Kurepin, F. Lyonnet, Y. Makdisi, C. Lorcé, S. Porteboeuf, C. Quintans, A. Rakotozafindrabe, P. Robbe, N. Topilskaya, A. Uras, J. Wagner, N. Yamanaka, Z. Yang, A. Zelenski

We review the context, the motivations and the expected performances of a comprehensive and ambitious fixed-target program using the multi-TeV proton and ion LHC beams.

High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory