T2DM2 muography project Ignacio Lázaro Roche, PhD student, on behalf of Stéphane Gaffet, T2DM2 project
T2DM2 muography project
IgnacioLázaroRoche,PhDstudent,onbehalfofStéphaneGaffet,T2DM2project
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1. Objec8ves of T2DM2 project
ü Developmentofanon-destruc:vesystemusingmuonpar:clesforimagingandmonitoringlargevolumesofma>er
§ ReconstrucEonofmuontracksusingonlyonedetecEonplane
§ Design,finecharacterizaEonandindustrializaEonofaverycompactdetector
ü IniEatedin2010attheLowBackgroundNoiseLaboratory(LSBB)operatedbyCNRS(NaEonalFrenchResearchCenter).ü Member of CERN’s RD51 collaboraEon, which aims at facilitaEng thetechnologicaldevelopmentandapplicaEonofMicropaTernGasDetectors.ü Since 2015, BRGM (French Geological Survey) and IRIS Instruments(geophysicalequipmentmanufacturer)joinedthepartnership.ü Currentlytheteamiscomposedby8people;includingPhDs,engineers,aPhDstudentandpostdoctoralfellow.
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2. Context of the project
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1) LSBB§ Lowbackgroundnoiseenvironment§ Layoutofthegalleriesallowingtodeploythedetectorseasilybetween0and518mdeep
2) BRGM§ NaEonalgeologicalsurveyaimingtorespondtoGeosciencesissues
§ SkillsinalargearrayofapplicaEons(GeologicalinvesEgaEon,NaturalHazards,NaturalResources…)
3) IRISInstruments Privatecompanyprovidinggeophysicalequipment'sallovertheworld
SharedbyBRGMandOYOcompany
3. Complementarity of partnership
T2DM2’siniEator LeaderinGeosciences
Skilledinsensorsdevelopment
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ü Theprojectstartedatlowstepofthetechnologicalreadinesslevel(TRL)inAcademicsector.
ü The partnership evolved including two othersmembers (BRGM and IrisInstruments).
ü If the partnership succeeds in all technical issues, IRIS InstrumentswillinsurethenewdetectorcommercializaEon.
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4. From Academic Science to Industrial sector
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5. Targeted applica8ons
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ResourcescharacterizaEon
Culturalheritage
Civilengineering Volcanology
Naturalhazard
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6. Applica8ons and constraints
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• Landslideandvolcanoesmonitoring
• CulturalheritageinvesEgaEon• CivilinfrastructureinspecEon
Detectorlocatedatthe
surface
• NaturalresourcesexploraEon• Undergroundreservoirmonitoring
Detectorlocated
underground
• InfluenceofothercosmicparEcles• AtmosphericcondiEons
• NarrowspacefordetectorlocaEon• NaturalradioacEvity• GasevacuaEon
Mainconstraints
• Limitedpowersupply• Environmentalparameters
variaEons• Deploymentofmaterials
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MainMuondetec:ontechnologies
6. Technologies
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Muontomography
Visualtechnologies
Cloudchamber
Emulsiondetectors
ScinEllators
Liquid
PlasEc
Gaseousdetectors
MicropaTern
Geiger-Müller
Wirechamber
GRPC
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ü ExternaltriggerprovidedbyscinEllator
ü Compactandlight
ü OnlyonedetecEonplaneallowsreconstrucEng
theparEcletrack
ü Performance:
o TemporalresoluEon,fewnso AngularresoluEon,beTerthan1°for
reconstructedtracks
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Principles
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Drijcathode
Micromesh
IonizaEon!
Ytracks
Xtracks
ResisEvelayer
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8. Track reconstruc8on
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Rawdata
Points
Tracks
§ Measurement of the voltage on eachchannelwithpreciseEmeinformaEon
§ TheriseEmeprovidesanaccurateorigininEme of the event, essenEal for the TPCperformance
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Rawdata
Points(2D)
Tracks
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Distribution on micromegas plan
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Scintillatorposition
- Points built as the center of ADC counts of x and y cluster
In very good agreement with the scintillator position
ScinEllatorusedfortriggering
Cluster: Association of neighboring hit channels within a time window
§ muon projection in chamber hit 10 channels typically
§ it helps to minimize the false positives (less noise and artifacts)
A s s o c i a E o n o fsimultaneous clusterson X and Y axis to getthe posiEon on thedetecEonplane 11
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8. Track reconstruc8on
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Rawdata
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Tracks(3D)
MuonBy knowing: § the electron drift speed in the TPC § time of arrival of primary electrons
ê Reconstruction of the particle’s track
e-
TPC
AtCERNfacili:es
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TestbeamfaciliEesatCERN
SurfacehomogeneityandparEcleposiEoning
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MuonsΦ=0,θ=0
CalculusMuonsΦ=20,θ=0
Gainmeasurements
Testsperformed:§ DetecEonefficiency§ Influenceofthetrigger§ SensiEvitytootherparEcles(πande-)§ Electroniclatency§ TrackreconstrucEon
AtLSBBfacili:es
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Understanding of (θ,φ) map – all pos
moutain
→ Less muons on mountain side !The chart represents a 2D projection of the hemisphere above the detector in polar coordinates
Histogram with the number of muon detected coming from a given origin
Thehighlightedareacorrespondstothe“shadow”ofthemountain
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ü The development of a compact detector based on MicromegastechnologyissEllrunning
ü Resultsoffirsttestedkeyperformanceindicatorsareencouraging
ü Needofcomplementaryexperimentalteststovalidatethedesign
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Acknowledgements
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